{{short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{for multi|the party active under the same name in Montenegro between 1923 and 1945|Montenegrin Federalist Party|the extra-parliamentary party in Montenegro|Montenegrin (party)}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox political party | name = Montenegrin Party | native_name = Црногорска партија<br />Crnogorska partija | native_name_lang = sr | position = Centre-right | colorcode = {{party color|Montenegrin Party}} | logo = Montenegrin Party logo.jpg | leader = Milo Milojko | founder = [[Nenad Stevović]] | foundation = {{start date|2008|02|18|df=y}} | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Montenegrins of Serbia|Montenegrin]] [[Minority politics|ethnic minority interests]]|[[Montenegrin nationalism]]}} | headquarters = [[Novi Sad]] | colours = {{ubl|{{colorbox|{{party color|Montenegrin Party}}|border=silver}} Red|{{colorbox|#FFEB01|border=silver}} Yellow}} | seats1_title = [[National Assembly of Serbia|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | seats2_title = [[Assembly of Vojvodina]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | website = {{URL|https://crnogorskapartija.rs|crnogorskapartija.rs}} | country = Serbia }}
The '''Montenegrin Party''' ({{Langx|cnr|Црногорска партија|Crnogorska partija}}, '''CP''') is a [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]], representing the [[Montenegrins of Serbia|Montenegrin ethnic minority]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Živanović |first=Maja |date=2017-08-07 |title=Serbian Montenegrins Demand Official Language Rights |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2017/08/07/serbian-montenegrins-demand-right-to-use-native-language-08-04-2017/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> The party was founded by [[Nenad Stevović]], who was its leader from 2008 to 2014, when he resigned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/stevovic-vise-nije-predsjednik-crnogorske-partije-191892 |title=Stevović više nije predsjednik Crnogorske partije - Vijesti.me |website=www.vijesti.me |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032830/http://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/stevovic-vise-nije-predsjednik-crnogorske-partije-191892 |archive-date=2017-12-01}} </ref>
== History == The Montenegrin Party was founded on 18 February 2008 and was registered as a political party in the Serbian Ministry of Justice on 22 February 2008, becoming the first political party that represents the Montenegrin minority in Serbia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crnogorskapartija.rs/o_nama.html|title = Crnogorska Partija | O nama}}</ref> Montenegrin Party ran as a minority list in the [[2008 Serbian parliamentary election|2008 parliamentary election]]. However, the party won only 0.07% of votes, failing to obtain a seat in the [[National Assembly of Serbia|National Assembly]]. The party also ran independently in the [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]] and [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]], winning 0.1% and 0.18% votes respectively. In the 2014 election the Montenegrin Party electoral list was headed by [[Joška Broz]], president of the [[Communist Party (Serbia)|Communist Party]] and grandson of former [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] leader [[Josip Broz Tito]].<ref>https://naslovi.net/2014-03-13/rts/crnogorska-partija-polozila-cvece-na-titov-grob/9256277 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The party did not run in the [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016 parliamentary election]], and supported the candidacy of [[Saša Janković]] in the [[2017 Serbian presidential election|2017 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtcg.me/vijesti/dijaspora/158629/crnogorska-partija-podrzala-jankovica.html|title = Crnogorska partija podržala Jankovića}}</ref>
== Elections == === Parliamentary elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Overall seats won ! Coalition ! Government |- ! [[2008 Serbian parliamentary election|2008]] | 2,923 | 0.07% | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|250|{{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | ''—'' | style="background:#ddd;"| non-parliamentary |- ! [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]] | 3,855 | 0.1% | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|250|{{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | ''—'' | style="background:#ddd;"| non-parliamentary |- ! [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]] | 6,388 | 0.18% | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|250|{{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | with [[Communist Party (Serbia)|KP]] | style="background:#ddd;"| non-parliamentary |- ! [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016]] | colspan="2"| ''Did not participate'' | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | ''—'' | style="background:#ddd;"| non-parliamentary |- ! [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020]] | 30,591 | 0.95% | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | [[United Democratic Serbia|UDS]] | style="background:#ddd;"| non-parliamentary |- ! [[2022 Serbian general election|2022]] | colspan="2"| ''Did not participate'' | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Montenegrin Party}}}} | | style="background:#ddd;"| non-parliamentary |}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Serbian political parties}}
[[Category:2008 establishments in Serbia]] [[Category:Montenegrin nationalism]] [[Category:Nationalist parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2008]] [[Category:Political parties of minorities in Serbia]] [[Category:Pro-European political parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Serbian people of Montenegrin descent]] [[Category:Vojvodina autonomist political parties]]