Luka Maksimovic

Spoof politician Luka Maksimovic will be able to compete in the Belgrade local elections on March 4 after all - after his group got round a legal problem by deciding that one of its members will change his name to Maksimovic's previous alias, "Ljubisa Preletacevic 'Beli'".

MLADENOVAC - Presidential candidate Luka Maksimovic, also known under the alias of Ljubisa Preletacevic Beli, expects a first-round victory in Sunday's presidential elections in Serbia.

After casting his vote in the Belgrade municipality of Mladenovac, he told reporters he wished luck to all candidates, but that the best one would win, adding: "And I am the best."

BELGRADE - According to figures released by the Ipsos agency based on 82.8 pct of the vote sample tallied, Aleksandar Vucic has won 55 pct of the votes in Sunday's presidential elections in Serbia.

Sasa Jankovic has won 16.3 pct, followed by Luka Maksimovic (9.3 pct) and Vuk Jeremic (5.7 pct), Ipsos said.

If the battle to become Serbia's next president was decided in terms of online activity, spoof character Ljubisa Preletacevic "Beli", played by Luka Maksimovic, would win hands down.

That is the verdict of research carried out by a Belgrade-based NGO, Share Foundation, which shows thatBeli notched up almost 600,000 interactions on his posts on his official Facebook page.

Presidential candidate Luka Maksimovic, aka Ljubisa Preletacevic Beli, has shown his "presidential program" in a video posted on Facebook.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM and Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic maintains a commanding lead ahead of the presidential elections and has great chances of a first-round victory with 53 percent support, the latest Ipsos Strategic Marketing survey shows.

SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic currently has 53 percent support and a big chance of winning in the first round of the April 2 election, according to a new Ipsos Strategic Marketing poll.

Luka Maksimovic, aka Ljubisa Beli Preletacevic, is now second with a rating of about 11 percent.

BELGRADE - The national election commission approved late Monday the candidacy of Luka Maksimovic, known under the alias of Ljubisa Preletacevic Beli, for the April 2 presidential elections in Serbia.

Maksimovic was approved as the candidate of a citizens' group named Ljubisa Preletacevic Beli - Just Keep Going Strong, Beli.

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Presidential candidate Luka Maksimovic, aka Ljubisa Preletacevic Beli, says Serbia "doesn't have a strong opposition."