title: 2002 Montenegrin presidential election
text: # 2002 Montenegrin presidential election
  
  Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 22 December 2002.
  
  ## Background
  
  The elections were boycotted by the opposition Socialist People's Party, who accused the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of pressurising civil servants to vote for Vujanović. The elections were also overshadowed by the arrest of Deputy State Attorney Zoran Piperović for connections with human trafficking and forced prostitution.
  
  ## Results
  
  Although Dragan Hajduković was a member of the Greens of Montenegro, he ran as an independent.
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Filip Vujanović | Democratic Party of Socialists | 175,328 | 85.73 |
  | | Dragan Hajduković | Independent | 12,319 | 6.02 |
  | | Aleksandar Vasiljević | Serbian Radical Party | 6,448 | 3.15 |
  | | Milo Radulović | Natural Law Party | 3,115 | 1.52 |
  | | Obrad Marković | Yugoslav Communists | 1,747 | 0.85 |
  | | Jovan Pejović | Independent | 1,704 | 0.83 |
  | | Milan Šparović | Independent | 1,229 | 0.60 |
  | | Ilija Darmanović | Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro | 971 | 0.47 |
  | | Milivoje Bakić | Independent | 717 | 0.35 |
  | | Đorđije Milić | Independent | 489 | 0.24 |
  | | Mihailo Marković | Independent | 437 | 0.21 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 204,504 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 204,504 | 97.57 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 5,094 | 2.43 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 209,598 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 456,981 | 45.87 |
  | Source: IFES |||||
  
  ## Aftermath
  
  Although Filip Vujanović won the election with 86% of the vote, turnout was less than the required 50%, so the election was declared invalid. Fresh elections were held in February 2003, which were also invalidated, and then again in May when the turnout rule was abolished.
  
  