Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to student led movement in parliamentary election
The student-backed slate ended Aleksandar Vučić’s long rule, with preliminary projections giving it 52% and about 138 seats, officials and pollsters said.
- The leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, October 25, 2026. Preliminary results indicate the youth-backed Student List secured 135 to 140 seats, while the Serbian Progressive Party took 105.
- Following the November 1, 2024, railway station collapse in Novi Sad that killed 16 people, the student-led movement emerged. This tragedy ignited long-standing public frustration regarding government corruption and systemic negligence.
- Nearly 70 percent of eligible voters participated in Sunday’s balloting, marking the highest electoral turnout in Serbia since 1992. Long queues formed at polling stations nationwide, reflecting the widespread public desire for political change.
- Allegations of foreign interference, including an 'American deep state,' were cited by the outgoing leader to explain the electoral results. Conversely, the opposition movement attributed the outcome to domestic dissatisfaction with corruption and infrastructure failures.
- Navigating the nation's traditional ties with Russia and China while advancing stalled accession negotiations with the European Union remains a challenge. The new parliament must convene within 30 days to begin forming a government.
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The results of the elections show that the new party, the List of Students, won 52% of the electoral votes and will be able to form the government. Aleksandr Vucic admitted that he lost the elections after 12 years of government. Article Aleksandr Vucic lost the elections in Serbia after 12 years of government. Serbians celebrate the victory on the streets: "I feel that they are finally living in a free country . FOTO appears first in Romania TV.
Congratulations are pouring in for Serbia from all sides. Longtime Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat in the election and acknowledged the victory of the student movement that has been protesting against his government for two years. It is a tectonic shift in Serbia, where Vučić has led the country for 14 years with the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Seismic Political Shift
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted Him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government, the AP reports. It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic,...
Serbia’s Vučić Concedes Election Defeat To Student-Led Opposition
Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections after preliminary results indicated that a student-backed opposition movement had secured a majority, potentially ending 14 years of rule by his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
Student List wins Serbian election in political earthquake
BELGRADE —Serbia's outgoing President Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a historic election that ends his long grip on power and heralds a new political era in the Balkan country.The Student List won the country's parliamentary election on Sunday, marking a dramatic breakthrough for a movement that emerged from months of student protests and rapidly transformed itself into the country's most important political f…
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