# Serbia votes in election pitting longtime leader against student movement

https://mins.news/en/item/114487

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-25 04:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/25/serbia-votes-in-election-pitting-longtime-leader-against-student-movement?traffic_source=rss

> Serbians are voting in a snap parliamentary election as student protests seek to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vucic. Polls point to a close contest between his Serbian Progressive Party and the anticorruption, anti-authoritarian Student List, which held a rally in central Belgrade on Thursday.

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