A student protest movement in Serbia turned itself into a political party and won an outright majority, ending 14 years of Aleksandar Vucic's rule. It now has to form a government without a leader.
The Student List began preparing for talks on forming a government despite having no clear leader and no obvious candidate for prime minister. Crowds celebrated for a second night. Read the story
Serbia's Student List won 53.3% of the vote and 140 of the seats against 39.7% for Aleksandar Vucic's list. Vucic conceded and said the student movement had won. Turnout was 68.85%, the highest in decades. Read the story
A movement that refused to name a leader just won Serbia's parliamentary election outright. The Student List took 140 of 250 seats, Aleksandar Vucic's party conceded, and 14 years of one-party rule ended in a single night. Now the group that built its whole identity on having no leader has 90 days to pick a prime minister.
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