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Vucic defeated by student-backed list in Serbian election
The story so farAleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Serbia's parliamentary election, saying it is "clear" that his party has lost, and the student-led movement won. Reuters reports that the student-backed Student List won a landslide victory that ends Vucic's long grip on power. Turnout reached nearly 70%, the highest in Serbia since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992.
Still watching
- Will the new government reset Serbia's relations with the EU, as commentators suggest the result opens the door to?
- How will the student-backed leaders govern, and which government will form after the election?
- Will Vucic become prime minister, and what government will form after the vote?
How it developed
Vucic defeated by student-backed list in Serbian election
- Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Serbia's parliamentary election, saying it is "clear" that his party has lost, and the student-led movement won.
- Reuters reports that the student-backed Student List won a landslide victory that ends Vucic's long grip on power.
- Turnout reached nearly 70%, the highest in Serbia since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992.
Serbia parliamentary election student movement
- Serbians voted on Sunday, October 25, in what is described as the most contested parliamentary election in more than 14 years, with a student-led movement seeking to oust the party of populist leader Aleksandar Vucic.
- Voters turned out in force on Sunday as a mass student protest movement sought to unseat Vucic, the longtime populist leader.
- Pre-election polls showed Vucic in a tight race against the anticorruption and antirepression student movement.
Serbia crackdown on activists ahead of elections
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