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Student List defeats Vucic, wins 135 seats in Serbia

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026 · How we work

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Student List defeated President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party in snap parliamentary elections.
Student List secured at least 135 seats.
The Progressive Party won about 105 seats.
Cardiologist Ilija Srdanovic topped the Student List’s 250-candidate slate.
Former National Bank of Serbia governor Dejan Šoškic is being considered for prime minister.

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Ursula von der Leyen announced EU support for Serbia’s rule-of-law, media freedom and anti-corruption reforms.
The Student List released an 11-point plan calling for judiciary reform, media independence, corruption eradication and an EU-membership referendum.
Movement decisions are made in popular assemblies and direct-democracy plenums at universities and local neighborhoods.
The November 1 2024 Novi Sad railway station roof collapse killed sixteen.
Students cycled 1,300 km to Strasbourg, meeting MEPs and President Emmanuel Macron.

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Student List Defeats Vucic

Student List defeated President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party in snap parliamentary elections.
Student List secured at least 135 seats.
The Progressive Party won about 105 seats.
Cardiologist Ilija Srdanovic topped the Student List’s 250-candidate slate.
Former National Bank of Serbia governor Dejan Šoškic is being considered for prime minister.

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