Serbia’s final parliamentary results give the student-led list 140 of 250 seats. The certified majority clears an electoral hurdle, while forming and installing a government remains a separate process.
Serbia’s Republic Electoral Commission adopted the final report on the parliamentary election on 5 November, confirming a majority for the Student List–Students Are Winning. The government’s account of the commission’s decision records 2,354,417 votes and 140 seats for the list, against 1,731,323 votes and 103 seats for Aleksandar Vučić–United Serbia.
The report covers voting on 25 October and repeat voting at 53 polling stations on 1 November. Elections were conducted across 8,392 polling stations. More than 4.44 million voters turned out, from an electoral roll of approximately 6.45 million.
A clear majority, with institutions still to assemble
In a 250-seat chamber, 126 votes constitute a majority of all members. The student-led list’s 140 seats therefore put it 14 above that threshold. The remaining seven seats went to minority lists, including two each for the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and the Albanian Coalition.
This arithmetic gives the winning list a route to electing a government without requiring another list’s support, provided its members vote together. It does not itself appoint ministers, establish a programme or put the new administration in office. Those steps require the institutions created by the result to act.
According to Associated Press reporting, the movement grew out of protests following the 2024 railway-station canopy collapse that killed 16 people. Its candidates campaigned on restoring the rule of law and tackling corruption. Turning those commitments into government decisions will now test a movement that mobilised against established power.
How the cabinet is chosen
Article 127 of Serbia’s Constitution provides the next institutional framework. The president proposes a candidate for prime minister after hearing representatives of the elected lists. That candidate presents a government programme and proposed ministers to the National Assembly, which votes on the programme and cabinet together.
A government is elected when a majority of all MPs supports it. Under Article 128, its mandate begins when it takes the oath before the Assembly. The Constitution also provides for an outgoing government to perform only tasks allowed by law until a successor is elected.
The distinction matters for assessing the transition. Certification establishes the electoral outcome; the cabinet vote and oath establish executive authority. Reporting either milestone as though all the others have already happened would obscure who is responsible for decisions during the intervening period.
The test moves from mobilisation to governing
The immediate questions are concrete: who will be proposed to lead the cabinet, which ministers will be nominated and what programme will command the new majority’s support. A seat total can establish the capacity to pass that vote, while leaving considerable uncertainty about the policies and personnel it will approve.
The majority also creates expectations of accountability. Voters will be able to compare eventual decisions with promises made during the campaign. For now, the confirmed development is substantial but specific: Serbia’s election authorities have certified the student-led list’s parliamentary majority. The next stage is to turn that result into a government through the constitutional process.
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Serbian government: Final parliamentary election results
