Early reports suggest record high turnout in Serbia elections
Summary
Early reports showed high turnout in Serbia’s parliamentary election, with 46% of voters having cast ballots by 14:00 local time. The student-led opposition hopes strong participation will help it unseat President Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party, which has governed since 2012; voting was still underway, so no results were available.Key Facts
- The reported 46% turnout by 14:00 was nearly one million voters higher than the comparable figure in the December 2023 election.
- The snap election followed two years of student protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a train station canopy that killed 16 people.
- The opposition Student List campaign says it will target corruption, political influence in public enterprises, and political control of the public broadcaster.
- Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party denies corruption and attempts to influence the media.
- Vučić cannot seek a third presidential term and is leading his party with the aim of becoming prime minister again.
- Student organizers assigned at least two election observers to each of Serbia’s 8,210 polling stations amid concerns about fraud.
- Polling was scheduled to close at 20:00 local time, with initial indications of results expected two hours later.
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