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Preliminary Statement on Organized Voter Migration Ahead of the December 17, 2023 Elections in Serbia

Organized voter migration is a type of electoral engineering that includes coordinated behavior of voters that temporarily change their residence to another constituency to influence voting results. In Serbia, in the Elections 2023 it might have been used on a large scale to influence the outcomes of the local elections strategically called only in one…

Second Interim Report Of Long Term Election Observation

The campaign for the extraordinary parliamentary and Belgrade elections took place in an atmosphere of systematic abuse of institutions, public functions and the most influential media, which placed electoral actors in an unequal position. Mass cases of falsification of signatures for candidacy marked the process of the submission of electoral lists. Worrying allegations of pressure…

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01.38 – CRTA will announce the projection of the election results on Monday at 13.00h We will announce the projection of the election results at the Belgrade elections on Monday, December 18 at 13:00, along with the overall assessment of the election day. Problems that marked the election day on December 17 were particularly serious…

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ON ELECTION DAY CONDUCT

CRTA Election Observation Mission assesses that drastic abuses of voters’ rights, laws and institutions escalated on Election Day. We bring attention to serious concerns regarding the quality of Parliamentary elections, and their further departure from standards for free and fair elections. Considering the scope and diversity of electoral abuses in Belgrade we conclude that the…

ELECTORAL LIST “SERBIA MUST NOT STOP” 46,7 PERCENT AT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, “SERBIA AGAINST VIOLENCE” 23,1 PERCENT

On the basis of 95 percent of the processed sample, voters turnout in parliamentary elections amounted to 59,1 percent (margin of error 0.9 percent). Projection of election results on the basis of 95% of processed sample:   Electoral List Percentage of votes ME 95 Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Must Not Stop 46.9 1.4% Serbia Against…

VOTER TURNOUT BY 19:00 SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS

A total of 55,5 percent of citizens voted in the presidential elections by 19:00 (margin of error 0.9 percent). In comparison, voter turnout by 19:00 at the 2022 parliamentary elections amounted to 55,1 percent.  Voter turnout at parliamentary elections on the territory of Belgrade by 19:00 amounts to 54,8 percent (margin of error 0.4 percent), which is higher…

Second Interim Report Of Long Term Election Observation – Summary

The campaign for the extraordinary parliamentary and Belgrade elections took place in an atmosphere of systematic abuse of institutions, public functions and the most influential media, which placed electoral actors in an unequal position. Mass cases of falsification of signatures for candidacy marked the process of the submission of electoral lists. Worrying allegations of pressure…

HIGHER TURNOUT IN BELGRADE, ORGANIZED TRANSFER OF VOTERS

CRTA’s election observation mission expresses the highest concern regarding the large number of cases of organized transfer of voters from other communities and countries to vote in Belgrade, which were, among other incidents, recorded during the first half of the election day.  Concentration of busses, pick-up vans and cars was observed on several spots in…