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Serbia's election commission: Student List wins 140 seats and an outright majority, Vučić's list 104
The Republic Electoral Commission on Monday evening adopted preliminary results of the Oct. 25 election: 52.71% for the Student List and 39.17% for “Ujedinjena Srbija.”
By ANN Newsroom · Newsroom
October 26, 2026, 21:30 · Updated 18:41 · 1 min read
In brief
- The Student List wins 140 of the 250 seats in Serbia's parliament, according to the commission's preliminary results.
- The “Aleksandar Vučić – Ujedinjena Srbija” list takes 39.17% of the vote and 104 seats.
- German Chancellor Merz congratulates the winners, while Vučić blames foreign “interference” for the defeat.
Serbia's Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) on Monday evening adopted preliminary results of Sunday's snap parliamentary election. Based on data from 8,187 of 8,392 polling stations, the Student List “Students Are Winning” took 52.71% of the vote, about 2.27 million votes, and 140 seats, an outright majority in the 250-member parliament.
The “Aleksandar Vučić – Ujedinjena Srbija” list, built around the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), won 39.17% of the vote and 104 seats. Four national minority lists, which are exempt from the 3% threshold, share the remaining six seats. Ivica Dačić's “Factor of Stability” list fell short of parliament with 93,280 votes.
High turnout
According to figures released by commission president Vladimir Dimitrijević, 4,304,641 of 6,253,475 registered voters cast ballots, about 68.8%, far more than in the 2023 election. The N1 portal reports that voting will be repeated at 53 polling stations on Nov. 1, which is not expected to significantly change the distribution of seats.
The Student List grew out of the student-led protests that began after the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad and lasted almost two years. The SNS has governed Serbia since 2012.
Reactions
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz congratulated the winners on social media. “The parliamentary elections in Serbia have been clearly decided. We congratulate the Student List!” he wrote, adding that Berlin will actively support Serbia's European path. According to ATSH, Vučić conceded defeat at his party's headquarters in Belgrade but attributed it to interference by some European countries and what he called the “American deep state.”
