The Student List, headed by Ilija Srdanovic, cardiologist and professor in Novi Sad, has won the early legislative elections held this Sunday in Serbia with 52% of the votes, according to still provisional results from the counting in 750 polling stations.
With this percentage, the Student List would obtain 138 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly, the unicameral parliament of Serbia, while the coalition Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia would be at 39.3% of the votes and would achieve 104 deputies.
Outside of these two formations, no other force has reached the legal threshold necessary to enter the Parliament, with the only exception of the parties representing the Hungarian and Albanian minorities.
The first to publicly announce these projections has been the head of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), former president Aleksandar Vucic, who has predicted between 135 and 140 seats for the Student List and about 105 for the Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia alliance.
"We do not have the definitive results. Many will be surprised and you will understand how much some have lied. I want to inform you that according to a stratified sample it is clear that we have lost these elections," Vucic explained from the headquarters of his party, according to Serbian press reports.
Vucic detailed that "the student list has won and they will have between 135 and 140 seats and we around 105." "No one else has achieved representation... Well, the Hungarians from Vojvodina have three seats and the Albanians, I mean the SDA," he added.
Still, he emphasized that "we are going to fight." "I know it is a difficult moment for many (...). Some will abandon us, but our structure is very solid. We have learned from the opposition, so do not get angry," he appealed.
The former president attributed this outcome to the "revolution" that, according to him, has been driven with "support from foreign countries." "I congratulate them even if they are just the perpetrators of a dirty job that others have designed," he indicated before predicting that sanctions against Russia will be imposed in March or April. "I congratulate Natasa Kandic. Her politics has won," he concluded, referring to one of the activists who promoted the breakup of Yugoslavia.
After these data became known, celebrations have erupted in the streets of the main cities of the country, especially at the electoral headquarters of the Student List, where supporters have chanted the song "Serbia awakens".