Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 22 December 2002.
[1] The elections were boycotted by the opposition Socialist People's Party, who accused the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of pressurising civil servants to vote for Vujanović.
[2] The elections were also overshadowed by the arrest of Deputy State Attorney Zoran Piperović for connections with human trafficking and forced prostitution.
[2] Although Dragan Hajduković was a member of the Greens of Montenegro, he ran as an independent.
[1] Fresh elections were held in February 2003, which were also invalidated, and then again in May when the turnout rule was abolished.