The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Demokratska Partija Socijalista Crne Gore, Демократска Партија Социјалиста Црне Горе, DPS) is the ruling social-democratic political party in Montenegro.
It is the successor of the Yugoslav Communist League's Montenegrin branch. It was renamed in 1991. The DPS has governed Montenegro since 1991, though it became factionalized. From 1991 to 1998 under Momir Bulatović, the party endorsed a union and close relations with Serbia. In 1998, Bulatović was ousted as leader and its present leader Milo Đukanović took over, advocating distancing Montenegro from Serbia, while Bulatović's faction formed the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro which advocated close ties with Serbia under Bulatović's leadership until he was ousted from that party as well.
At the last legislative elections in Montenegro on the 10 September 2006, DPS along with Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP) as the Coalition for a European Montenegro won 39 out of 81 seats, and the right to appoint the Government. At the rerun for Albanian minority representatives, it won a single seat, and the Forca merged its seat into DPS, with a total outcome of 40 seat, just the needed parliamentary majority. The DPS itself won 32 seats, one of which was transferred to the partner party Croatian Civic Initiative.
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