Serbia votes as students seek to unseat Vucic in snap election
- Serbia will hold its 15th National Assembly election on Sunday, October 25, 2026, with 2,418 candidates across 18 lists competing for 250 seats in a single nationwide contest.
- Aleksandar Vučić, candidate for prime minister, resigned in September to lead the Serbian Progressive Party, aiming to extend his 14-year political dominance following the 2024 Novi Sad station collapse.
- Ipsos polls from October 22 place the Progressive Party at 47.4% and the student-backed list at 40.0%, with parties needing a 3% vote threshold for parliamentary entry.
- The electoral commission finalized the voter register at 6,451,292 on Friday, while prediction markets show $3.6 million in wagers, currently pricing the list led by Vučić at 71.5% to win.
- Framing the election as a referendum on corruption, opposition candidates campaign under the slogan "Serbia or the mafia," testing whether a student-led movement can challenge the current political order.
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In Serbia, many voters moved to the polling stations for crucial legislative elections, in the form of an "anti-Vucic referendum".
Serbians Head To Polls To Determine The Political Future Of Longstanding Leader Aleksandar Vučić
Former Serbian President Vučić is running for prime minister in Sunday's parliamentary elections. His main challengers come from the student-led movement which emerged to oppose perceived corruption and neglect by the Vučić administration.
In the snap parliamentary elections in Serbia, about 35 percent of voters had already cast their ballots by 1:00 PM. In the 2023 elections, this was approximately 21 percent at the same time. A high turnout is expected this Sunday.
On Sunday, voters in Serbia go to the polls to vote in early legislative elections described as the most competitive in more than a decade, amid an unprecedented challenge facing the ruling Serbian Progressive Party from a student-backed political movement.
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BELGRADE (ANP/AFP) - In the snap parliamentary elections in Serbia, about 35 percent of voters had already cast their ballots by 1:00 p.m. That was approximately 21 percent at the same time during the 2023 elections. A high turnout is expected this Sunday. Serbia is holding snap elections because o...
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