Serbia’s longtime political leader, Aleksandar Vučić, conceded defeat on October 25, 2026, after a parliamentary election in which the student-led opposition movement known as the Student List secured a projected victory.
Vučić acknowledged the result in a televised address, saying preliminary figures showed that his political camp had lost and the Student List had won. The concession marks a major turning point in Serbian politics, where Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) have dominated government since 2012, with Vučić serving as prime minister from 2014 and president from 2017.
According to Reuters, preliminary projections initially indicated that the Student List could win approximately 135–140 seats in Serbia’s 250-seat parliament, compared with around 105 for Vučić’s political camp. Subsequent reporting on October 26 indicated that the student-backed candidates had secured about 52.7% of the vote, while the SNS-led alliance received approximately 39.2%. Final official results and the process of forming a government remain important next steps.
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