Elections in Serbia: Polls closed – Opposition denounces irregularities – 2024-06-05 03:05:00

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.

Critical irregularities have been additionally recorded by the opposition throughout at present’s election course of. As reported, the switch of voters from different municipalities the place elections should 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 occasion.

In keeping with the polling firm IPSOS, an hour earlier than the polls closed in Belgrade, 42% of these registered within the electoral rolls had voted, a proportion decreased by 12 factors in comparison with December 2023 when turnout on the polls, on the similar time, had fluctuated at 54%. The primary indicative outcomes are anticipated shortly earlier than midnight.

Within the Serbian Progressive Social gathering (SNS) they’re making ready to rejoice. The President of the Republic, Aleksandar Vucic, arrived on the headquarters of the Social gathering and expressed the understanding that the mix led by his occasion and bearing his title, will obtain a “convincing victory”.

It’s famous that the biggest opposition events didn’t take part in at present’s elections arguing that the democratic situations for his or her holding should not met.

Supply: RES-MPE