Vučić concedes Serbia's snap parliamentary election to student-backed Student List

As of 5:27 p.m. ET, Oct. 25, 2026

Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia's former president, on Sunday conceded the country's snap parliamentary election to the student-backed Student List.

"We do not have final results," Vučić said in a televised statement at his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) headquarters in Belgrade, according to the state news agency Tanjug. Based on a stratified sample, he said, "it is clear that we lost these elections." He added: "I want to inform you that the student-blockader list has won. They will have between 135 and 140 seats, and we about 105." (Quotes translated from Serbian by GROKsiNEWS.com.) The Associated Press also reported his concession.

Vučić led the "Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia" list. Serbia's parliament has 250 seats, and 126 are needed for a majority. The seat figures are Vučić's own projection, not an official count.

A preliminary projection by pollsters Ipsos and CeSID put the Student List at about 52% and Vučić's list at 39.3%, with 56% of their sample processed, according to CeSID. Earlier Sunday, CeSID and Ipsos put turnout at 67.6% by 7 p.m. local time, the highest since 1992, the Guardian reported. Polls closed at 8 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET).

The Republic Electoral Commission has not yet released official results.

Vučić resigned as president on Sept. 27 to lead his party's list in the election and seek the prime minister's post. Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabić has been acting president since, according to the Serbian government. The election followed nearly two years of student-led protests that began after a railway station canopy collapse in Novi Sad killed 16 people in November 2024.

What is not known

It is not yet known when official results will be released or how the final seat count will compare with Vučić's projection.