Serbia's strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
Summary
Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in the Oct. 25 parliamentary election, saying the student-backed Students’ List had won. He said early projections gave the movement 135 to 140 seats in the 250-member Parliament, compared with about 105 for his Serbian Progressive Party.Key Facts
- The election followed two years of student-led protests against Vucic’s government.
- Vucic said the Students’ List received about 2.2 million votes and his party about 1.7 million.
- The Students’ List was shaped by university students, but its candidates were experts, athletes, farmers and artists rather than students.
- The protests grew after 16 people died when a train station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad in 2024.
- Protesters blamed corruption and problems with renovation work for the station collapse.
- Vucic resigned as president the month before the election to lead his party’s campaign for prime minister.
- Supporters of the Students’ List celebrated in Belgrade and other cities after Vucic conceded.
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