Serbia’s Vucic concedes defeat as student-led movement wins parliamentary election

File photo: Supporters of the electoral list "Student List - Students Win" celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) prime ministerial candidate, conceded defeat in the parliamentary election Tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of Serbia’s capital on Sunday night, bringing traffic to a halt and celebrating after long-time leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in parliamentary elections to a student-backed opposition movement.Trams and vehicles were halted as crowds filled the city’s main boulevards, with smoke hanging in the air and supporters waving flares. The celebrations marked the culmination of a two-year protest movement that had called for Vucic to step down and for an end to what demonstrators described as rampant corruption — allegations the leader has denied.The election marks a major political shift in the Balkan country, where Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) had held power for 14 years. Vucic said his party’s projections showed the Students’ List winning between 135 and 140 seats in the 250-member Parliament, compared with around 105 for the SNS.“The Students’ List has won,” Vucic told supporters at his party’s electi...