General election in Serbia today

[Draco]

• BBC NEWS | Europe | Serbs voting in watershed ballot
• Divided Serbia begins key elections - CNN.com
• EuroNews : Serbs vote in key general election
• RIA Novosti - World - Serbs go to polls in crucial parliamentary elections

[TirAlb]

CeSID: DS coalition has solid lead
11 May 2008 | 09:21 -> 22:13 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug

BELGRADE -- The first results show that the coalition gathered around the Democrats (DS) has won 39 percent, or 103 seats in the new parliament.

The Serb Radical Party (SRS) follows with 28.6 percent and 76 seats, while the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) has won 11.6 percent, or 30 seats.

Eight percent of voters have cast their ballots for the Socialists (SPS), who stand to win 21 seat, while the Liberal Democrats (LDP) are just over the 5.2 percent threshold, or 13 seats.

The Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) says it has based this result on 60 percent of samples from the polling stations.

126 votes are need in the 250-seat parliament in order to form a government in Serbia.

The turnout is at 60.7 percent, meaning that some 4,100,000 citizens have voted.

The Electoral Commission (RIK) is yet to announce its preliminary results.

Throughout Serbia, 8,682 polling stations that opened at 07:00 CET are now closed.

6,749,688 citizens were eligible to cast their vote at today’s parliamentary, local and provincial elections.

Citizens have elected 250 MPs from 22 tickets to the new parliament, 120 deputies to the Vojvodina Assembly, as well as councilors to 24 city halls and 150 municipal assemblies.

The elections were also held in 38 countries around the world at 77 polling stations altogether, where 51, 211 Serbian citizens were entitled to vote.

[Draco]

Wow, that looks ugly! Imagine trying to form a coalition in that mess.

[Tsontos]

So the pro-Western guys are gonna win?

[Draco]

Originally Posted by Tsontos

So the pro-Western guys are gonna win?

Depends. The pro-Western guys are the largest block in Parliament, but they are not the majority. If smaller parties can make an alliance/coalition and take control of the majority of Parliament, then they will form the government.

[Draco]

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Tough talks loom after Serb polls

[Makedonia25]

Serb's Tadic claims poll victory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E73iSM73bk

I guess its a good thing? We'll wait and see..

[Draco]

Mark Mardell's Euroblog: A high price for Serbia's master of spin

[Draco]

Pro-EU Bloc, Socialists Near Deal On Govt

[Draco]

Nationalists, Socialists say they are close to deal

I wish they would finally decide. Personally I'm hoping Tadic's pro-Europeans form the government (for the Serbs' own sake) otherwise the international recognition of Kosovo will double overnight and Serbia won't gain anything they wouldn't have gained under Tadic's pro-Europeans.