Serbia Sets 6.45 Million Voters for Sunday
The vote will test whether a student-led protest movement can challenge Aleksandar Vučić’s party after 14 years in power.
- 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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The day of reflection in Serbia lasts almost three days. From the closing of the campaign last Thursday until the closing of the ballot boxes, at 20:00 hours this Sunday, now...
Izborna šutnja i odbrojavanje do otvaranja birališta za prijevremene parlamentarne izbore u Srbiji 25. listopada protječu uz pojačane napetosti, dok se na društvenim mrežama nastavlja animiranje birača i posev na što And ću izlaznost, u čemu prednjače pristaše Studentskelist-Studenti pobjeđuju. […] Objava Napetosti i tijekom izborne šutnje uoči prijevremenih parlamentarnih izbora u Srbiji pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
Is there a showdown against the long-standing leader and ex-president of the state Aleksandar Vučić? The early parliamentary elections in Serbia on Sunday are about a change of political direction in the country.
Hundreds of people have been filling the streets of Belgrade for days. In the capital of Serbia, songs of celebration can be heard and victory flags are waving everywhere. These are the celebrations of Serbian students on the occasion of this Sunday's parliamentary elections. More than six million citizens are called to the polls in an election marked by the key demands of a youth fed up with the corruption that surrounds the country and its ins…
On Sunday, Serbia's powerful leader could be overthrown by a crowd of students. The most surprising thing is not their grassroots democratic candidate list. It's their political project.
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