# From the streets to the ballot box: Serbia’s students hope for an election victory

https://mins.news/en/item/111388

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-22 15:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/from-the-streets-to-the-ballot-box-serbias-students-hope-for-election-win?traffic_source=rss

> Ahead of Sunday’s election, the student-led Student List–Students Win movement has emerged as the most serious challenger to the long rule of the Serbian Progressive Party and its leader, Aleksandar Vucic. The movement grew out of protests after the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, with students seeking to overhaul a system they consider corrupt and broken.

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