The Canada Brief

World · 9 d ago

Protest at Slavija Square, Belgrade

Vučić concedes defeat as Serbia's student-led list wins the election

Vučić said his party projects the Students' List will win 135 to 140 of 250 seats and his Serbian Progressive Party about 105.

"The Students' List has won," he told supporters in Belgrade.

— Aleksandar Vučić

Turnout two hours before closing

64.9 per cent

Turnout reached 64.9 per cent two hours before polls closed, according to preliminary figures from the election commission.

Background

The student protests began in 2024 after 16 people died when a canopy collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad.