 Split in the ruling DPS-SDP coalition in January 2016, leaving the government functioning as a de facto minority government.The Cabinet was functioning as the provisional government (of electoral trust),
from 12 May to 28 November 2016, with several Ministers from opposition parties joined the government.Elections for the composition of new parliament of Montenegro were held on October 14, 2012 and resulted in a new victory for the ruling Coalition for a European Montenegro led by Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of former PM Milo Đukanović, which has been in power since introduction of multi-party system in 1990.