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Student List wins 140 seats as Vučić concedes defeat in Serbia

Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after the Student List won 140 seats in Serbia’s 250-member parliament. Its lack of a single leader and varied political positions could complicate government formation, and the next prime minister remains uncertain.

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What happened

Key facts

  • The Student List won 2,267,615 votes, or 52.71%, and secured 140 seats in Serbia’s 250-member parliament.
  • The “Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia” list won 1,685,022 votes, or 39.17%, and secured 104 seats.
  • Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to the student-led movement.
  • The Student List brings together academics, doctors, engineers, actors and sports personalities and has no single leader.
  • During nearly two years of protests, students made decisions in closed-door meetings called “plenums.”

The brief

The Student List won 140 seats in Serbia’s 250-member parliament, and Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to the student-led movement, according to The Times of India. The list received 2,267,615 votes, equal to 52.71% of the total. Its result gives it a parliamentary majority, the outlet reported.

The “Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia” list won 1,685,022 votes, or 39.17%, and took 104 seats. The two figures account for the reported vote and seat totals for the leading lists; the account describes Vučić as conceding after the Student List’s victory.

The Times of India describes the Student List as a political grouping of 250 representatives, including academics, doctors, engineers, actors and sports personalities. It has no single leader, and the outlet says its varied political positions could make forming a government more difficult.

It does not identify a prime minister-designate or describe a government-formation agreement. The article connects the movement’s organization to nearly two years of protests. During that period, students made decisions in closed-door meetings known as “plenums,” according to The Times of India.

The account presents this structure alongside the list’s lack of a single leader, without detailing how the group will make decisions in parliament. The outlet identifies Ilija Srđanović, a cardiologist and university professor, as the list’s lead candidate, named in September. It reports that he said the list would prioritize tackling organized crime and corruption.

The account does not detail proposed measures or a timetable for that work. The Times of India also identifies academics, doctors, engineers, actors and sports personalities among the list’s representatives, but does not provide individual seat allocations or describe their political positions in detail.

Its account says the range of views could complicate government formation, while the election result gives the list 140 seats. Vučić’s concession and that seat count are the immediate political facts reported after the vote; the article leaves the next prime minister uncertain.

Why it matters

  • The Student List’s 140 seats give it a majority in Serbia’s 250-member parliament, while the “Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia” list has 104.
  • Government formation is a concrete stake: The Times of India says the Student List’s varied political positions could complicate negotiations, and it has no single leader.
  • The list’s lead candidate, Ilija Srđanović, said it would prioritize tackling organized crime and corruption, making those issues stated priorities for the incoming parliamentary grouping.

What to watch next

  • Whether the Student List forms a government despite the varied political positions the outlet says could complicate the process.
  • Who becomes prime minister; The Times of India says the next prime minister remains uncertain.
  • Whether the Student List advances its stated priority of tackling organized crime and corruption.

How it's being covered

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Where the outlets are based: Asia 50% · Middle East 17% · Other 33%
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Timeline

Developments from this story's sources, dated background we compiled and fact-checked, and our earlier coverage. Each row says which.
  1. Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić founded the Serbian Progressive Party.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  2. Aleksandar Vučić became prime minister of Serbia.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  3. Vučić won Serbia’s presidential election.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  4. Parliamentary elections on December 17, 2023, returned the SNS-led alliance to power.
    Background · from our historical context
  5. Serbia held a repeat Belgrade election on June 2, 2024, which the SNS-led alliance won.
    Background · from our historical context
  6. The November 2024 station disaster, however, brought demands for accountability into the center of student mobilization.
    Background · from our historical context
  7. The protests began after the collapse of a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station on November 1, 2024.
    Background · from our historical context

How we got here

Before the parliamentary vote, Serbia’s student movement had spent nearly two years organizing through “plenums,” closed-door meetings in which students made collective decisions.

In September 2026, it named cardiologist and university professor Ilija Srđanović as the lead candidate for its electoral list, while the wider movement continued to encompass people from professions including academia, medicine, engineering, arts and sports. The protests began after the collapse of a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station on November 1, 2024.

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