Vučić concedes as students win in Serbia
A student-led movement took about 52.6% in Serbia's parliamentary vote, ending 14 years of rule by Aleksandar Vučić's party.
Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat on Sunday night after a movement that grew out of student-led protests won Serbia's parliamentary election. Vučić, who stepped down as president in September, led his party's list in a bid to return as prime minister.
With about 97% of votes counted, preliminary results gave the Student List 52.6% of the vote, against 39.2% for the list led by Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). The figures are not yet final.
Projections by the CeSID election-monitoring group suggest the Student List will win about 141 of the 250 seats in parliament, enough for an outright majority, with the SNS-led list on roughly 103 seats.
The result ends 14 years in which the SNS has dominated Serbian politics. The party first came to power in 2012, and Vučić served as prime minister and then as president for two terms during that time.
The movement behind the Student List began after the canopy of the railway station in Novi Sad collapsed in November 2024, killing 16 people. Students led months of protests demanding accountability for the disaster, and the demonstrations grew into a broader campaign against corruption and the government.
Ana Brnabić, a senior SNS figure, is serving as acting president. Serbia is due to hold a presidential election in December.
The new majority will have to form a government and choose a prime minister, and its leaders have yet to set out in detail how they plan to govern.
This summary is original reporting by tehworldnews, written after checking the facts against several major international news outlets and official statements.