Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Archive photoMOSCOW, 4 Apr. Aleksandar Vučić leads the presidential elections in Serbia with 71.98 percent of the vote, according to the first data of the election commission. He voiced this information, speaking at the headquarters of the Serbian Progressive Party. «I received 59.9-60.1 percent … In the second mandate, much more support was received in the presidential elections — I have now received about 2 million 245 thousand votes in the first round,» Vučić read out. The politician stressed that he was «the first who managed to win twice in the first round» in Serbia and that such figures could not change, we are talking about material from 85 percent of polling stations. He also added that he would take measures to maintain good relations with Russia, and also recalled that Belgrade is neutral in relation to military alliances and intends to maintain this policy. «I can promise you that we will not throw Dostoevsky out of schools and Tchaikovsky out of the opera. Serbia will try to maintain partnership and friendly relations with Russia» Vucic said. According to the Republican Electoral Commission, after processing 15.42 percent of the ballots, Vucic receives 66.42 percent of the vote in the presidential election. . In second place is Zdravko Ponosh, who receives 12.28 percent of the vote, the rest of the candidates are less than five percent.Belgrade explained why Serbia should not impose sanctions against Russia «Marinika Tepic — United for the Victory of Serbia» — 9.03 percent, «Dr. Milos Jovanovic — Hope for Serbia» — 4.36 percent, the rest of the movements did not overcome the three percent barrier. Regular presidential elections are being held in Serbia, early elections of 250 deputies of the Assembly ( unicameral parliament), as well as local government elections in the cities of Belgrade, Bor and a dozen other municipalities. Over 6.5 million citizens have the right to vote. In total, more than eight thousand polling stations have been opened in the country and 77 places for voting in 34 countries of the world. The country's electoral commission has registered 19 blocs of political parties and coalitions. They need to overcome the threshold of three percent of the vote to enter the new convocation of parliament. Eight presidential candidates are vying for the post of head of state, who are supported by one or more electoral blocs. Earlier, Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said he considers an attempt at «Maidan» after the elections possible. According to him, pro-Western political parties, prepared financially and politically, «are planning to organize a process of contesting the election results, which will end in an attempt to overthrow the government.» Law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies reported their readiness to prevent such a scenario.
