Serbia to rerun voting at 53 polling stations on Nov. 1
The Republic Electoral Commission set a rerun of the parliamentary vote for Sunday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., with 24,438 ballots to be printed.
Voters at 53 polling stations in Serbia will cast their ballots for members of parliament again on Sunday, November 1, 2026, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) decided this at its 72nd session, held on the evening of October 28, and the decision applies to the snap parliamentary elections of October 25. Only voters registered at the polling stations covered by the decision will vote.
RIK Chairman Vladimir Dimitrijevic, who presided over the session, said the stations fall into two groups: those where the results could not be determined (31 stations) and those where the vote was annulled (22 stations). According to Mondo, local electoral commissions annulled the vote at those 22 stations by their own rulings.
Where will the vote be repeated?
The stations where results could not be determined are located in these municipalities and cities:
- Aleksinac
- Backa Topola
- Bojnik
- Vladicin Han
- Indjija
- Koceljevo
- Kula
- Kursumlija
- Majdanpek
- Cuprija
- Subotica
- Sid
The stations where the vote was annulled are in 15 municipalities and cities, according to N1 and Danas, which relayed figures from Beta:
- Aleksinac
- Babusnica
- Backa Topola
- Zemun
- Krusevac
- Kursumlija
- Loznica
- Ljig
- Novi Pazar
- Petrovac na Mlavi
- Pirot
- Pozarevac
- Prokuplje
- Trstenik
- Cuprija
The sources differ on one detail. Mondo also lists Kanjiza among the annulled stations and arrives at 16 locations, while N1 and Danas do not include it. Aleksinac, Backa Topola, Kursumlija and Cuprija appear on both lists, which means the vote is being repeated there for both reasons.
How many ballots, and what else was decided?
RIK ordered 24,438 ballots to be printed for the repeat vote. According to Beta, the decisions at the session were adopted unanimously.
Three other decisions were adopted at the same session: on the form, design, color and content of the ballot and of the control sheet for checking the ballot box, on the number of ballots, and on reimbursement of the costs of holding the repeat vote. The commission also rejected an objection from Tanja Pavic, a voter from Belgrade, as inadmissible.
What does the rerun mean for the final results?
We have so far reported preliminary results and seat projections, and the final ones depend on Sunday’s vote. According to preliminary data after 8,338 of 8,392 polling stations were counted, as reported by Radio Free Europe, the Student List has 53.04 percent of the vote (2,349,689), and the United Serbia list has 38.97 percent (1,726,375). Besides those two lists, only national minority parties enter parliament.
Under the Law on the Election of Members of Parliament, as Mondo notes, RIK issues its overall report on the results within 96 hours of the polls closing, or of the end of the last procedure for protecting electoral rights that could affect the results. Serbia’s Constitution provides that the first session of the new National Assembly must be held no later than 30 days after the final results are declared, and the 90-day deadline for electing a government starts only once the Assembly is constituted.
