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Vučić concedes defeat as student list ends his party's 14-year rule in Serbia
Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat for the Serbian Progressive Party in early parliamentary elections after the Student List, emerging from the protest movement, won about 51.5% of the vote, ending the party's 14-year rule.
Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in the early parliamentary elections held in Serbia on Sunday, October 25, after the Student List, which emerged from student protests that lasted nearly two years, won the vote, ending the Serbian Progressive Party's 14-year rule.
About an hour and a half after polling stations closed, Vučić said: "Based on the stratified sample, it is clear that we have lost this election," adding that the Student List would win between 135 and 140 seats in the 250-member parliament, compared with about 105 seats for his party.
According to preliminary results from CRTA, an independent election-monitoring organization, the Student List won about 51.5% of the vote, compared with roughly 40% for the United Serbia coalition led by Vučić. Turnout approached 70%, the highest level since 2000.
Vučić accuses foreign parties
Vučić had resigned as president in September to run for prime minister and cast his ballot in the capital, Belgrade, on Sunday morning.
Vučić accused independent media, unnamed European countries and the "American deep state" of interference, describing the election result as "confirmation of a revolution carried out with direct support from various European countries."
Celebrations in Belgrade
Supporters of the Student List took to the streets of Belgrade and other cities to celebrate the victory, honking car horns and chanting, "Aleksandar is gone."
Radomir Sajčić, a candidate on the list, said: "Serbian citizens showed tonight that no obstacle is greater than their will."
The protest movement began after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in the city of Novi Sad in November 2024, killing 16 people. Protesters blamed corruption for the disaster. The students themselves did not run; the list included experts, athletes, farmers and artists.
Serbia is a candidate for European Union membership, and observers are watching the new government's approach to its relations with Brussels, Moscow, Washington and Beijing.
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