Serbia opened polling Sunday in a snap vote that will determine the makeup of its 250-seat National Assembly, with 18 lists competing and more than 6.4 million eligible voters.
The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) set the final number of eligible voters at 6,451,292 on Oct. 23. The ballot includes a Serbian Progressive Party-backed list led by former President Aleksandar Vučić and Student List – Students Win.
The student list's published platform names ending corruption as a priority. The movement grew from protests after the November 2024 Novi Sad railway-station canopy collapse, which killed 16 people.
On Sept. 9, then-President Aleksandar Vučić signed a decree dissolving the parliament elected Dec. 17, 2023, and a decision setting an early election for Oct. 25. OSW Centre for Eastern Studies counts this as Serbia's third early parliamentary election since 2020.
OSW says lists that fail to clear the 3% threshold may benefit the election's winner under Serbia's seat-allocation system, while smaller lists could become pivotal in coalition talks. The vote count and distribution of seats will show whether a bloc can command a majority or smaller lists will matter in forming a government, OSW said.
