In Serbia the Student List has won the country’s parliamentary election, marking a dramatic breakthrough for a movement that emerged from months of student protests and rapidly transformed itself into the country’s most important political force. The Student List’s victory is particularly significant because it was not created as a conventional political party. Its origins lie in the student protests that became a powerful expression of dissatisfaction with the country’s political institutions, the government, corruption allegations, media conditions and what many protesters described as a lack of accountability — Euronews writes.
In a brief statement to the nation, outgoing Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat and declared that the Student List has won the majority in parliament.
Vučić said that “based on the stratified sample, it is clear that we have lost the election,” adding that “the Student List has won and will have between 135 and 140 seats, while we will have around 105.
“No one else has entered parliament. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) has won three seats, the Albanians one, and I think the SDA has also secured a seat,” he added.
