Serbia's Vučić concedes election defeat to student-led protest movement
Summary
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in the country’s snap parliamentary election, saying preliminary results showed his party had lost to a student-led protest movement. The election followed two years of protests over a 2024 train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people.Key Facts
- Vučić said final results were not yet available but that it was clear his party had lost.
- Serbia’s election commission reported preliminary figures showing record-high turnout.
- The student-led movement contested the election as the Student List.
- Vučić leads the Serbian Progressive Party, known as SNS.
- Vučić called the snap election after two years of protests.
- The protests began after a train station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad in 2024, killing 16 people.
- Celebrations took place in Belgrade after Vučić announced the results.
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