Photo: Saša Trifunović
The coalitions led by the ruling Serbian Progressive Party won in all ten municipalities where regular local elections were held on March 29, Serbian President and former Progressives leader Aleksandar Vucic announced late that evening.
Addressing the press from the Progressives’ Belgrade headquarters, Vucic stated that preliminary ballot counts indicate the regime defeated the opposition 10 to 0.
According to him, the narrowest wins were achieved in Kula, where the Progressives won by 530 votes, and in Bor, where their advantage was about 1,900 ballots.
The local elections were held in Arandjelovac, Bajina Basta, Bor, Kladovo, Knjazevac, Kula, Lucani, Majdanpek, Sevojno and Smederevska Palanka.
The election day was marked by a slew of reports filed by independent monitors on the ground and numerous irregularities in most municipalities, as well as physical violence and injuries sustained by the press, activists and members of the general public.
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