Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat in Serbian parliamentary election

Former Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat on Sunday after his ruling Serbian Progressive Party lost the national parliamentary election. Euronews and The Guardian both reported that Vucic acknowledged the opposition Student List movement had won enough seats to secure a majority and form the next government. [1][2]

Preliminary estimates reported by Euronews project the Student List will take between 135 and 140 mandates in the National Assembly. The Guardian reported that projections place the movement at 138 seats, well above the 126 needed for a parliamentary majority, while Vucic's party secured 104 seats. [1][2]

The election was widely viewed as a referendum on the political system and dominance Vucic held in Serbia for over a decade, Euronews reported. As FTMQ News reported earlier, more than 6.45 million eligible voters were invited to elect 250 members of the National Assembly on October 25, choosing from 18 electoral lists featuring 2,418 candidates. [1][5]

The opposition movement grew out of widespread anti-government protests. As FTMQ News reported earlier, demonstrations originally broke out in November 2024 following a railway station canopy collapse in Novi Sad that killed 16 people. The youth-backed Student List rapidly built momentum, holding a rally attended by about 150,000 supporters in Belgrade ahead of the vote. [1][5][6]