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Seismic political shift as youth movement topples right-wing party

High turnout and gathering tensions marked the highly contested parliamentary election that was a showdown between Vucic and university students.

It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and who denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat him, led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.

In a seismic political shift, Serbia's longtime strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in the country's parliamentary elections.

Serbia's elections came after almost two years of student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and creeping authoritarianism.

The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.

Vucic says the opposition Student List is projected to win a parliamentary majority after nearly two years of protests.

Serbians turn out in huge numbers for a parliamentary election that could end Aleksandar Vucic’s longstanding reign.

In a seismic political shift, Serbia’s longtime strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to a student-led movement in the country's parliamentary elections.

Nearly two years after a deadly railway station collapse sparked mass anti-corruption protests, 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, Serbians are voting in a closely fought election that could end Aleksandar Vucic's grip on power.

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The student movement aims to end Vucic's 14 years of rule at Sunday's vote, as he holds a rival rally across town.