Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić declared victory for the coalition gathered around the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), stating that it won in all 10 local self-government units where regular local elections were held yesterday.

He said the closest races were in Kula, where the difference was 530 votes, and in Bor, where the alleged preliminary advantage of SNS is around 1,900 votes.

According to him, in Aranđelovac the SNS coalition currently has 52.96 percent, “Students for Aranđelovac” 44.9 percent, while other lists are below two percent. In Bajina Bašta, SNS allegedly has 53.49 percent, “United for Bajina Bašta” 41.35 percent, and others below two percent.

In Bor, SNS reportedly won 49.2 percent, the student list 40.3 percent, and the Vlach People’s Party 3.96 percent. In Kladovo, SNS has 71.98 percent, the opposition 26.69 percent, and others below two percent. In Knjaževac, SNS won 57.11 percent, while the two opposition lists received 32.9 and 8.9 percent.

In Kula, the race remained uncertain until the final polling station, where the SNS list won 50.52 percent (11,510 votes), while “Voice of the Youth of Kula Municipality” received about 48 percent (10,997 votes).

In Lučani, SNS reportedly won 63.78 percent (21 mandates), compared to 11 mandates for the opposition list. In Majdanpek, SNS has 65.64 percent, “Nu Dau” 19 percent, and Damjan Stevkić 13 percent.

In Sevojno, based on four out of five processed polling stations, SNS has 51.48 percent, students 44.84 percent, while “Healthy Serbia” may also pass the threshold. In Smederevska Palanka, SNS won 58 percent, the student list 29.22 percent, and the opposition 9.05 percent.

The election day was marked by serious irregularities and scenes of violence in three of the ten locations where voting took place. In Bor, Bajina Bašta, and Kula, independent journalists and observers reported parallel voter lists and organized attacks by masked groups, among whom officials of the ruling parties were allegedly identified. The situation is particularly dramatic due to the fact that the police largely did not intervene against the attackers.

“Today’s election day in Bor has been marked by a series of incidents of physical violence. The dynamics of the day are perhaps best illustrated by the fact that, for the first time in a place where I observe elections, I know where the hospital, the police station, and the court are located. For CRTA’s observation mission, the fact that the basic safety of observers, activists, and journalists is not guaranteed by the Ministry of Interior sends a very serious signal. What we are witnessing has no trace of free elections, let alone any shades of democracy today,” said Raša Nedeljkov, head of CRTA’s observation mission.