Early parliamentary elections are underway in Serbia

Early parliamentary elections are underway in Serbia, in which up to 6 million 450 thousand registered voters are participating. Voting is taking place at more than 8 thousand polling stations, and more than 100 thousand voters are registered abroad. Long queues were recorded from the morning at polling stations in Belgrade and Novi Sad. According to Mtavari Arkhi, the turnout is so high that Aleksandar Vučić had to stand in line to cast his vote. 1TV+2

18 electoral lists are participating in the elections, competing for mandates in the 250-seat parliament. Some media outlets assess the elections as a confrontation between Aleksandar Vučić's "Serbian Progressive Party" and the "Student List." According to Interpressnews, Western media consider these elections to be the most unpredictable process in recent years, where the main competitors have almost equal support ratings. Imedi+3

Aleksandar Vučić called the early elections. Imedi writes that Vučić resigned from the position of president in September, while Mtavari Arkhi and Interpressnews note that he left the post and is now running as a candidate for prime minister. The protests that led to the elections followed the collapse of a railway station roof in Novi Sad in 2024, which claimed the lives of 16 people. According to Mtavari Arkhi, the protests were anti-government and anti-corruption in nature. 1TV+3