Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic won a second term in office and his ruling party headed for an election victory, putting him on track to extend his coalition’s decade-long grip on power.
Vucic secured about 59% of the vote in the presidential contest, more than enough to avoid a second-round runoff ballot, according to a partial count taken by the non-governmental Center for Free Elections and Democracy. Speaking to supporters late Sunday in Belgrade, Vucic echoed that number even as returns trickled in.
His Progressive Party-led bloc won about 43% of the vote, while a coalition of center-left opposition parties running as United for Serbia’s Victory took 13%, CeSID showed.
