MORE THAN A QUARTER OF SERBIA HAS VOTED: Record turnout in the elections, and the numbers continue to rise!

In Serbia’s snap parliamentary elections, 27.3 percent of voters had cast their ballots by 11 a.m., according to an estimate by CeSID and Ipsos. The estimate is based on a stratified sample of 750 polling stations. At the elections held in 2023, 15.1 percent of voters had cast their ballots by the same time.

Turnout continued to rise steadily throughout the morning. By 9 a.m., 12 percent of voters had cast their ballots, more than double the 5.3 percent recorded in 2023. By 10 a.m., according to data from the Republic Electoral Commission, 19.72 percent of voters had voted. This figure does not include the territory of Kosovo and Metohija. CeSID and Ipsos estimated turnout at 19.5 percent at the same time, compared with 9.5 percent at the previous elections. The CRTA observation mission reported 19.8 percent, compared with 9.8 percent at the previous parliamentary elections.

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The RIK also published regional figures for turnout by 10 a.m. In Vojvodina, 23.62 percent of registered voters had cast their ballots, compared with 20.46 percent in Belgrade, 17.40 percent in the southern and eastern Serbia region, and 17.08 percent in the Šumadija and Western Serbia region. Earlier reports indicated that queues had formed before polling stations opened, while crowds were also reported outside diplomatic missions abroad, including in Sarajevo and Ljubljana.

A total of 6,451,292 registered voters are eligible to vote in these elections, and voting is taking place at 8,392 polling stations. Final turnout in the 2023 elections was 58.77 percent.

CeSID and Ipsos will publish new turnout estimates at 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Polling stations close at 8 p.m., and the first estimates of the results are expected at around 9:30 p.m.