In brief
After a record high voter turnout in Serbia’s snap parliamentary election, President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat, acknowledging the victory of a student-led protest movement. The elections were called following two years of protests triggered by the 2024 collapse of a train station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people and exposed widespread corruption. Vučić declared on live television that the results were clear, while jubilant crowds celebrated with horns and chants on the streets of Belgrade and Novi Sad.
Serbia's long‑standing president Aleksandar Vućić has officially acknowledged defeat in the snap parliamentary election, ceding the seat to a student‑led protest movement that stormed the streets of Belgrade and Novi Sad with chants of "victory".
The provisional results, released by the Serbian election commission, indicated a historic turnout that many analysts linked to the youth‑dominated opposition’s strategy following the 2024 collapse of a train‑station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people and exposed deep corruption.
Vućić, who had called the elections in late September after two years of protests sparked by the tragedy, stated on live TV that, "we still do not have final results… it is clear that we have lost these elections."
Registered voters surged as the city’s streets filled with celebratory traffic, with honking horns and groups of students singing "victory" while waving flags bearing the national colors.
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