Preliminary results of Serbian parliamentary elections announced

China News Service, Beijing, October 27, Belgrade News: On the evening of the 26th local time, the Serbian Election Commission announced the preliminary results of the early parliamentary election. The "Student List-Students Win" campaign promoted by student groups led with 52.71% of the vote and is expected to obtain 140 seats, accounting for an absolute majority in the 250-seat National Assembly and having the conditions to form an independent government.

According to reports from Serbian Radio and Television, as of 20:00 on the 26th, 8,187 of the 8,392 polling stations across the country had completed counting votes. The "Student List-Students Win" vote rate was 52.71%; the "Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia" electoral list led by the Serbian Kadima Party received 39.17% of the vote rate and is expected to obtain 104 seats. In addition, the four ethnic minority electoral lists are expected to win a total of 6 seats.

Serbia’s parliamentary election will be held in advance on the 25th. Political parties and political party alliances submitted a total of 18 electoral lists to compete for 250 seats in the National Assembly. Obtaining at least 126 seats can achieve a parliamentary majority.

According to the Serbian constitution, the first session of the new National Assembly must be held within 30 days after the final results of the election are announced. The President nominates a candidate for Prime Minister to the National Assembly after hearing the opinions of the deputies elected to the electoral list. Candidates must submit a policy agenda and government formation plan to the parliament and obtain the support of more than half of all members before they can be elected. The constitution also stipulates that if the new National Assembly fails to elect a government within 90 days after its establishment, the assembly must be dissolved and new elections must be held.

Former Serbian President Vucic was elected by the Serbian Forward Party in September and ran as the leader of the party's parliamentary election list and candidate for prime minister. On the 9th of that month, Vucic announced the dissolution of parliament and held parliamentary elections on October 25 in advance. On September 27, he officially resigned from the presidency and handed over the presidential powers to the Speaker of the Parliament Brnabic, who assumed the presidential powers on his behalf. On the evening of October 25, Vucic admitted that his camp had lost the parliamentary election.