Student List wins majority as Vučić concedes power after 14 years
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Preliminary results give the Student List 52.54% of the vote and 141 mandates, an outcome that appears to end the Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) 14-year dominance. Aleksandar Vučić acknowledged the loss in a speech that attempted to deflect responsibility for recent scandals; voters, meanwhile, took to the streets to celebrate a result few anticipated with such clarity.
The transition is already proving fractious. Prime Minister Ana Brnabić was filmed in a verbal confrontation with citizens on the streets of Belgrade, while calls for early presidential elections are already being issued. For a political establishment that has governed since 2012, the departure is proving as loud as the victory.
The day was marked by the first signs of the friction to come. In Pioneer Park, journalist Dinko Gruhonjić was beaten, a reminder that while the parliamentary arithmetic has changed overnight, the street-level temperament remains volatile.