(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADE, JUN 2 - Serbia's capital Belgrade on
Sunday held a fresh round of voting in local elections, nearly
six months after alleged irregularities and accusations of fraud
marred an earlier poll. The polls opened at 7am in the capital
with voters having the opportunity to cast ballots until 8pm.
President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party
(SNS) is heading into the elections with momentum on its side,
amid infighting in the opposition camp in recent months. The
coalition of opposition parties and candidates that campaigned
under the "Serbia Against Violence" banner during elections in
December proved a tough competitor to the SNS and its allies in
the capital. Belgrade remained an outlier in the polls, which
saw the SNS and its coalition partners win a commanding victory
during parliamentary elections held on the same day. The
opposition won 43 out of the 110 seats in the Belgrade municipal
council compared to the 49 secured by the SNS. But after weeks
of negotiating, the SNS was unable to form a municipal
government and new elections were announced in March. Local
elections were also taking place on Sunday in dozens of other
municipalities around the country. (ANSA-AFP).
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