Serbia votes as students seek to unseat Vucic in snap election
The student-backed challenge has drawn widespread support as polls show a tight race and turnout could decide whether Vucic extends his rule.
- 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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On Sunday, long-time President Aleksandar Vučić ran for prime minister using a playbook familiar from Russia, but the country's young people disagree.
Former President Aleksandar Vucic pledges to respect election results, Socialist leader Ivica Dacic calls for stability, while student-backed candidate Ilija Srdanovic expects record turnout
Called to vote 6.5 million voters. At 9 turnouts of 12%, over double of 2023 (ANSA)
Serbia is holding snap elections for its 250-seat parliament today, as a massive student-led protest movement aims to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vucic, posing the biggest challenge to his rule in more than a decade. The snap parliamentary elections, called by Vucic in September, are being held after nearly two years of student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and growing authoritarian tendencies. The protests were sp…
Vuccic's main rival was the student movement, which led the massive anti-government protests.
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