Overview
- Aleksandar Vučić publicly conceded defeat after voting on Sunday, October 25, 2026, and media projections put the Studentska lista at roughly 52 percent of the vote.
- Projections translate that share into an outright parliamentary majority of about 130–140 of 250 seats, a margin that would allow the student movement to form a government if confirmed by the electoral commission.
- Turnout soared to near-record levels, reported around 70 percent inside Serbia, and long lines plus restrictive rules on overseas voting led to crowded consulates and complaints that diaspora access was effectively limited.
- Election monitors and local media documented irregularities at many polling stations, with CRTA reporting problems in about 29 percent of precincts and accounts of ballot‑list manipulation, assaults and use of pepper spray.
- The student movement ran a leaderless, assembly-driven campaign with an 11‑point platform that is broad rather than detailed, creating uncertainty over who will fill key ministries, how reforms will be implemented and what this means for Serbia’s relations with the EU, Russia and China.