Serbia votes in early election pitting longtime leader Vucic against student movement
Summary
Serbians voted on Sunday, October 25, in an early parliamentary election that pits longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vucic against a mass student-led movement seeking to end his rule. Al Jazeera reported that polls showed Vucic in a tight race against the anticorruption and antirepression movement, and The Straits Times reported that voters turned out in force. Sky News reported that Vucic had conceded defeat and urged supporters to avoid "killings", while the other articles do not yet confirm a result. The BBC reported that polls were closing and early reports suggested record-high turnout. Deutsche Welle noted that the vote came nearly two years after a deadly railway station collapse sparked mass anti-corruption protests, and Euronews described the election as a referendum on Vucic's political dominance.
Timeline
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Ahead of the vote, Al Jazeera reported that Serbia was holding an early election in which the country's most powerful politician faces a serious rival and students may take power.
The Straits Times
Source ↗The Straits Times reported that Serbian voters turned out in force on Sunday as a mass student protest movement sought to unseat Aleksandar Vucic, the biggest challenge to his rule in more than a decade.
The New York Times
Source ↗The New York Times reported that a student-led movement is challenging the governing party of Aleksandar Vucic, who has dominated Serbian politics for over a decade, as the country votes for a new parliament.
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Al Jazeera reported that polls showed Aleksandar Vucic in a tight race against the anticorruption and antirepression movement as Serbia voted.
Euronews
Source ↗Euronews reported that the election is being seen as a referendum on Vucic's political dominance and on the political system that has been in place in Serbia for more than a decade.
Sky News
Source ↗Sky News reported that Serbia's long-serving leader conceded defeat to the student-led movement and urged his supporters to avoid "killings".
Deutsche Welle
Source ↗Deutsche Welle reported that Serbians voted in a closely fought election that could end Aleksandar Vucic's grip on power, nearly two years after a deadly railway station collapse sparked mass anti-corruption protests.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reported that polls were closing in Serbia and early reports suggested record-high turnout as the student movement attempted to oust Aleksandar Vucic.
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