Serbia: crowds celebrate in Belgrade after Vučić admits defeat

Supporters of the student-backed opposition movement celebrated the announcement, marking a major political turning point after nearly two years of demonstrations against his government. Earlier, election officials had begun counting ballots at polling stations across the capital as voting closed. Preliminary figures released by Serbia's election commission indicated the country's highest parliamentary election turnout in more than three decades , reflecting the scale of public participation in a closely watched contest between the governing party and a broad opposition movement. The election followed a prolonged wave of protests that began after the collapse of a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station in November 2024, killing 16 people .