Workers' Party (Montenegro)

Workers' Party Radnička partija Радничка партија
President	Maksim Vučinić
Founder	Janko Vučinić
Founded	3 March 2015
Headquarters	Nikšić
Ideology	Labourism Social conservatism[1] Euroscepticism[2]
Political position	Left-wing[3] to far-left[4]
National affiliation	For the Future of Montenegro
Parliament	0 / 81
Mayors	0 / 25
Local Parliaments	1 / 844
Website
www.radnickapartija.me
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The Workers' Party or Labour Party (Serbian: Радничка партија / Radnička partija, RP) is minor Montenegrin political party which is part of the right-wing Democratic Front.

History

The party was established on 3 March 2015 by Janko Vučinić, former union leader. Since its foundation until 2019, RP was a constituent member of the opposition populist Democratic Front (DF) alliance. In March 2019, the Workers' Party left the coalition with Democratic Front.^[5]

On 1 May 2019, the Workers' Party decided to sign an agreement with Socialist People's Party (SNP), United Montenegro (UCG) and Independent parliamentary group to form a big tent political alliance under the name For the Benefit of All.^[6][7]

Party leader Vučinić died on October 25, 2019. On November 7, the party announced that party vice-president Željka Savković would replace Vučinić as new party member of Parliament of Montenegro.^[8] On December 9, the Workers' Party elected Vučinić's son Maksim Vučinić, an electrical engineer, for the new Party president.^[9]

DSI eventually dissolved prior the parliamentary election in August 2020. In July 2020 United Montenegro, jointly with the Workers' Party and Independent group in the parliament (composed of former members of SNP and DEMOS parties), agreed to form a new cultural conservative political alliance under the name Popular Movement (NP), employing a more significant cultural and socially conservative discourse, supporting 2019-2020 clerical protests in Montenegro and Serbian Orthodox Church rights in Montenegro, continuing its activity within the joint electoral list with Democratic Front and the SNP.^[10]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Election	Party leader	Performance				Alliance	Government
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2012	Janko Vučinić	82,773	22.82%	1 / 81	New	DF	Opposition
2016		77,784	20.32%	1 / 81	— 0	DF	Opposition
2020	Maksim Vučinić	133,261	32.55%	1 / 81	— 0	ZBCG	Support 2020–22
							Opposition 2022–23
2023		44,565	14.74%	0 / 81	1	ZBCG	Extra-parliamentary

References

1. ИН4С (2019-12-12). "Radnička partija: Atentat na Davidovića i vladiku Joanikija imao za namjeru suzbijanje izlaska naroda na Sabor 21. decembra". ИН4С (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
2. "Montenegro". Europe Elects. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
3. "VUČINIĆ: Radnička partija za prava običnog čovjeka". Portal Analitika (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
4. Tomovic, Dusica (2015-03-09). "Montenegro's New Leftists Carry Torch for Syriza". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
5. Radnička partija istupila iz DF-a: Ne pristajemo da budemo marginalizovani CdM (March 2019)
6. Potpisan sporazum "Da svako ima", Vijesti, 1 May 2019
7. New political alliance to be set up soon CdM portal
8. Savković nova poslanica, 7 November 2019, Antena M
9. Radnička partija utočište za obespravljene radnike, RTCG
10. DF, SNP, Narodni pokret i Prava zajedno na izborima