Democratic Party (Montenegro)

The Democratic Party is a conservative Albanian minority interests political party in Montenegro. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Albanian Coalition, which it leads together with the LDMZ.

History

The party was founded in April 2010 in Ulcinj, its founder and current leader is Fatmir Gjeka, former deputy president of the Democratic Union of Albanians and former Mayor of Ulcinj.
The party was part of the Albanian Coalition since its foundation in 2012. In 2020, the PD agreed to re-join Democratic Union of Albanians, by forming a pre-election coalition for 2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election.
The new Albanian Coalition won 1.14% of the vote and gained a singular seat in the Parliament of Montenegro, which belonged to the Democratic Party leader Fatmir Gjeka.
In the 2023 Montenegrin parliamentary election, the PD was part of the Albanian Alliance, which got 1.49% of the votes and 1 seat. The elected member of Parliament belongs to New Democratic Force.