IFES Election Guide | Elections: Serbian National Assembly 2026 General

Oct. 25, 2026 Confirmed

Republic of Serbia

Election for Narodna skupština (Serbian National Assembly)

General Information

At Stake in this Election:

Position(s) and institution name: All 250 seats in the Serbian National Assembly.

Government Structure:

Chief of State: Speaker of the National Assembly and Acting President of Serbia Ana BRNABIĆ (acting since 28 September 2026)

Head of Government: Prime Minister Đuro MACUT (since 16 April 2025)

Assembly: unicameral National Assembly (Narodna skupstina) with a 250-seat Chamber

Ana BRNABIĆ became acting President when former President Aleksandar VUČIĆ resigned in late September. According to Article 120 of the Constitution, the Chair of the National Assembly shall replace the President of the Republic for up to 3 months following a vacancy in office.

Electoral System:

The President is directly elected via a simple majority vote in up to two rounds. Individuals may serve no more than two, five-year terms.

The President nominates a candidate to serve as Prime Minister after consultations with members of the Assembly. The Prime Minister is subsequently elected if the proposed candidate receives a majority vote of approval from the National Assembly.

250 Members of the National Assembly are directly elected via a list-based, proportional representation system. Assembly members serve a 4-year term.

Last Election:

In the last National Assembly election held in December of 2023, the Serbia Must Not Stop list secured 46.75% of the vote, which translated into 129 seats. It was followed by the Serbia Against Violence List with 23.66% of the vote and 65 seats, and the Prime Minister of Serbia list with 6.55% of the vote and 18 seats. 7 other parties secured representation. Voter turnout was 59%.

Unique in this Election:

This is a snap election. Parliamentary races were initially anticipated for December 2027, following completion of a 4-year term for sitting Assembly members.

Information for Voters:

Информације за бираче / Voter Information (in Serbian)

Key Deadlines:

Candidate filing deadline: Lists were due on October 4, 2026

Voter registration deadline: Citizen requests to add or change records were due by October 9, 2026

Main Parties/Lists in this Election:

Serbia uses election-specific list names on ballots rather than party or coalition names. List names typically consist of the party/coalition leader’s name, a slogan, and sometimes party names.

Aleksandar Vučić - United Serbia

- Includes the Serbian Progressive Party

Ivica Dačić- Factor of Stability

- Includes the Socialist Party of Serbia, United Serbia, the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, and the Greens of Serbia

Student List - Students Win

Rasim Ljajic - Human (SDP-CDP)

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians / Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség- Dr Bálint Pásztor

Movement for Unification / Usame Zukorlić (SPP)

Russian Party - Serbia in BRICS - Slobodan Nikolic

Authentic Right - Miloš Jovanović - Boldy Serbian!

- Includes the New DSS, Monarchists, Serbian Coalition NADA, National Democratic Alternative, New Democratic Party of Serbia, and Movement for the Kingdom of Serbia

European Serbia - Marinika Tepic - Healthy Pride

- Includes the Freedom and Justice Party, Servia Center, Solidarity, Self Defense, and Liberation

Guardians of Sanjak SDA Sandžak / SDA Sandžak - Guardians of Sandžak

Bogoljub Karic - Serbian Strength Movement (BK)

Liberal Green Party - for a Free and Cleaner Serbia

I Choose JUSTICE, I Choose FUTURE, Coalition STRENGTH - Dr. Ferid Bulić - Vasilios Proveleggios - Party of the Future and Development/Party of the Future and Development-Civil Party of the Greeks of Serbia

Party of Russian-Serbian Unity - Russians and Serbs, Brothers Forever

Dad, This Is for You - Petar Djuric

Vladimir Gajic - Alternative for Serbia

Albanian Coalition - Koalicioni Shqiptar

Mother Serbia

Country Context:

Population: 6,549,143 (2025 est.)

Registered Voters: 6,450,523 (2026 est.)

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.30 (2026)

V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Electoral Autocracy (2026)

Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.833, Very high, Rank 62 (2023)

Gender Data:

Female Population: 3,444,925(2025 est.)

CEDAW Status: Ratified 12 March 2001

Gender Quota: Yes, Article 73 of the Law on the Election of Members of the Parliament states: "There must be at least 40% of members of the underrepresented gender on the electoral list, so that among every five candidates in the list according to their order (the first 25 five places, the next five places, and so on until the end) there must be three members of one and two members of the other gender.”