Polling stations have opened for general elections in Serbia on Sunday morning, in a race where incumbent Prime Minister Ivica Dacic risks losing the post to his deputy Aleksandar Vucic.
- Polling stations opened 07:00/am local time and will remain open until 20:00.
- 3,020 candidates from nineteen political parties will compete to enter the 250-seat Serbian parliament.
A Serb woman holds her ballot before she votes at a polling station in Partes, Kosovo’s southern village predominated by Serbs on Sunday, Nov 3, 2013. People in Kosovo are voting in a local election that will test the country’s fragile relations with Serbia as both seek to move closer to the European Union. Serb participation in Kosovo’s political life is a key element of an EU-brokered deal that seeks to settle the dispute over Kosovo and unlock EU funds. (File Image: © Vedat Xhymshiti)
BELGRADE – At polling centers in Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo, 6,767,324 citizens will be able to vote according to data from the Serbian Electoral Commission. The official results of the elections will be announced on March 20 on the official gazette.
Political analysts estimate that the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), under Vukic’s presidency, is the favourite to win the general elections – followed by the Dacic’s Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).
Serbian public opinion surveys showed tight competition between the SNS and SPS coalition and that the public believe Vucic’s political charisma is stronger than Dacic’s.
