The SEC shall:

1)      Take care of legal conducting of the elections and uniformed implementation of the provisions of this Law;

2)      Monitor the implementation and give opinions regarding the implementation of this Law;

3)      Co-ordinate the work of MECs, issue instructions with regard to the implementation of this Law, and supervise their work;

4)      Set down unified standards for the election material;

5)      Prescribe the forms for implementation of election procedures provided by this Law;

6)      Determine the manner of proclamation of the candidate lists;

7)      Determine the manner of handling and keeping of the election material;

8)      Assess whether the candidate lists for the election of MPs have been created and submitted in accordance with this Law;

9)      Render a decision on proclamation of the candidate lists for the election of MPs;

10)   Announce in public the total number of voters and their number by municipalities and by polling stations;

11)   Establish the results of the election of MPs and the number of votes for each of the candidate list and determine the number of mandates belonging to each of the candidate lists for the election of MPs;

12)   Publicly announce the overall results of the election of MPs, as well as the results by each polling station in Montenegro;

13)   Submit the report to the Parliament of the Montenegro on the results of the election of MPs and about filling vacant MP seats;

14)   Issue certificate to the elected MPs;

15)   Submit data on the election of MPs to the bodies in charge of the collection and processing of statistical data;

15a) Pass Rules of Procedure, and

16)   Perform other activities determined by this Law.

The SEC shall have its website to immediately publish its acts and information of significance for conducting elections, as well as preliminary and final voting results for every polling station.