# Milatović defeats Đukanović in the presidential runoff as a Europe Now substitute ticket

Date: 2023

## The fact

On 2 April 2023 [Jakov Milatović](/people/jakov-milatovic) won [Montenegro](/people/luis-montenegro)’s presidential runoff against incumbent [Milo Đukanović](/people/milo-ukanovic). Associated Press recorded official results of about 59 percent to 41 percent. Europe Now had nominated him after the State Electoral Commission rejected [Milojko Spajić](/people/milojko-spajic).

## Context

Milo Đukanović is an unresolved person candidate. Milojko Spajić is live. AP recorded that the candidacy had backing from an alliance including parties advocating closer ties with Serbia as well as Russia; he denied a Serbian-and-Russian-influence allegation. Those adjectives are neighbouring.

DIK rejection 19 February; runoff 2 April; oath 20 May. Store the runoff. Keep Milatović defeats Đukanović in the presidential runoff as a Europe Now substitute ticket on 2023-04-02 separate from neighbouring 19 February 2023 DIK rejection of Spajić, 2 April 2023 runoff, 20 May 2023 oath, 10 August 2023 mandate, 31 October 2023 cabinet, and 24 February 2024 Europe Now resignation.

The President of Montenegro is head of state, takes the oath, and nominates a prime-minister designate. He does not sit as the Skupština, as the State Electoral Commission, or as Europe Now’s presidency after 24 February 2024. A 2 April 2023 runoff is not authorship of every later cabinet bargain. A party resignation is not a completed criminal finding unless a court so holds on its own row.

## Evidence and sources

Associated Press carries the official instrument or communique. OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is milatovic-post-djukanovic: a completed substitute ticket that ended a thirty-year DPS presidency, not a Soviet repression row.

## What is established and what is not

Established: The 2 April 2023 runoff elected him with official results of about 59 percent, as recorded by AP.

Not established: A unique later cohesion coefficient, or that the runoff already settled the 2024 Europe Now split.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Voters and the DIK completed the result. Europe Now had nominated him after Spajić’s rejection. He did not sit as the Commission.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Milatović defeats Đukanović in the presidential runoff as a Europe Now substitute ticket, not a later speech about Milatović defeats Đukanović in the presidential runoff as a Europe Now substitute ticket.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Milatović defeats Đukanović in the presidential runoff as a Europe Now substitute ticket on 2023-04-02 is not a licence to treat every later Associated Press communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Milatović defeats Đukanović in the presidential runoff as a Europe Now substitute ticket into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He was the candidate. Voters and the DIK completed the result. Europe Now had nominated him after Spajić’s rejection. He did not sit as the Commission. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Jakov Milatović: https://factrail.ai/people/jakov-milatovic

## Drivers

- Milatović post-Đukanović rupture: https://factrail.ai/drivers/milatovic-post-djukanovic

## Sources

- https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/montenegro/560253
- https://apnews.com/article/montenegro-president-djukanovic-milatovic-b434d0255b3aae38b59748732089b168

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/me-milatovic-runoff-20230402