Serbia’s elections: 'Tracking fraud for sure had an impact on the results'
Summary
Serbia’s student-led Student List won the October 25 parliamentary election with 52.45 percent of the vote and 138 seats, defeating the list backed by outgoing President Aleksandar Vučić. Supporters said they trained thousands of election monitors and reported suspected fraud, which they said helped protect the vote.Key Facts
- The Student List received 52.45 percent of the vote and won 138 seats in Serbia’s National Assembly.
- The Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia list received 39.2 percent of the vote and won 103 seats.
- The Student List challenged the Serbian Progressive Party, which had dominated Serbian politics for 14 years.
- The student movement grew after a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad on November 1, 2024, killing 16 people and prompting protests over corruption.
- A Student List supporter said the movement trained at least 16,000 people to serve as official election monitors.
- Supporters also trained about five people per polling station for mobile teams to monitor suspected fraud outside polling places.
- Reported concerns included unofficial voter lists, carousel voting, payments to voters, and intimidation.
- Turnout was 69 percent, with more than 4.4 million people voting.
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