Serbia’s Vucic Concedes Election Defeat to Student-Led Protest Movement

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic acknowledged defeat on Sunday in parliamentary elections, conceding to a protest movement led by students.

“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Vucic said, publicly accepting an electoral setback at the hands of the student-led movement.

The concession came amid fears of unrest and warnings that the ruling party might refuse to accept defeat. Those concerns left uncertainty over how the election’s outcome would be handled.

The result puts the student-led protest movement at the centre of Serbia’s political contest, with attention now turning to the ruling party’s response to Vucic’s acknowledgement.