Serbia Certifies Student List’s 140-Seat Majority After 53 Repeat Polls

BELGRADE, 6 November 2026 — Serbia’s Republic Electoral Commission certified the results of the October 25 parliamentary election on Thursday, confirming that the student-led “Students Are Winning” list secured 140 of the National Assembly’s 250 seats after repeat voting at 53 polling stations on November 1.

The commission’s consolidated report gave the student list 2,354,417 votes. The “Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia” list won 1,731,323 votes and 103 seats. With 140 seats, the student list holds more than the 126 needed for a majority in the 250-member chamber. Certification of the election result is not the same as the appointment of a government: the new parliament must be constituted and the constitutional process for selecting a government must follow.

The official election commission’s November 5 report records 6,451,292 registered voters at 8,392 polling stations. It counted 4,444,310 people turning out, 4,441,636 casting ballots, 4,385,065 valid ballots and 56,571 invalid ballots. The distinction between turnout, ballots cast and valid ballots matters when comparing figures published by different outlets.

Seven seats went to five minority electoral lists. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and the Albanian Coalition each secured two seats; the lists led by Rasim Ljajić and Usame Zukorlić, and SDA Sandžak, each secured one. The Socialist Party list led by Ivica Dačić received votes but won no seats, according to the consolidated results.

The commission ordered fresh voting at 53 polling stations after the October 25 election where results could not be established or ballots had been annulled. The November 1 repeat polls were included in Thursday’s consolidated tally. Local news outlet N1 independently reported the commission’s certification and the seat allocations, confirming the significance of the formal result after days of preliminary projections.

The result changes Serbia’s parliamentary balance and opens the legal process for a new legislature and government. The electoral commission’s certification is a documented institutional act; it does not independently adjudicate every dispute or allegation about how campaigning and polling were conducted. No such allegation is asserted as proven here.

The next milestones are the formal assignment of individual mandates, the convening of the National Assembly and the formation of a government. These are separate legal steps, and the outcome of each should be reported only when confirmed by the relevant official records.