RIK: 65.37 percent of polling stations processed, SNS 156

BELGRADE - The Electoral Commission of the Republic of Serbia (RIK) processed 65.37 percent of polling stations by midnight CET on Sunday and said that the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) had won the early parliamentary election, taking 156 seats in the new parliament, followed by the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) with 45, New Democratic Party (NDS) with 18 and Democratic Party (DS) with 17, and that those were the only parties to cross the election threshold.

Three minority parties also succeeded in securing seats in the parliament. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won 9 seats, the Sandzak Party of Democratic Action won 3 and the Party of Democratic Action led by Riza Halimi won 2.
The ballots from 90 polling stations in Kosovo have not been processed yet.

RIK President Dejan Djurdjevic said the RIK had received the logs from 5,483 polling stations and that 2.99 percent of ballots were invalid.

By percentage, the SNS won 48.44 percent of the votes, SPS 14.05, NDS 5.86 and DS 5.46.

CeSiD: SNS wins 48.8, SPS 14 percent of vote

Preliminary figures for Serbia’s early parliamentary elections at 10 p.m. Sunday show that the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won 48.8 and the coalition gathered around the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) took 14 percent of the vote, the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) said.

The Democratic Party (DS) received 5.9 percent and the New Democratic Party (NDS) won 5.7 percent of the vote, CeSID Executive Director Marko Blagojevic said.

The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) won 4.1 percent, Dveri received 3.4 percent, the United Regions of Serbia (URS) took 3.3 percent, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) mustered 3.1 percent of...