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title: "Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic headed for run-off election"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/8521/montenegro-president-milo-djukanovic-headed-for-run-off-election
published: 2023-03-20T09:05:44Z
language: en
author: "Valeria Văcărescu"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic headed for run-off election

> Montenegro's veteran president, Milo Djukanovic, will face a run-off on April 2 against a pro-Western former economy minister, after no candidate secured a 50% majority in a first- round election on Sunday, according to a projection based on 99.7% of the vote sample, Reuters reports.

Montenegro's veteran president, Milo Djukanovic, will face a run-off on April 2 against a pro-Western former economy minister, after no candidate secured a 50% majority in a first- round election on Sunday, according to a projection based on 99.7% of the vote sample, Reuters reports.

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The Center for Monitoring and Research polling group (CEMI) projected Djukanovic would end up with the most votes, with 35.3%, based on results tabulated from a statistical sample of votes cast.

Former economy minister Jakov Milatovic, a Western-educated, pro-European economist, and the deputy-head of the centrist Europe Now party, was projected to win 29.2%.

Milatovic described his result as a victory of "a beautiful, better, just ... and European Montenegro."

"We have made a decisive step towards April 2 .. and a sealed victory," he said.

Andrija Mandic, a pro-Serb and pro-Russian politician and the head of the Democratic Front (DF) alliance, trailed with 19.3%. He announced support of Milatovic in the run-off.