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2026-10-26 · CO

Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement

Serbia's long-standing leader Aleksandar Vučić has admitted defeat to a student-led protest movement in snap parliamentary elections. Celebrations erupted as crowds descended on the centre of Belgrade, Novi Sad and other cities. The student movement was formed less than two years ago in response to a railway station disaster blamed on corruption and negligence, but fought the election with candidates from a cross-section of Serbian society. "It is clear we have lost these elections," right-wing populist leader Vučić said as he conceded. With 97% of polling stations counted, Serbia's election commission said the students had won 2.25 million votes and the former ruling party 1.67 million. The students had secured 52.

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