{"id":181591,"date":"2025-07-02T14:09:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=181591"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:09:33","slug":"secured-one-mandate-advantage-serbian-progressive-party-won-repeated-elections-in-kosjeric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/secured-one-mandate-advantage-serbian-progressive-party-won-repeated-elections-in-kosjeric\/","title":{"rendered":"SECURED ONE MANDATE ADVANTAGE: Serbian Progressive Party Won Repeated Elections in Kosjeri\u0107!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Serbian Progressive Party<\/strong> won the repeated elections at polling station 25 &#8211; Elan, securing <strong>197 votes<\/strong>, while United for Kosjeri\u0107 won <strong>153 votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A turnout of <strong>81.5 percent<\/strong> was recorded, meaning <strong>354 out of 434<\/strong> registered voters cast their ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SNS list won a total of <strong>50.16 percent<\/strong> of the votes, or <strong>14 mandates<\/strong> in the local elections in Kosjeri\u0107, while the &#8220;United for Kosjeri\u0107&#8221; list won <strong>47.62 percent<\/strong> or <strong>13 mandates<\/strong>, announced the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) on July 1st, after the repeated elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to these results, the Russian Party won <strong>0.64 percent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the elections on June 8th, the ruling coalition of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) won only <strong>51 votes more<\/strong> than the opposition list &#8220;United for Kosjeri\u0107.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this, the SNS secured a <strong>one-mandate advantage<\/strong>, enough to form a government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 8th, the opposition won <strong>220 votes<\/strong> at this polling station, the ruling party <strong>125<\/strong>, and the Russian Party, which did not cross the threshold, zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vote was repeated because the Higher Court in U\u017eice upheld the appeal of the &#8220;United for Kosjeri\u0107&#8221; electoral list and annulled the results at this polling station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was determined that one voter cast a ballot despite not being registered at that location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local elections in Kosjeri\u0107 and Zaje\u010dar were the first since the beginning of months-long student blockades and social unrest in Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kosjeri\u0107 is the first place where students officially called for the unification of the opposition and gave it their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are also demanding the calling of early parliamentary elections in Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Was the Day in Kosjeri\u0107?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the elections at the polling station itself proceeded relatively peacefully, according to the election observation organization Crta, several incidents were recorded throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An hour before the closing of the polling station, bikers who arrived in Kosjeri\u0107 from other cities started riding through the crowd, reports the daily newspaper Danas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 4 PM, an incident occurred between local activists and citizens, as well as a group of unidentified men with caps, who were joined by another group of about 30 people, which led to shouting, chanting, and an exchange of insults, according to Crta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon after the incident broke out, the police arrived, and the group of men quickly dispersed but remained near the polling station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of voting, electoral irregularities were noted, such as individual photographing of ballots behind the screen, but with a reaction from the polling committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crta announced that groups of people &#8220;with caps and tattoos&#8221; were gathering around the polling station, and that bikers on motorcycles with obscured or missing license plates were circling the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They described the situation the day before the repeat vote in Kosjeri\u0107 as &#8220;dramatic&#8221; and added that alleged members of the disbanded &#8220;Red Berets&#8221; were intimidating and physically assaulting citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Red Berets are one of the names for the Special Operations Unit (JSO) within the State Security Department, whose commander, Milorad Ulemek Legija, is serving a 40-year sentence on multiple grounds, including being one of the main organizers of the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Free elections are not possible in an atmosphere of fear,&#8221; Crta announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday evening, a minor incident occurred between locals and a group of unknown young men, but the police quickly intervened, while on Sunday, an activist was attacked, Danas reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/ecological-catastrophe-in-serbia-unprecedented-fish-kill-in-raska-everything-that-was-in-the-river-is-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE IN SERBIA: Unprecedented fish kill in Ra\u0161ka; 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