Serbia parliament meets after student-led election win
The gist
Serbia's new parliament meets Nov. 17 after the student-led list won 140 of 250 seats.
The session must pick a speaker, then a government within 90 days.
How it unfolded
- Nov 2024A train station canopy collapse killed 16 people in northern Serbia, sparking protests that many blamed on corruption in state infrastructure projects.
- Sep 27, 2026Aleksandar Vucic resigned the presidency in a failed attempt to become the next prime minister.
- Oct 25, 2026In a snap parliamentary election, the Students' List won 140 seats in the 250-member assembly and the Serbian Progressive Party won 103, with the rest going to ethnic minority parties. Vucic conceded defeat.
Key terms
- speaker
- The presiding officer who chairs meetings and leads the work of a legislative or deliberative assembly.
- snap parliamentary election
- An election called earlier than scheduled, often to resolve a political deadlock or seize an opportunity.
- rule of law
- A legal principle that everyone, including government institutions, is subject to the same clear and consistent law.
Source: Wikipedia