Šešelj took news of election results "calmly"

SRS official and MP Vjerica Radeta stated on Monday that the party was surprised by the poor showing in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

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SRS official and MP Vjerica Radeta stated on Monday that the party was surprised by the poor showing in Sunday's parliamentary elections. However, Radeta added, it will respect the will of the citizens. Seselj took news of election results "calmly" “We did not expect such a poor result, but this is an expression of the will of the citizens, which we have always respected. Now, we are a non-parliamentary party and our officials in the local parliaments will be able to form coalitions with anyone but progressives,” Radeta told Tanjug. When asked whether SRS President Vojislav Seselj, currently standing trial at the Hague Tribunal, has been informed about the results, she said that Seselj received the report on elections results quite calmly. “He is aware that we are in a difficult situation now, but he reminded us that this is not the first time, and that we have gone through many difficult moments which only made us stronger,” Radeta said. “This result is also a consequence of media spinning and large amounts of money that tycoons invested in all parties but the SRS,” Radeta said, adding that the party has preserved optimism believing that in future it will occupy a place that it deserves. According to the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID), the SRS won 4.6 percent of the vote in the parliamentary elections, while Jadranka Seselj, the SRS presidential candidate, won 3.9 percent. This means that the Radicals will not have any MPs in Serbia's new parliament. In the previous parliamentary elections held in the spring of 2008, the Radicals won 78 parliament seats, but the party split up the same year, with several top SRS officials, including Aleksandar Vucic and Tomislav Nikolic, setting up the Serb Progressive Party (SNS). On Sunday, the Progressives emerged as the winner of the parliamentary vote, but have not won enough seats in the new parliament to form a government alone. Radeta (left) is seen with Jadranka Seselj during the campaign (Tanjug) B92 Tanjug

Šešelj took news of election results "calmly"

“We did not expect such a poor result, but this is an expression of the will of the citizens, which we have always respected. Now, we are a non-parliamentary party and our officials in the local parliaments will be able to form coalitions with anyone but progressives,” Radeta told Tanjug.

When asked whether SRS President Vojislav Šešelj, currently standing trial at the Hague Tribunal, has been informed about the results, she said that Šešelj received the report on elections results quite calmly.

“He is aware that we are in a difficult situation now, but he reminded us that this is not the first time, and that we have gone through many difficult moments which only made us stronger,” Radeta said.

“This result is also a consequence of media spinning and large amounts of money that tycoons invested in all parties but the SRS,” Radeta said, adding that the party has preserved optimism believing that in future it will occupy a place that it deserves.

According to the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID), the SRS won 4.6 percent of the vote in the parliamentary elections, while Jadranka Šešelj, the SRS presidential candidate, won 3.9 percent. This means that the Radicals will not have any MPs in Serbia's new parliament.

In the previous parliamentary elections held in the spring of 2008, the Radicals won 78 parliament seats, but the party split up the same year, with several top SRS officials, including Aleksandar Vučić and Tomislav Nikolić, setting up the Serb Progressive Party (SNS).

On Sunday, the Progressives emerged as the winner of the parliamentary vote, but have not won enough seats in the new parliament to form a government alone.

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