ion ▁for ▁employ ment , ▁and ▁repeated ▁protest s ▁by ▁dis content ed ▁workers ▁pushed ▁into ▁pover ty . ▁Additionally , ▁representative ▁groups ▁of ▁Mont en eg ro ' s ▁minor ity ▁communities ▁un anim ously ▁declared ▁the ▁forth coming ▁elections ▁illegal ▁and ▁contrary ▁to ▁constitution al ▁prote ctions ▁granted ▁to ▁eth nic ▁communities . ▁ ▁Elect oral ▁system ▁ ▁E lections ▁in ▁Mont en eg ro ▁are ▁free , ▁with ▁the ▁right ▁of ▁secret ▁ball ot ▁guaranteed . ▁Because ▁the ▁country ▁has ▁a ▁single ▁national ▁voting ▁district , ▁all ▁votes ▁cast ▁at ▁individual ▁voting ▁stations ▁across ▁the ▁country ▁went ▁towards ▁a ▁single ▁total . ▁The ▁elect oral ▁threshold ▁was ▁ 3 %, ▁so ▁elect oral ▁lists ▁receiving ▁under ▁three ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁votes ▁cast ▁were ▁crossed ▁out , ▁and ▁the ▁MP s ▁within ▁the ▁assembly ▁were ▁split ▁amongst ▁the ▁remaining ▁lists . ▁Se ats ▁were ▁distributed ▁by ▁the ▁D ' H ond t ▁method , ▁which ▁slightly ▁fav ors ▁leading ▁lists ▁above ▁the ▁smaller ▁ones . ▁The ▁Parliament ' s ▁mand ate ▁last s ▁four ▁years . ▁ ▁Camp aign ▁Several ▁al li ances ▁were ▁created ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁elections ; ▁the ▁Co al ition ▁for ▁a ▁European ▁Mont en eg ro ▁led ▁by ▁Mil o ▁ Đ uk an ović ▁included ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁of ▁Social ists ▁of ▁Mont en eg ro , ▁the ▁Social ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁of ▁Mont en eg ro , ▁the ▁Cro at ian ▁C iv ic ▁In iti ative ▁and ▁the ▁Bos nia k ▁Party .