Opposition Triumph In Serbia: “Student List” Defeats Vučić
- 26.10.2026, 8:09
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According to a forecast by the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) and the polling firm Ipsos, the “Student List” is projected to win 52.9% of the vote in Serbia’s snap parliamentary elections held on Sunday, October 25. “United Serbia,” led by former President Aleksandar Vučić, received 38.8% of the vote.
This was reported by N1.
According to projections by CeSID and Ipsos, the “Student List” will win 140 seats in the Serbian parliament, while “United Serbia” will win 103.
The data was released after 96% of the votes had been counted.
Earlier, Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to the “Student List” in the parliamentary elections.
“We don’t have the final results yet, but judging by the sample… it’s clear that we lost this election. The ‘Student List’ has won: they will receive between 135 and 140 seats, while we will get 105; no one else made it into parliament,” Reuters quoted Vučić as saying.
The early parliamentary elections, announced by Vučić in September, took place after nearly two years of student demonstrations against corruption and growing authoritarian tendencies. The protests erupted after 16 people were killed when a canopy collapsed at the train station in Novi Sad in 2024.
On September 27, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced his resignation from the office of head of state, a position he had held since 2017. After stepping down, he plans to participate in the campaign ahead of early parliamentary elections and run for the office of prime minister.
Vucic himself had suggested as early as November 2025 that parliamentary elections might take place earlier than scheduled, but at that time, the discussion centered only on moving the election from 2027 to 2026, not on immediate early elections.
In late June 2026, Vučić announced his intention to resign early within a few weeks, after which simultaneous early presidential and parliamentary elections were to be held in the country. According to the Serbian Constitution, Vučić’s second term was set to end in 2027.