Serbia's student-led movement declared victory in parliamentary elections, ending 14 years in power for Aleksandar Vucic's right-wing populist party. The election was called after nearly two years of anti-government protests triggered by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people. The disaster was widely blamed on corruption and sparked Serbia's largest protests since the fall of Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. Preliminary results indicate that the student movement is leading in almost all polling stations, with one candidate for the Students' List stating, "Students won, and with them, also a hope that Serbia can be a country of justice, freedom and dignity." Over six and a half million registered voters participated in the election, with turnout surpassing 65 percent, marking the highest parliamentary election turnout in more than three decades. Vucic conceded defeat shortly after polls closed, leading to enthusiastic celebrations by the student movement's supporters in the capital. Vucic blamed foreign powers for the result, saying, "This was the validation of a revolution carried out with the direct support of various European countries and the US deep state, the one that is also against President Trump." The student movement comprises mostly experts from academia and the arts with little political experience, and their platform centers on fighting corruption. (AFP) Vucic resigned as president to run for prime minister and faced mounting pressure to hold the vote, citing "major turbulence on the domestic political scene." Domestic and international observers were monitoring the vote, with the student movement mobilizing large numbers of volunteers to oversee the process. (AFP)