Election silence until Sunday as 53 polling stations revote

Election silence ahead of the repeat vote at 53 polling stations began at midnight between October 29 and 30, 2026, and lasts until the polls close on Sunday, November 1, at 8 pm. The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) decided that voting from the October 25 snap parliamentary elections will be repeated on Sunday, from 7 am to 8 pm, and 24,438 voters are eligible to cast ballots at those stations.

We reported on the RIK decision earlier. This piece covers what was left out then: the exact list of polling stations by municipality, what the law prohibits until Sunday evening, and the penalties for breaking the silence.

Why is the vote being repeated at 53 stations?

RIK President Vladimir Dimitrijevic said the vote for members of parliament is being repeated at polling stations where local electoral commissions ruled in their decisions that the results could not be determined. There are 31 such stations. At another 22 stations the vote was annulled. In total, that makes 53 stations in 24 municipalities and cities.

RIK also decided to print as many ballots as there are voters, 24,438, as Radio Free Europe reported, citing the Beta news agency.

Which polling stations vote again?

Stations where the results could not be determined (polling station number in each case):

• Aleksinac: 3, 13, 24, 42, 46 and 47
• Backa Topola: 19
• Bojnik: 10
• Vladicin Han: 17, 27, 35, 39, 40, 46 and 47
• Indjija: 20
• Koceljevo: 4, 10, 14, 26 and 32
• Kula: 14
• Kursumlija: 30
• Majdanpek: 28, 29, 30, 34 and 35
• Subotica: 73
• Cuprija: 16
• Sid: 35

Stations where the vote was annulled:

• Aleksinac: 16 and 74
• Babusnica: 24, 26 and 36
• Backa Topola: 34, 40 and 44
• Zemun: 1 and 25
• Kanjiza: 4
• Krusevac: 111
• Kursumlija: 13
• Loznica: 32
• Ljig: 20
• Novi Pazar: 81
• Petrovac na Mlavi: 27
• Pirot: 33
• Pozarevac: 3
• Prokuplje: 12
• Trstenik: 66
• Cuprija: 21

Aleksinac, Backa Topola, Kursumlija and Cuprija appear on both lists, with different polling stations.

What does the law ban until 8 pm on Sunday?

Under the Law on the Election of Members of Parliament, for 48 hours before election day and on election day itself, until the polls close, the media and public gatherings may not publish projections of the results, publicly present candidates and their platforms, or urge voters to vote or not to vote for particular lists. Campaigning of any kind and any attempt to influence voters’ will are also banned.

The law sets fines for violating these provisions:

• legal entity: 100,000 to 600,000 dinars
• responsible person in a media outlet: 50,000 to 150,000 dinars
• individual: 10,000 to 40,000 dinars

How do the deadlines run after the polls close?

RIK issues the decision to hold a repeat vote within three days of the publication of the decision stating on the website that results cannot be determined at a polling station, or of the decision annulling the vote. Those first decisions are made by polling boards and local electoral commissions, not by RIK. The repeat vote is held within ten days of the decision ordering it.

After voting, the polling board determines the results at the station itself. Within 96 hours of the polls closing, the local electoral commission adopts a consolidated report for all stations in its territory, while RIK adopts the consolidated report on voting abroad. RIK publishes the overall report on the election results within 96 hours of receiving all consolidated reports. The deadlines for constituting the new National Assembly begin to run only once the final results are published.

What do RIK’s preliminary results show?

Eighteen lists took part in the October 25 snap parliamentary elections, nine of which hold the status of a national minority list. According to RIK’s preliminary results, based on 8,338 of 8,392 polling stations processed, the Student List won 53.04 percent of the vote, or 2,349,689 votes, and the “Aleksandar Vucic - United Serbia” list won 38.97 percent, or 1,726,375 votes. These are RIK’s preliminary figures.