Council of Europe - Venice Commission

MONTENEGRO- Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives

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Article 17 Transitional

The permanent composition of the municipal election commission shall include: its chairperson, secretary and eight members.

The permanent composition of the municipal election commission shall be appointed following the criterion and in the manner laid down in Article 16 of this Law.If any of the political parties represented in the Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro do not have a political interest to designate its representative to the permanent composition of the municipal election commission, it may surrender its position in the municipal election commission to another political party, of which it shall inform the competent municipal assembly.

The chairperson of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of the party or coalition which won the highest number of councillor seats in the previous elections.If a coalition candidate list won the highest number of seats in the previous elections, the chairperson of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of the party which won the highest number of councillor seats within the coalition.

The secretary of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of the party which came second in terms of the number of councillor seats won in the previous elections.

In case the coalition candidate list and the party which submitted an independent candidate list have the same number of seats, the chairperson of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of the party and coalition which received the highest number of votes.In case coalition candidate lists won the same number of seats, the chairperson of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of the coalition whose candidate list received a higher number of votes.

In case parties which submitted independent candidate lists have the same number of seats, the chairperson of the municipal election commission shall be appointed at the proposal of the party which received the highest number of votes.