Election
Serbia 2023 Early Parliamentary Election
December 17, 2023
The SNS-led list 'Aleksandar Vučić — Serbia Must Not Stop' won 129 of 250 seats with 46.75% of the vote in the snap election of 17 December 2023, held the same day as Belgrade city elections; the opposition Serbia Against Violence coalition took 65 seats. ODIHR found the vote technically well-administered but dominated by the president's decisive involvement and systemic ruling-party advantages; citizen observer group CRTA concluded the elections were not free and fair, and the European Parliament called for an independent international investigation that has not taken place. A court has since convicted an SNS polling-station official of falsifying results at one station.
Official results
Percentages of votes cast, as published by the REC; mandates out of 250. Final results followed repeat voting at 43 polling stations.
129 seats
- Serbia Against Violence (opposition coalition)23.7%902,450
65 seats
- All other lists6.9%264,140
No seats — none passed the 3% threshold
- Ivica Dačić — Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)6.6%249,916
18 seats
- NADA coalition (NDSS–POKS)5%191,431
13 seats
- We — Voice of the People (Branimir Nestorović)4.7%178,830
13 seats
- Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM)1.7%64,747
6 seats — national-minority list
- United for Justice / Democratic Alliance of Croats0.8%29,066
2 seats — national-minority list
- SDA Sandžaka (Sulejman Ugljanin)0.6%21,827
2 seats — national-minority list
- Political Fight of Albanians Continues (Shaip Kamberi)0.4%13,501
1 seat — national-minority list
- Russian Party (Slobodan Nikolić)0.3%11,369
1 seat — national-minority list
The Integrity Ledger
What the evidence establishes, and what it does not — side by side, each finding sourced and tiered.
What is established
- Process violationsConfirmed
ODIHR found the election, though technically well-administered, was dominated by the president's decisive involvement and the ruling party's systemic advantages, with vote-buying and instances of ballot-box stuffing observed, pressure on public-sector employees and heavily biased media; citizen observer group CRTA concluded the elections were not free and fair. The European Parliament called for an independent international investigation.
- Result falsificationCorroborated
Falsification was proven at polling-station level: in March 2026 the 1st Basic Court in Mionica convicted an SNS-nominated polling-board member of falsifying that station's results in this election. CRTA documented organized relocation of voters that contaminated the simultaneous Belgrade city election. These findings do not establish that the nationwide parliamentary totals were falsified, and results at 43 stations were annulled and repeated through the legal process.
What is not established
- Result falsificationAlleged
The Serbia Against Violence coalition alleged systematic nationwide theft and refused to recognize the results; its complaint against the announcement of the final results was rejected by the Republic Electoral Commission in January 2024, and the independent international investigation demanded by the European Parliament has not taken place.
Process assessment
Assessed by a full ODIHR-led international mission and by CRTA's citizen observation: technically well-administered but fundamentally unfair conditions; the EP's February 2024 resolution found the elections fell below expected standards for an EU candidate country and demanded an international investigation.