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Serbia’s Vucic concedes defeat to student led movement in parliamentary election

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By Kirsten ‌Donovan

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Serbia's Aleksandar ​Vucic conceded defeat to the student-led protest ⁠movement in parliamentary elections on Sunday. 

"We still do not have final results, ​on the basis of a sample ... ‌it is clear that we have lost these elections, the Student List has ⁠won, they will have ⁠between 135 and 140 seats and we will have 105, no one else has entered parliament," Vucic ‌said.

The snap elections, called by Vucic in ⁠September, came after almost ‌two years of ​student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and creeping authoritarianism triggered by the deaths ‌of 16 people when ​a train ⁠station canopy collapsed in the ‌city of Novi ⁠Sad in 2024.

The students have since gained widespread support to become the ​greatest threat to ‌Vucic since he first became prime ⁠minister in 2014 ​and then president in 2017. 

(Reporting ​by Aleksandar Vasovic )

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