In early parliamentary elections held on March 16, Serbia’s voters handed the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) a sweeping mandate to continue the pro-European integration program it began implementing in 2012 when it succeeded incumbent president Boris Tadic and the Democratic Party’s (DS) long tenure in government.
The new governing coalition consists of the SNS, the Serbian Socialist Party, and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, while Tadic's New Democratic Party, the DS and a handful of other smaller parties are in the opposition. The new cabinet was confirmed on April 27.
The remarkable and rapid political ascent of the SNS – from a breakaway faction of the far-right Serbian Radical Party in 2008 to Serbia’s political vanguard toward European integration – is the lead story from this election.
NDI's Post-Election Report offers a brief overview and analysis of the election results, factors leading to SNS's political coronation and prognosis of what's to come.
