Serbian President and Netanyahu ally Vučić concedes defeat in parliamentary election

Outgoing Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat in the country's parliamentary elections, declaring that the Student List has won the majority. According to Euronews, Vučić stated that based on a stratified sample, the Student List is expected to secure between 135 and 140 seats with 52% of the vote, while his party, the Serbian Progressive Party, received approximately 1.72 million votes and will have around 105 seats.

The Student List emerged from months of student protests to become a major political force. Haaretz reports that the snap elections were called by Vučić in September following nearly two years of student-led demonstrations that were triggered by the deaths of 16 people in 2024.

Vučić noted that the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won three seats, the Albanians won one, and he believes the SDA also secured a seat. Euronews reports that while it is too early to confirm if other small parties crossed the 3% electoral threshold, such an outcome would not change the identity of the winner.

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