On this page you can keep track of the Database updates.
20 April 2026
Updated the document on party splits and mergers to clarify coding decisions and implement new cases.
Added a new page dedicated to visual representation of the seat distribution in Parliament of Montenegro after each general election from 1990 up to date.
Added data on government parties for a period 1990 – 2025.
26 February 2026
Updated the document on party splits and mergers.
New splits that occurred after 2023 were recorded, and the coding of splits was slightly simplified (I introduced just “-” for splits instead of the former “- -“).
25 December 2025 (New website)
I switched to a new hosting plan, which means that some search engine optimization (SEO) I achieved previously might have been affected. I recovered most of the pages I had, and all the dataset files are available for download again.
The design of the website was updated to be more sleek and elegant.
29 July 2025
Added the new version of Electoral Maps booklet (3.0). This version contains updated census data and administrative maps of Podgorica which depict the changes since 2018.
14 June 2025
Updated Dataset 3 for local elections held between 2020 and 2024.
Updated dates of elections file and file containing names of all parties, coalitions and group of citizens (1990–2024).
28 May 2025
Minor changes across datasets to correct for comma-delimited standard and to fix number columns formatting.
Updated codebooks and “how to cite” pages for current version of the dataset, which is 3.0.
4 April 2025 – Dataset version 3.0
MNEE Dataset 1
- changed percentage columns so they are numerical with two decimals and “.” instead of “,” as separator
- formula added to calculate the seats_percentage automatically based on seats_won and seats_total
- updated seats_percentage for 2023 elections
- votes percentage for presidential elections formatted as number with two decimal places
- votes_won, electorate, votes_cast, votes_valid formatted as number with 0 decimal places
MNEE Dataset 2
- added municipality-level results for 2023 parliamentary elections (number of valid votes, votes cast and the size of the electorate were not published in final results, hence these fields are currently empty)
- added municipality-level results for 2023 presidential elections (results from State Electoral Commission’s preliminary announcements; no final municipality-level results found)
28 July 2023
Smaller corrections were made in Dataset 2 regarding the 1992 Parliamentary Elections, results per municipality.
Codebook for Dataset 2 was updated accordingly.
9 July 2023
Updates and smaller corrections were made in Dataset 1, Codebook for Dataset 1, Dataset 2, List of all party/coalition names and abbreviations, and the document containing information on party splits and mergers.
For a detailed report please check the July 2023 Update PDF document.
14 June 2023
Updates and smaller corrections were made in Dataset 1, Dataset 3, Dataset 4, and Electoral Maps Booklet.
For datasets, corrections included typing fixes and some data corrections after consulting additional sources.
For Electoral Maps Booklet, a single correction was made for the 1990 Electoral Map regarding the composition of a coalition representing minorities.
For a detailed report please check the June 2023 Update PDF document.
20 April 2022 – Dataset version 2.0
Major updates to the whole Database
Database now successfully hosted at a new URL address which is easy to find and responds to search engine requests for “elections in Montenegro”, “elections in Montenegro database”, “political parties in Montenegro”, etc.
Visual identity updated in a re-branding process: new logo and color palette. The logo represents a ballot box in black and yellow with the letters “M” and “nee”.
The two main colors are dark yellow and black; default fonts are Quicksand and Garamond.
NEW – Dataset 4
Includes data on federal elections (1992–2002). Codebook available. Electoral Maps Booklet updated with federal maps.
NEW – Dataset 3
Includes data on local elections (councilors and municipal presidents). Three Excel files and a codebook.
NEW – Dates when local elections were held
Document listing all elections (parliamentary, presidential, local, federal) since 1990.
UPDATED – file names
Unified naming format for datasets and maps.
Examples:
- mnee_dataset1.xlsx
- mnee_dataset2.xlsx
- mnee_electoralmaps.pdf
Supporting documentation examples:
- mnee_dataset3_codebook.pdf
- mnee_alldatasets_datesofelections.pdf
Dataset 2
No major changes since 6 May 2021.
Dataset 1
Data sheets renamed for simplicity:
- parliamentary_allparties
- parliamentary_inparliament
- presidential
No major data changes.
Codebooks for Dataset 1 and 2
Updated for re-branding and new contact information.
List of Abbreviations
Updated to reflect new entries from Dataset 3 and Dataset 4.
6 May 2021 – Dataset version 1.0
Dataset 1 and Dataset 2
- Abbreviation for People’s Party (Narodna stranka) changed from “NS” to “NSCG” to avoid confusion with other coalitions.
- Abbreviation for Liberal Party of Montenegro changed from “LP” to “LPCG”.
Dataset 2
- Corrected typing error in Presidential_1997_R1_Pobjeda: 1007 votes → 10007 votes for Djukanović in Rožaje.
Electoral Maps booklet
- Added missing page number at page 21.