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Aleksandar Vucic has held power in Serbia since 2014, and his defeat heralds a new political era for the Balkan country.

“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents.

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.

Aleksandar Vucic, who denounced the oppositional student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat him, led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.

The Serbian leader lost in a landslide to a protest-backed student movement.

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.

Election loss marks a dramatic fall from power for strongman nationalist leader as near-record turnout favours grassroots party

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3502,w_5097/743531' alt='Serbia's former President and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) prime ministerial candidate Aleksandar Vucic gives a thumbs up as he votes during the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, October 25, 2026. (phot

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

<p>Student List movement projected to have 141 seats in the new parliament, well clear of the 126 required for majority</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/serbian-leader-aleksandar-vucic-concedes-defeat-in-fiercely-contested-parliamentary-election">Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliam

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election today that ends his long grip on power and heralds a new political era in the Balkan country.

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.

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