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Serbia is plunged into uncertainty as the LEADERLESS student movement that beat Vucic's party prepares to form a government

Aleksandar Vucic, whose Serbian Progressive Party's defeat ends Moscow's closest European alliance after Hungary's Viktor Orbán fell in April.
Aleksandar Vucic, whose Serbian Progressive Party's defeat ends Moscow's closest European alliance after Hungary's Viktor Orbán fell in April.
Jubilant crowds celebrating in Serbia overnight — the snap vote came after almost two years of student-led protests rooted in a railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people.
Jubilant crowds celebrating in Serbia overnight — the snap vote came after almost two years of student-led protests rooted in a railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people.

Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party took 39% and 103 seats. The movement has never governed, and its candidates include academics, actors and farmers. Cardiologist Ilija Srdanovic and ex-central bank governor Dejan Soskic are among its best-known faces.

Vucic conceded on Sunday night: 'It is clear that we have lost these elections.'

The Kremlin praised its defeated ally even as the result deepened Moscow's geopolitical woes.

The students insist Kosovo is still part of Serbia, a stance at odds with EU membership.

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