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The student list won the parliamentary elections in Serbia.

Posted by The MeidasTouch Podcast, Checked

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The MeidasTouch PodcastOct 27, 2026
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The Student List won Serbia's October 25, 2026 parliamentary election, according to Reuters, AP, NPR, the Republic Electoral Commission, and others. Vucic conceded defeat on election night. The post's 'important election' refers to this parliamentary race, so the extraction is faithful.

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… Speaking of massive protests, there were massive protests in Belgrade, Serbia, against the ruling party led by Vucic, who lost the parliamentary elections, and the student list were responsible for these massive, massive protests. They ended up going on to win an important election in Serbia. We'll talk about that. Earlier today, Iran hosted the Mecca Pact countries in Tehran. Great work, Trump regime, with Operation Economic Outcast. …
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What we found

Supports. Reuters reports that Vucic conceded defeat, saying 'the Student List has won' the parliamentary elections.[1]

Supports. AP reports that Vucic conceded defeat in the parliamentary election to the student-led Students' List, which won the vote.[2]

Supports. The Republic Electoral Commission's preliminary results give the 'Student List – Students Win' 52.71% of the vote and 140 of 250 seats, ahead of Vucic's list.[3][4]

Supports. Later coverage, including the final CeSID–Ipsos projection and Wikipedia's summary of the RIK results, confirms the Student List won an absolute majority, with 141 seats after overseas votes were counted.[5][6][7]

Context. Some sources note the result was not yet formally finalised as of late October, but none dispute that the Student List won.[8]

Sources

8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 6 not rated

  1. 1Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to student led movement in parliamentary electionreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  2. 2Vucic concedes defeat to Serbia's student-led movementapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  3. 3Preliminary election results from 8187 polling stations ...srbija.gov.rs · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 470th Session of the Republic Electoral Commissionrik.parlament.gov.rs · not rated · cited for: supports
  5. 5Student List Wins Outright Majority in Serbian ...balkaninsight.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  6. 62026 Serbian parliamentary election - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  7. 7Serbia's students won the election, now comes the EU's testepc.eu · not rated · cited for: supports
  8. 8Serbia's victorious students call for key state officials to resign, graft probesrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context

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