Center for Free Elections and Democracy

According to the latest preliminary results, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic won about half of the votes in the early parliamentary elections held on Sunday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won the early parliamentary elections in Serbia, and the new parliament could comprise seven parties, as three parties are hovering around the election threshold of five percent, Program Director of the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) Djordje Vukovic at the last press conference on Sunday.

Facing tough challenges in the forthcoming early elections, including poor media exposure and lack of funds, the opposition parties are turning to the Internet in a quest for voters.

Bojan Klacar, director of the Center for Free Elections and Democracy, CESID, told BIRN that no party can avoid social media now, although television remains the most influential media.

NGO director made head of flood recovery office

BELGRADE -- The Serbian government has appointed CeSID Program Director Marko Blagojević as head of its newly-formed Office for Reconstruction and Flood Relief.

BELGRADE - The Electoral Commission of the Republic of Serbia (RIK) processed 65.37 percent of polling stations by midnight CET on Sunday and said that the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) had won the early parliamentary election, taking 156 seats in the new parliament, followed by the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) with 45, New Democratic Party (NDS) with 18 and Democratic Party (DS) with 17,

According to preliminary results of Sunday's early elections in Serbia, the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of Aleksandar Vucic has won over 50% of the votes.

According to preliminary results published by the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID), as cited by B92, Alexandar Vucic's SNS wins 160 seats in in the country's 250-seat parliament.

BELGRADE – According to voter turnout figures, 50.3 percent of Serbia’s eligible voters cast their votes in the country’s early parliamentary elections by 7 p.m. Sunday, the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) said.

BELGRADE - The turnout at the snap parliamentary poll in Serbia by 6 p.m. CET was 45.67 percent and if the trend continues, the turnout by the end of the vote should be between 53 and 55 percent, the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Serbia (RIK) stated on Sunday.

BELGRADE – Elections figures show 41.1 percent of Serbia’s eligible voter population turned out to vote in the country’s early parliamentary elections by 5 p.m. Sunday, the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) said.

BELGRADE - The Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) is the only domestic organization that requested and got accreditation from the national electoral commission (RIK) for monitoring early parliamentary elections, while foreign observers showed greater interest in that.