Polls Closed in Serbia's Election Where Strongman Vucic Is Facing Student Protest Movement
Independent monitors reported dozens of irregularities as turnout neared 70%, the highest in Serbia since 2000, amid a tense showdown between rival camps.
- On Sunday, Serbia held a highly contested parliamentary election where 6.4 million voters chose between strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic and the youth-backed Students' List, with monitors predicting turnout around 70%, unseen since 2000.
- Public support for Vucic eroded after 16 people died in a 2024 train station collapse in Novi Sad, triggering protests against alleged corruption and cronyism that challenged his 14-year grip on power.
- Independent monitors reported dozens of voting irregularities on Sunday, including alleged ballot photographing and attempted vote buying, while European Union Ambassador in Belgrade Andreas von Beckerath expressed concern about fairness.
- Vucic, who resigned the presidency last month to lead the Serbian Progressive Party, seeks to return as prime minister if his party wins, with projections expected three hours after polls close at 8 p.m.
- A student victory would echo the recent defeat of Vucic ally Viktor Orban in Hungary, where youth participation helped oust the autocratic leader after 16 years, positioning Serbia's vote as a referendum on the Balkans' political future.
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Polls closed in Serbia's election where strongman Vucic is facing student protest movement
Polls have closed in Serbia, where voters cast ballots in a parliamentary election seen as a showdown between strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic and a student-led movement. The election is shaping up as a referendum between Vucic's right-wing party and the…
Expected record participation in early parliamentary elections in Serbia
Polling stations in Serbia closed at 8:00 p.m. local time after early parliamentary elections that have become the most serious test of Aleksandar Vucic's political influence. Two hours before the end of voting, the turnout had reached 64.89 percent, the National Election Commission reported. Election day passed with long lines in front of polling stations in Belgrade and other cities. By law, citizens who were in front of polling stations by 8:…
Polls closed in Serbia at 8 p.m. for early parliamentary elections that could mark the biggest political turning point in a decade. Voters were deciding whether Aleksandar Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would retain power or whether a student movement would succeed in achieving a political turnaround after almost two years of mass protests. The elections were marked by an exceptionally high turnout, as well as numerous violent incidents…
Turnout in the elections was over 67%, according to polling companies CeDID and IPSOS. The highest percentage in 34 years. The post Polls closed in Serbia – Strong police forces in Belgrade appeared first on in.gr.
The elections for the Assembly in Serbia concluded with a record voter turnout and were reported to the Republic ' s electoral commission. 6 million,451,000 292 voters who had voted in approximately 8,400 polling stations, including 93 abroad in 37 countries of the world, were registered by the Republican Electoral Commission. 64.89 per cent of voters had voted from 7.00 (90.00 ms) to 20.00 (22.00 ms) of time without any significant inciden…
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