Polls closed for municipal elections in Serbia – Complaints of irregularities

The opposition claims that in lots of municipalities there was a switch of voters from different municipalities the place elections are usually not held

The polls for municipal elections in Serbia closed at 8:00 within the night and the counting of votes started. Native authorities elections have been held in 68 cities in Serbia. In Belgrade, the elections have been repeated since within the earlier ones, final December, no mayor was elected, whereas irregularities have been reported by the opposition and international observers.

Severe irregularities have been additionally recorded by the opposition throughout in the present day's election course of. As reported, the switch of voters from different municipalities the place elections are usually not held, in addition to many circumstances of voter financing by the Serbian Progressive Social gathering, have been discovered in lots of municipalities. We had incidents in Belgrade and Novi Unhappy the place opposition activists tried to forestall the operation of phone facilities of the ruling celebration.

In accordance with the polling firm IPSOS, an hour earlier than the polls closed in Belgrade, 42% of these registered on the electoral rolls had voted, a proportion lowered by 12 factors in comparison with December 2023 when turnout on the polls, on the identical time, had fluctuated at 54%.

Within the Serbian Progressive Social gathering (SNS) they’re getting ready to have a good time. The President of the Republic, Aleksandar Vucic, arrived on the headquarters of the Social gathering and expressed the knowledge that the mixture led by his celebration and bearing his title, will obtain a “convincing victory”.

It’s famous that the most important opposition events didn’t take part in in the present day's elections arguing that the democratic situations for his or her holding are usually not met.

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