Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic won a decisive victory in the early elections - UPDATED

The list of the Serbian Progressive Party (SPP) "Aleksander Vucic - Serbia must not stop" won 46.3% of the votes in the parliamentary elections in Serbia.
This is indicated by the results of the CESID/IPSOS with nearly 60% voter turnout.
This means that the SPP will have 127 seats in the 250-seat parliament and an absolute majority.
The "Serbia Against Violence" list won 23.6 percent of the vote, giving it 65 seats, while Ivica Dacic's "Serbian Socialist Party (SSP)" won 18 seats with 6.6 percent of the vote. Dacic said, that he will probably resign from the post of chairman of the SSP.
The list "We - the voice of the people - Dr. Branimir Nestorovic" won 4.8% of the votes or 13 mandates, the same as the NADA coalition with 4.9% support.
The Union of Hungarians in Vojvodina won 6 mandates, and the Coalition "Justice and Reconciliation and Democratic Union" of Croats in Vojvodina 3 mandates. The formation of Suleiman Uglyanin "Sanjak Democratic Action Party" - 2 mandates. "United for Justice", led by Usame Zukorlic, won 3 mandates with 0.9 percent support. Shaip Kamberi's list will have 2 mandates, and the "Russian Party" - 1 mandate.
Local election results
Voter turnout in the country for the local elections was 56.3%, while last year 58.9% of eligible voters voted.
The list "Aleksander Vucic - Belgrade must not stop" won 38.7% of the votes in the elections in Belgrade, respectively 48 mandates in the city assembly out of a total of 110, with nearly 55% voter turnout.
The Serbian Progressive Party (SPP) has 5 more seats than the coalition "Serbia Against Violence" (34.7%, 43 seats) in the capital's municipal council, which subsequently elects the mayor.
The NADA coalition will have 7 municipal councilors, thanks to 6% of the votes won.
The "Voice of the People" formation of Aleksandar Yerkovich gathered support of 5.3 percent and won 6 mandates. The list of the Serbian Socialist Party won 4.8% of the votes and 6 mandates.
The "Serbia Against Violence" coalition demanded the annulment of the municipal council elections in the capital due to alleged electoral fraud and called for a protest after the results were announced.
The coalition announced that more than 40,000 people who do not legally reside in the Serbian capital were bussed in to vote for the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SPP).
According to Serbian law, Serbian citizens can only vote in their registered place of residence.
The opposition formation called for a protest in front of the City Assembly in downtown Belgrade at 18:00 local time today, followed by a march to the headquarters of the Republican Election Commission (REC).
"Serbia Against Violence" also requested a review of the voter lists.
The headquarters of the coalition announced after the end of the election day yesterday that over 450 cases of violations of the electoral process were documented during the day.
Budapest and Moscow congratulated Vucic
The Kremlin welcomed the convincing victory of the party of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
"We welcome the achievement of Mr. Vucic," Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He stressed that Moscow hoped the outcome of the vote would lead to "further strengthening of friendship" between the two countries, calling Serbia a "brotherly" country.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also congratulated the Serbian president and members of his list on the success.
"Serbia will not stop! Congratulations to President Vučić and the members of his list for the convincing election victory," Orban wrote on the social network X. /BGNES