How the downfall of Serbia's Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary's Orbán
Summary
The article compares the reported electoral defeats of Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, describing how opposition campaigns and election monitoring helped mobilize voters and guard against intimidation. It says activists in Hungary shared monitoring methods with Serbian students, while noting that Vučić denied speculation that he sought Orbán’s advice before conceding.Key Facts
- The article says Orbán lost Hungary’s April election to Péter Magyar’s Tisza party.
- It reports that Serbia’s Student List won the parliamentary election by a landslide last Sunday.
- Reported turnout was 79% in Hungary and 69% in Serbia.
- The article says young activists used digital tools to analyze election data, identify risks, and recruit election monitors.
- A Hungarian civic group sent 70 monitors to Serbia and held workshops for Serbian student activists.
- Serbian student activist Péter Klemm said volunteers filmed groups of masked men near polling stations and deployed mobile monitoring teams.
- Vučić and Orbán had each held power for many years and had ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- The article says Vučić conceded defeat at 21:30 on election night and denied speculation that he had asked Orbán for advice about whether to use force.
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