 With the huge clashes between Momir and Milo, the election respected minimal democratic standards.However, with eventual loss at the election, the rift between the two wings was final.Following the internal turmoil within the DPS during late 1996 and early 1997 when the party's most prominent members Milo Đukanović and Momir Bulatović bitterly fought behind the scenes for the control of the party, Đukanović emerged as the clear winner of the year-long power struggle.