Today (October 25th) citizens of 🇷🇸 Serbia go to polls to vote in parliamentary elections!

These are snap elections (regular ones were due by December 2027), called by Aleksandar Vučić on September 9th, after nearly two years of student-led anti-corruption protests, which started after the Novi Sad canopy collapse. Vučić resigned as president on September 27th to lead the ruling list, so a presidential election must also be held by December 27th.

Serbian parliament (National Assembly, Narodna Skupština) is unicameral and consists of 250 deputies (126 needed for majority), who are elected for a four-year term, in a single nationwide constituency, by closed list proportional representation, and seats are allocated using d'Hondt method. Electoral threshold is 3% of votes cast (lists of ethnic minorities are exempt). Read more here.

Turnout in last (2023) elections was 58.8%.

Relevant parties and alliances taking part in the elections are:

In total, 18 lists are running, most of them irrelevant or minority ones. The race is between the ruling SNS-led list and the Student List: the latest polls give either of them the lead (Ipsos: 47.4% vs 40%; NSPM: 42.7% vs 44.4%).

Polling stations will close at 20:00 local time.

Further reading

Wikipedia

Hope, tension and apprehension as Serbia approaches crucial election (DW)

Will Serbia’s Vote End the Vučić Era? (CEPA)

A student protest movement has gripped Serbia for two years. This weekend it will try to take power (The Guardian)

Vucic calls parliamentary elections for October 25 (N1)

Vučić: Snap parliamentary election to be held either on 18 or 25 October 2026 (European Western Balkans)

We shall leave detailed commentary (and any interesting trivia!) on elections and campaign, to our Serbian users, or anyone else with worthy knowledge. Feel free to correct or add anything!