Djukanovic's ruling centre-left coalition cast about 50% of the votes and was close to obtaining 41 seats out of 81 in the Parliament, leaving all three opposition parties with around 11 seats each, Reuters reported. The two main Pro-Serb parties together won 23 seats.
"This is a triumph for Montenegro's European policy," Djukanovic said. "These elections have shown that Montenegro is stable and firmly on the European track."
Since he took over leadership of the Democratic Party of Socialists in 1997, Mr. Djukanovic has led the campaign for Montenegro's independence and integration in the EU and NATO.
These elections were the first since Montenegro parted from Serbia in a referendum held in May this year. But the tight victory, with 55.5% of votes, was contested by the pro-Serb minority.
The elections were marked by an incident on 9 September when the police announced it arrested 14 ethnic Albanians in the Southern village of Tuzi. The Albanians, presented as members of a terrorist group by the authorities, were either party supporters or candidates of a local ethnic Albanian party, Vasej Sinistaj, head of the Albanian Alternative party, told the Associated Press.
