Serbia’s Student List preparing for talks on forming government despite no clear leader
Summary
Serbia’s Student List won a projected 53% of the vote, giving it 141 seats in the 250-seat parliament, and is preparing to discuss forming a government. The movement has no clear leader or governing experience, and says it will focus on fighting corruption, restoring the rule of law and reforming state institutions.Key Facts
- The Centre for Free Elections and Democracy projected the Student List at 53% of the vote and 141 parliamentary seats.
- Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat on Sunday, ending his 14-year period of dominance in Serbian politics.
- The Serbian Progressive party won a projected 39% of the vote and 103 seats.
- The remaining parliamentary seats went to national minority party lists.
- The Student List uses collective decision-making and has not identified who would become prime minister or join the cabinet.
- Its platform includes an independent police unit accountable to prosecutors and efforts to remove party loyalists from state-owned companies.
- The movement also proposes independent oversight of major state infrastructure contracts and reforms to the judiciary, media, education and healthcare.
- The election followed two years of protests triggered by a railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people.
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