Mayur MohtaFormer President Aleksandr Vucic’s “United Serbia” bloc has secured only 39.29% of votes in Serbia’s parliamentary election, according to fresh data from the national election commission.
Vucic’s Bloc Trails Badly After Vote Count
Former Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic’s coalition, called “United Serbia,” has picked up 39.29% of the vote in the country’s parliamentary election. This comes from the Republic Election Commission after officials processed 96.2% of all ballots.
His rivals fared much better. The civic group “Students’ List, Students Win” pulled in support from 52.54% of voters. No other political group has crossed the required three percent threshold so far.
Vucic Admits Defeat, Points Fingers Abroad
Serbia held its snap parliamentary vote on Sunday. By that evening, Vucic had already conceded his coalition had lost. He claimed the opposition’s win was driven by the US “””deep state””” and forces from EU countries.
Nineteen political groups took part in the race, all competing for 250 seats in parliament. For the first time, minority movements made up half of those contesting the vote. These included three Bosniak lists, one of which represented Montenegrins too, plus Albanian, Greek, Hungarian, and Slovak groups, as well as two parties representing the Russian minority.
How the Election Was Called
Vucic first signaled he was open to early elections late last year. That announcement came amid student protests that had been running since November 2024, sparked by a deadly accident. Sixteen people died when a canopy collapsed at a recently renovated train station in Novi Sad.
On September 7, Vucic signed off on dissolving the parliament. That same day, the ruling SNS party formally nominated him to run for prime minister. He had repeatedly said he planned to step down and run in the election as an ordinary citizen. He left his presidential post at the end of last month.
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