The Socialist People's Party of Montenegro () is a political party in Montenegro. It is a social-democratic and socially conservative party, It is supportive of accession of Montenegro to the European Union, and was historically supportive of Serbian–Montenegrin unionism. In the election, the party ran independently and won only 11.06% of the votes, and 9 seats.
In February 2015, the party faction led by Aleksa Bečić split from the SNP due to disagreements with party leader Milić, having decided to form a new political party, Democratic Montenegro.
In September 2016, SNP decided to enter the Key Coalition with DEMOS and URA in order to participate at the forthcoming parliamentary election. The Coalition was the third-ranked electoral list with 11.05% of the votes and 9 seats, out of which SNP won only 3. Some time afterwards, member Aleksandar Damjanović left the parliamentary group.
Fourth period
Party president Srđan Milić tendered his resignation after 11 years of leading the party for a catastrophically poor result at the 2016 parliamentary elections. Vladimir Joković, supported by the party faction led by former president of the party parliamentary club Aleksandar Damjanović and current mayor of Berane Dragoslav Šćekić, was surprisingly elected President of the party at the General Congress held on 13 August 2017, in front of favored Snežana Jonica, supported by the fraction close to former party leader Milić. In mid-2019, the centre-left party faction led by Jonica split from the SNP due to ideological disagreements with the new party leadership, having decided to form a new political group, Socialists of Montenegro (Socijalisti Crne Gore, SCG).
On 1 May 2019 SNP signed an agreement with the Independent parliamentary group of Parliament of Montenegro composed of United Montenegro (UCG), Workers' Party (RP) and two independent MPs, including former SNP high-ranking member Aleksandar Damjanović, forming new catch-all alliance named For the Benefit of All. The alliance eventually dissolved prior the parliamentary election in August 2020, and all three parties decided to join a pre-election coalition with right-wing Democratic Front (DF) alliance, under the name For the Future of Montenegro, employing a more significant cultural and socially conservative discourse, supporting 2019–2020 clerical protests in Montenegro and Serbian Orthodox Church rights in Montenegro.
With the end of the Krivokapić government, the party took part in the new government led by Dritan Abazović.
Presidents of the Socialist People's Party
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |President
!Age
!Term start
!Term end
! Time in office
|-
!1
! style="background:;" |
|Momir Bulatović
|70px
|1956–2019
|19 October 1997
|24 September 2000
|
|-
!2
! style="background:;" |
|Predrag Bulatović
|70px
|born 1956
|24 September 2000
|26 November 2006
|
|-
!3
! style="background:;" |
|Srđan Milić
|70px
|born 1965
|26 November 2006
|13 August 2017
|
|-
!4
! style="background:;" |
|Vladimir Joković
|70px
|born 1967
|13 August 2017
|Incumbent
|
|}
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Election
! rowspan="2" |Party leader
! colspan="4" scope="col" |Performance
! rowspan="2" |Alliance
! rowspan="2" |Government
|-
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|-
! 1998
| Momir Bulatović
| 123,957
| 35.62%
|
| New
| —
|
|-
! 2001
| rowspan=3 |Predrag Bulatović
| 148,513
| 40.56%
|
| 8
| ZZP
|
|-
! 2002
| 133,894
| 38.43%
|
| 2
| ZZP
|
|-
! 2006
| 47,683
| 14.07%
|
| 11
| NS–DSS
|
|-
! 2009
| rowspan=4 |Srđan Milić
| 54,547
| 16.83%
|
| 8
| —
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2012
| rowspan="2" | 40,131
| rowspan="2" | 11.06%
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 7
| rowspan="2" | —
|
|-
|
|-
! 2016
| 42,295
| 11.05%
|
| 6
| Ključ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2020
| rowspan="3" |Vladimir Joković
| rowspan="2" | 133,261
| rowspan="2" | 32.55%
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" | with ZBCG
|
|-
|
|-
! 2023
| 9,472
| 3.13%
|
| 3
| SNP–Demos
|
|-
|}
Federal elections
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chamber of Citizens of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
! Year
! Popular vote
! % of pop. vote
! Seats
! Montenegrin seats
! Changes
! Government
! Leader / carrier
|-
! 1997
| Split from DPS
|
|
|
| 16
|
| Momir Bulatović
|-
! 2000
| 104,198
| 83.10%
|
|
| 12
|
| Zoran Žižić
|}
Presidential elections
{| class="wikitable"
|+ President of Montenegro
! Election year
! Candidate
! #
! 1st round vote
! % of vote
! #
! 2nd round vote
! % of vote
! Note
|-
|-
! 1997
|Momir Bulatović
|
|147,610
|47.44%
|
| 169,257
| 49.20%
|
|-
! 2003
| Election boycott
|
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | Election boycott
|
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | Election boycott
|
|-
! 2008
|Srđan Milić
|
|39,316
|11.92%
|
| —
| —
|
|-
! 2013
|Miodrag Lekić
|
|154,289
|48.79%
|
| —
| —
|Independent; supports
|-
! 2018
|Mladen Bojanić
|
|111,711
|33.40%
|
| —
| —
|Independent; supports
|}
Positions held
Major positions held by Socialist People's Party of Montenegro members:
{| class=wikitable
! Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia !! Years
|-
|Momir Bulatović
|1998–2000
|-
|Zoran Žižić
|2000–2001
|-
|Dragiša Pešić
|2001–2003
|-
! President of the Chamber of Republics<br />of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia !! Years
|-
|Srđa Božović
|1997–2003
|-
! President of Montenegro !! Years
|-
|Momir Bulatović
|1997–1998
|-
! President of the Parliament of Montenegro !! Years
|-
|Danijela Đurović
|2022–2023
|-
|}