Serbian student party wins parliamentary election, ending Vučić's rule after two years of protest

News Tank Academic - Paris - News #458436 - Published on 26/10/26 at 13:47

The Student List, the party of the Serbian student movement which started in 2024 to fight corruption in the Balkan state, has won the election, ending Aleksandar Vučić's far-right rule.

Vučić conceded defeat two hours after the polls closed on 25/10/2026. The Student List collected 53.3% of the votes and Vučić's party, the SNS, 39.7%, with a record voter turnout, according to Serbian officials.

The SNS (Serbian Progressive Party), a populist "catch-all" party, had been in power since 2012. In 2024, the canopy of a railroad station in Novi Sad collapsed, killing 16 people. The tragedy triggered a student uprising across the country, which quickly organised into a movement asking for accountability and an end to corruption at the state level.

In two years, the student movement gathered the…


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