Aleksandar Vuciq has acknowledged losing the coalition led by the Serbian Progressive Party ( The SNS) in early parliamentary elections held on Sunday, October 25th, confirming that the Student List has emerged as the winner of the election race.
At a media conference from the SNS headquarters, Vuciq said that, although the final results have not yet been published, preliminary data clearly shows that his coalition has lost the parliamentary majority.
We don’t have final results. Many will be surprised and will see how many have lied and what some have invented. I want to inform you that the list of student blockers has won. They will have between 135 and 140 mandates, while we have about 10550, Vuciq said.
According to him, the Student List has secured about 2.2 million votes, while the SNS-led coalition has received approximately 1.72m votes.
In Serbia’s new Parliament, according to Vuciqi’s estimates, minority communities, including the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians with three mandates and Albanian parties from Presevo Valley, are expected to be represented with a mandate.
Despite the defeat, Vucic said his party remains united and prepared to continue political activity by the opposition.
Some businessmen, some people will now leave us, but our structure is very stable. We are very united, very strong; we have learned from the opposition, he said.
He dismissed claims that he would leave the country in case of losing power, accusing political opponents of spreading lies.
Vuciq also claimed his coalition had won the support of most Serbian voters in Kosovo, Republika Srpska, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia.
We won Kosovo among Serbs and I know that for many people tonight it is difficult. We will fight and show what the opposition is, proud of all that we have done, he said.
High Turnout and Reports of Disregarding
Early parliamentary elections in Serbia were closed at 8:00, while the voting counting process began immediately after the closure of polling stations.
According to the Republican Election Commission ( RICH, turnout until 6: 00 p.m. reached 64,89 percent, evidently higher compared to 51.93 percent registered at the same hour during the December 2023 parliamentary elections.
In these elections were eligible to vote 6,451,292 citizens, while 18 electoral lists — with a total of 2,418 candidates — competed for 250 seats in Serbia’s Parliament.
Especially high turnout was registered in Novi Sad, 68.97 per cent, and in Nis, with 69.09 per cent of voters by 6600.
However, the election process was accompanied by incidents and allegations of irregularities in several cities.
Observers reported over 300 cases of possible irregularities, including photographing ballots, problems with election lists, family voting and preventing observers’ work.
In Novi Sad, allegations of vote buying and use of parallel voter lists were reported as police intervened in several locations.
Meanwhile, in Doljevac, the voting process was temporarily interrupted after a citizen allegedly tried to vote using some identification documents.
The result warned by Vuciq marks an important turn on the Serbian political scene, paving the way for the Student List to form a new parliamentary majority and placing the SNS in the face of the opposition transition after more than a decade in power. /Telegraphy.
