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Elections in Serbia

14.April 2026. MLJ

Why is Serbia waiting for election results longer than Hungary?

The polls in Hungary closed at 7:00 p.m., and three hours later, Viktor Orbán publicly announced his defeat. Why are the election results waiting longer in Serbia?

On June 1, elections are held for local community councils in the south of Serbia

Local elections

26.march 2026 Bojan Bednar

Record number of observers at local elections: Competition for every vote is expected

There is huge interest in the elections in 10 local governments on March 29. Only in the Tower, which has 40 polling stations, there will be at least 1.600 observers. Both the Government and the opposition are apparently preparing for a fight after the polling stations are closed

Local elections

25.march 2026 B. B.

Trait: The pre-election campaign is extremely unequal and unscrupulous

The pre-election campaign ahead of the elections on March 29 is characterized by the marked inequality of the participants, along with the political abuse of children and gender-based digital violence

The video of Branko Babić with the boy represents political abuse of the child

Local elections in Smederevska Palanka

12.march 2026 IN THE

CRTA accused Branko Babić of political abuse of a child in Vučić's election campaign

The CRTA organization assessed that the video published by influencer Branko Babić on social networks was political abuse of a child in the context of the pre-election campaign in Smederevska Palanka.

Serbia before the elections

26.February 2026. Viktor Radonjic

How the regime steals votes

Vukosava Crnjanski, director of CRTE, Slobodan Orlović, professor of constitutional law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Novi Sad, and Zoran Gavrilović, executive director of the Bureau of Social Research (BIRODI), speak for "Vreme" about the experiences of the election process.

"Someone has created an atmosphere in Mionica as if you are in a war zone, because men are parading with hoods and scarves pulled over their faces," says program director of Crta Raša Nedeljkov.

record

30.November 2025 B. B.

Nedeljkov: In Mionica, it's like being in a war zone

"Someone has created an atmosphere in Mionica as if you are in a war zone, because men are parading with hoods and scarves pulled over their faces," says program director of Crta Raša Nedeljkov

THE LINE

13.October 2025 B. B.

LINE: Student list is supported by 12 percent more citizens than Vučić's

The student list is supported by 44 percent of citizens, and the bloc led by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić by 32 percent, according to research conducted by CRTA.

Local Parliament

04.September 2025 IN THE

CRTA: Why is the session of the Assembly in Zaječar controversial

The session of the Zaječar Municipal Assembly was convened contrary to the law, because it was chaired by a president whose mandate was not confirmed, while other mandates were contested, according to CRTA

Elections

08.July 2025 B. B.

Crta filed 11 criminal charges for endangering the integrity of the election process

The reports included criminal acts of abuse of official position, unauthorized influence on the work of electoral committees, violation of electoral rights and falsification of election results.

Kosjeric

01.July 2025 B. B.

Repeated elections in Kosjerić are over, many police are present

Repeated local elections were held in Kosjerić at the polling station on the 25th

THE LINE

30.June 2025 B. B.

CRTA: In Kosjerić dramatically before the repeated voting

In Kosjerić, members of the disbanded "Red Berets" and other "thugs in black" intimidate and physically attack citizens, CRTA claims.

Local elections

16.June 2025 KS

Nedeljkov: Criminal charges for buying votes in Zaječar and Kosjerić

Due to vote buying, pressure and intimidation in the elections in Zaječar and Kosjerić, as well as false reporting by certain media, CRTA will file criminal charges, the program director of this observation mission, Raša Nedeljkov, told Vreme.

Sound cannon

16.April 2025. B. B.

CRTA replied to Vučić: We trust our eyes and ears more

We don't let them drive us crazy in Serbian, Russian or any third language. stated CRTA regarding the Russian FSB report disputing the use of the sound cannon

Non-government organisations

13.march 2025 B. B.

CRTA filed a criminal complaint against Vučić

CRTA filed a criminal complaint against the President of Serbia, among other things, for causing panic and disorder

Attack on NGO

26.February 2025. Slobodan Georgijev

The prosecution in the jaws of the regime

Why did Vučić decide to be a bigger Trump than Trump and to further humiliate those who should take care of law enforcement in Serbia

Non-government organisations

26.February 2025. MJ/TS

LINE: The police left our office after 28 hours

The Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA) said that after 28 hours, police left their office and took away more than 8.500 pages of copies of project documents.

Wave of discontent

19.February 2025. IN THE

Two thirds of citizens support student protests

And after almost three months, the student protests are not only not abating, but gaining more and more support. About 80 percent of Serbian citizens support most of the students' demands, and a third of the population states that they participated in the current protests

Does support for Vučić fall among the oldest?

13.February 2025. Marija L. Jankovic

Pensioner with student prescription

They are known as the electorate that has the hardest time changing their attitude, and as a rule they vote for the government. Have the students now succeeded in something that no one else has - to initiate the oldest and be their kind of guides for political thinking

Public opinion research

11.January 2025 AI

LINE: Over 60 percent of citizens support protests and blockades

The CRTA public opinion survey shows that a large number of citizens trust students the most to fight for justice. Support for the protests began to spill over to the electorate of the parties in power

Numerous irregularities

03.June 2024 IM / Phonet

Raša Nedeljkov: Questionable legitimacy of elections in Serbia

"Election day can be seen as the second, less bad half that was played in a dirty way", said Nedeljkov at the press conference.

Improvement of electoral conditions

13.May 2024. IM / Phonet

LINE: ODIHR recommendations have not been implemented

The preliminary report states that these elections are an extension of the electoral process from December 2023 and were entered into without implementing the priority recommendation of the ODIHR on the necessity of an independent revision of the voter list.

Local elections in June

30.march 2024 Mila Jovanovic

Raša Nedeljkov: The state denies that there is a problem with the voter list

Elections will be held in Niš, Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Vršac, Pančevo, Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica, Valjevo, Požarevac, Jagodina, Užice and Čačak, and the citizens of Belgrade will go to the polling stations twice in June.

Documented election manipulations

11.march 2024 Milica Srejić

"Erasing Appearances" exhibition: Sharpen your pencils

On the occasion of the election manipulations that the observation mission of the Border observed in the elections in December last year, the exhibition "Erasing the Appearance" was organized at the initiative of the director of CZDK, Ana Miljanić. At the exhibition, citizens will be able to, in addition to the organized guidance, write down their testimonies from the elections. (if they have them)

Elections in Serbia in 2023.

15.February 2024. MS/Drawing

The final report of Crta: The elections were a fair of lawlessness

The head of Crta's legal team, Pavle Dimitrijević, said that due to vote buying and circular voting, better known as the "Bulgarian train", Crta submitted more reports to the police than in any previous election.

Politics

10.February 2024. BG/Istinomer

Data for all of Serbia: How many voters are there at each address

The Istinomer website has acquired a new database, which includes addresses throughout Serbia with the number of voters registered to vote in the local, provincial and parliamentary elections on December 17, 2023.

Post-election politics

25.January 2024 Voice of America

Nedeljkov: Everyone in the EU is worried about Serbia

The director of the CRTA organization, Raša Nedeljkov, is in Brussels at the invitation of the European Economic and Social Council, to whose members he presented findings on electoral irregularities in Serbia. He also spoke with representatives of political groups in the European Parliament, the EU External Affairs Service and the Department of Justice and Enlargement.

Election irregularities

20.January 2024 BG

After the Germans, the Americans also criticize Vučić for the attack on the border

"President Vučić must deal with the issues raised by the OSCE regarding democracy in Serbia, and not divert attention from it by attacking democratic activists," announced the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.