Montenegro’s ex-economy minister Milatovic leads in presidential run-off – pollster

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Updated: Apr 2, 2023, 18:46 GMT+00:00

PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro's ex-economy minister Jakov Milatovic secured 60.1% of votes in a presidential election run-off on Sunday, heralding a defeat of long-serving incumbent Milo Djukanovic, according to a pollster's partial projection.

Second round of presidential elections in Montenegro

PODGORICA (Reuters) – Montenegro’s ex-economy minister Jakov Milatovic secured 60.1% of votes in a presidential election run-off on Sunday, heralding a defeat of long-serving incumbent Milo Djukanovic, according to a pollster’s partial projection.

Djukanovic got 39.9%, the Podgorica-based Center for Monitoring and Research (CEMI) pollster said on the basis of partial results tabulated from a statistical sample of votes cast.

(Reporting by Aleksandar Vasovic; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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