Pro-EU candidate wins Montenegro’s presidential election: Pollster CeMI

Djukanovic — a candidate for the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)— said his win marked “another important victory for (Montenegro’s) European future,” on Sunday, adding that the results confirmed voters’ “strong determination to continue on the European road”.The 56-year-old was favourite to win Sunday’s elections.Milos Nikolic, a DPS parliamentary deputy, told reporters at the party’s headquarters that there would be no second round, according to Reuters.”Djukanovic is the new president of Montenegro,” he said.A veteran politician and former prime minister, Djukanovic was a major player in Montenegro’s politics from 1991 to 2016 and announced he would return to politics last month as a “responsibility for Montenegro’s future”.The future president is likely to complete talks for EU membership while in power.Mladen Bojanic — who has alleged ties to Russia — was second favourite and received 33.4% of the vote.Here’s how all seven candidates to the presidency performed according to a projection of results by CeMI:

 

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