Serbia goes to general elections on Sunday, the fifth in a decade, with the opposition challenging the dominance of populist President Aleksandar Vučić and his party, at a time of political and social tensions linked to the country’s leadership.
Firstly scheduled for April 30, 2026, Vučić himself called for early elections. The president won the presidential elections two years ago with about 60% of the votes and now, without being a candidate, he leads the Serbian Progressive Party, SNS.
Meanwhile, 8 pro-European opposition formations have united for the first time under the slogan “Serbia against violence”, or SPN.
The opposition hopes to win Belgrade in local elections, and if it achieves its goal, it will be a symbolic victory against the regime of Vučić, who has been prime minister from 2014 to 2017 and president since 2017.
The latest polls conducted this week speak of a “technical connection” between the official bloc consisting of Vučić’s SNS and the Socialist Party and the opposition bloc formed by the SPN and 3 small parties.
They give the SNS 40 percent of the votes, while the opposition SPN about 26%, ahead of the Socialists of Ivica Dacic with 9%, and other opposition entities between 3 and 6.5%.
