Montenegrins were set to vote in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, pitting long-time incumbent Milo Djukanovic against a Western-educated economist pledging to lift the nation out of a crisis marked by no-confidence votes in two governments.
at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. . First unofficial results by pollsters, based on a sample of the electorate, are expected about two hours later.
Opponents have long accused the former communist and his Democratic Party of Socialists of corruption, ties with organised crime and running the small Adriatic republic, which mainly relies on revenues from tourism along its scenic coast, as their fiefdom, allegations they deny. Djukanovic wound up with 35.37% of the vote in the first round of the election on March 19, with Milatovic on 28.92%, necessitating a run-off as neither garnered a 50% majority, and analysts have predicted a tight race in the run-off.
On March 16 Djukanovic dissolved parliament and scheduled snap elections for June 11. Although the presidential post in Montenegro is largely ceremonial, a victory in the election would bolster the chances of the winner's party in June.
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