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Vučić concedes Serbia election defeat as Student List wins
Aleksandar Vučić conceded the Serbian Progressive Party’s defeat in the snap parliamentary election. According to preliminary results, the Student List, which emerged from the protest movement, received about 51.5% of the vote.
Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in Serbia’s snap parliamentary election, held on October 25. The Student List, which emerged from nearly two years of protests, won the election, ending the 14-year rule of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
“Based on a stratified sample, it is clear that we lost this election,” Vučić said about an hour and a half after the polls closed. He said the Student List would win 135–140 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly, while the SNS would receive about 105.
According to preliminary data from the independent monitoring organization CRTA, the Student List received about 51.5% of the vote, while Vučić’s coalition, United Serbia, received about 40%. Turnout approached 70%, the highest level since 2000.
Putin backed Vučić
Vučić, who left the presidency in September to run for prime minister, voted in Belgrade in the morning. Russian President Vladimir Putin supported him during the campaign.
While conceding defeat, Vučić accused independent media, several European countries and the “American deep state” of interference, describing the election results as “confirmation of a revolution carried out with the direct support of various European countries.”
Celebrations in Belgrade
Supporters of the Student List took to the streets of Belgrade and other cities, honking their horns and chanting, “Aleksandar is gone.”
“This evening, the citizens of Serbia showed that there is no obstacle stronger than their will,” said Radomir Saičić, a candidate from the list.
The protest movement emerged after a concrete canopy collapsed at the railway station in Novi Sad in November 2024, killing 16 people. The students themselves did not participate in the election; the list consisted of little-known experts, athletes, farmers and cultural figures.
CRTA observers reported violations, including pressure on voters. Attention is now focused on the new government’s approach, as an EU candidate country, to relations with Brussels, Moscow, Washington and Beijing.
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