Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian leader brought down by students
Summary
Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Serbia’s snap parliamentary election after vote estimates showed the student-led Student List ahead of his Serbian Progressive Party. The movement grew out of protests after a deadly Novi Sad train station collapse and campaigned on fighting corruption, reducing political control over public institutions and restoring citizens’ rights.Key Facts
- Vote estimates projected 135 to 140 seats for the Student List in Serbia’s 250-seat parliament, compared with 105 for the Serbian Progressive Party.
- Voter turnout reached its highest level in more than 30 years, according to the article.
- The student-led protests began after 16 people died when a canopy at Novi Sad’s train station collapsed on November 1, 2024.
- The protests expanded into broader social unrest and developed into the Student List political platform.
- Ilija Srdanovic, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, led the movement during the election campaign.
- Vucic called demonstrators “blockaders” and accused them of trying to destabilise Serbia.
- Vucic entered politics in 1993 with the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party and later co-founded the Serbian Progressive Party in 2008.
- The Serbian Progressive Party came to power in 2012, pledging to fight corruption and organised crime.
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