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Serbia's long-time leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat in a snap election, handing victory to a student-led movement that built mass support by pledging to fight against graft and reverse democratic backsliding. The Student List won more than two million votes in the Balkan country of 6.5 million people, Mr Vucic told his supporters in Belgrade, abou

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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.

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“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.

Serbian parliamentary elections unseat Aleksandar Vucic, a Putin-endorsed strongman who 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 opposition 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.

Aleksandar Vucic, ex-Presidente sérvio, concedeu a derrota nas eleições legislativas antecipadas deste domingo, 25 de Outubro, na Sérvia. Lista dos Estudantes quer redemocratizar o país.

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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