[1] He remained in office until Đukanović was approved by Parliament and sworn in at the end of February.

On 20 February 2008, President Filip Vujanović nominated former long-term PM Milo Đukanović as new prime minister after Šturanović resigned.

[2] He was accordingly elected as prime minister on 29 February 2008 by a majority vote in the Parliament of Montenegro, which marks his return to office after retiring in 2006.

Elections for the composition of the new parliament of Montenegro were held on 29 March 2009 and resulted in a new absolute majority won for the ruling Coalition for a European Montenegro (DPS, SDP and BS) led by PM Milo Đukanović (The result translates to 47 out of the 81 seats in the Parliament).

After giving indications he would step down once the European Union granted official candidate status to Montenegro's membership application, which it did on 17 December 2010, Đukanović resigned as prime minister on 21 December 2010.