Repeat Parliamentary Election Voting at 53 Polling Places in Serbia on Nov. 1

Parliamentary Elections(BETAPHOTO/MILAN ILIC)

Repeat voting was held for the Serbian early parliamentary election at 53 polling stations in 24 cities and municipalities on Nov. 1, with 24,438 people eligible to vote.

The Serbian Electoral Commission decided to repeat voting at 31 voting centers where the results of the Oct. 25 ballot could not be ascertained, and at 22 places where the responsible electoral commissions voided the ballot.

Repeat voting took place at individual polling stations in Aleksinac, Backa Topola, Babusnica, Bojnik, Vladicin Han, Indjija, Zemun, Kanjiza, Koceljeva, Kula, Krusevac, Kursumlija, Loznica, Ljig, Majdanpek, Novi Pazar, Petrovac na Mlavi, Pirot, Pozarevac, Prokuplje, Subotica, Trstenik, Cuprija and Sid. The Electoral Commission had 24,438 new ballots printed for the repeat voting, the same as the number of eligible voters. Election silence ahead of the repeat voting began on Oct. 30 at midnight and lasted until polling places closed at 8 p.m. on Nov. 1.

The Electoral Commission's preliminary results released on Oct. 29 after 8,338 of 8,392 polling places were processed indicate that the Student List won 53.04 percent of votes, and the Aleksandar Vucic - Serbia United ticket 38.97 percent. Local electoral commissions have 96 hours from when polling places close to determine the collective results, after which the Electoral Commission has 96 more hours to release a final report and distribute mandates.