Young people as voters
 

The voting age limit for voting in the elections of the country’s representative democracy institutions at all levels: 
Apart from other electoral rights, the formal rights and obligations of young people are regulated by the Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro (2007) (the Constitution). Article 45/3 of the Constitution states that the right to elect and stand for elections shall be granted to every citizen of Montenegro of 18 years of age and above with at least a two-year residence in Montenegro. The voting age of young people is also regulated by the Electoral Law (1998, last amended in 2014), apart from other voter requirements (see table above).
If there are imminent plans to lower the voting age limit, or if the age limit has been lowered recently (i.e. after 2000) please elaborate here. N/A
Any special provisions for young people in the electoral law and/or rules. N/A The turnout of young people in the latest national/federal, regional, local and European Parliament elections and compare it to the overall population turnout:
Data on youth participation in parliamentary elections in 2016 is not currently available, but general participation in the parliamentary election in 2012 was 70.59% of registered voters.16 The results of the Youth Study in Montenegro (2018: 35)17 show that young people in general have very little interest in politics, whether local or regional or international political events. At a general level, 62.7% of young people surveyed are not interested in politics at all. A closer look at the results shows that young people are somewhat more interested in local and regional politics, but as political developments move away from the national level, that little interest is already diminished.
Young people as political representatives
 

Young people as members of political parties, including any top-level legislation on party youth wings where available: Montenegro has a multi-party system and usually, the political parties have to work with each other to form coalition governments. Every political party has a youth branch but updated systematized data on youth representation in these structures is not currently available.
 

Young people as candidates in federal/national, regional, local and European elections for securing a position in a representative assembly or in an elected public office position (e.g. mayor, head of regional government, head of state): The formal right of young people as political representatives in a unicameral parliament includes a candidacy age of 18, 18 as previously mentioned. There is neither a quota of seats reserved for young people, nor existing provisions aimed at facilitating young people standing as political candidates.
 

Young people as elected representatives (i.e. elected in a representative assembly): As a result of the parliamentary elections in 2020 the Assembly of Montenegro has the biggest number of MPs under the age of 30 years so far. The information regarding the composition of the Government of Montenegro (available on the official website of the government) reveals that the current government of Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić has no ministers who are younger than 30 years of age.