The first step towards forming the Assembly and Government has been completed; Here are the next steps

At the session, the number of votes and parliamentary seats won by each electoral list was announced. The publication of the final results was a prerequisite for moving forward with the process of forming a new Serbian Parliament and Government.

What happens next?

Under the rules, the next step is for the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) to allocate parliamentary seats to candidates within ten days of publishing the overall election report. Seats are assigned according to the order of candidates on each electoral list, starting with the first candidate. Elected MPs are then issued certificates confirming their election.

Electoral lists that received at least three per cent of the votes cast are eligible to participate in the allocation of parliamentary seats. An exception applies to national minority lists, which may participate even if they receive less than this threshold.

Seats are allocated using the highest averages method, known as the D’Hondt system. The number of votes received by each eligible list is divided by numbers ranging from one to 250. Parliamentary seats are awarded to the lists with the 250 highest quotients. For minority lists that receive less than three per cent of the vote, their quotients are increased by 35 per cent.

First parliamentary session to be held within 30 days of the final results

The Constitution stipulates that the first session of the newly elected Parliament must be convened by the Speaker of the previous parliamentary convocation and held no later than 30 days after the announcement of the final election results.

At the first session, MPs' mandates are confirmed. The National Assembly is considered constituted once the mandates of at least two-thirds of all MPs have been confirmed, meaning at least 167 out of 250. At that point, the mandate of the previous parliamentary convocation expires.

The deadline for holding the first session is calculated from the announcement of the final results, not from election day or the publication of results from all polling stations. Therefore, the date of the constitutive session depends on the formal completion of the electoral process.

90 days to form a new Government after Parliament is constituted

Once the National Assembly is constituted, a 90-day deadline begins for the election of a new Government.

The President of the Republic nominates a candidate for Prime Minister after consulting representatives of the elected electoral lists.

If Parliament fails to elect a Government within this period, the Constitution requires it to be dissolved. New parliamentary elections must then be called and completed no later than 60 days after they are announced.

The snap parliamentary elections were held on 25 October, with 18 electoral lists participating, nine of which had the status of national minority lists. Voting was repeated at 53 polling stations on 1 November.

Parliamentary session to be convened as soon as possible

Acting President of Serbia and Speaker of the National Assembly Ana Brnabić announced several days ago that she would convene the session "as soon as possible" once the Republic Electoral Commission announced the final election results, so that MPs' mandates could be confirmed.