Minority Councils: RIK Repeats Voting at Five Polling Sites

The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) adopted the Report on the Overall Results of the Elections for Members of National Minority Councils, held on November 8, at its 81st session on November 12, 2026. The session was chaired by deputy commission chair Marko Jankovic. Voting will be repeated at five polling stations in Bujanovac and Subotica, so the Albanian, Bunjevci and Hungarian councils have no seat allocation for now.

We previously reported on the corrections to the records from these elections. These are the decisions that followed.

Where is the voting being repeated?

According to a RIK statement and media reports on the session, the commission issued five rulings:

• Bujanovac, polling station 17 (Albanian council): the results cannot be determined. At the “Samoljica” Primary School, the votes for the lists add up to 370, while 362 voters cast ballots and there were 362 ballots in the box. The error could not be resolved even by reviewing the entire election material.
• Bujanovac, polling station 7 (Albanian council): the vote was annulled at the “Breznica” Primary School, where 267 ballots were found in the box and 236 voters had voted.
• Subotica, polling station 31 (Bunjevci council): the vote was annulled ex officio at the Faculty of Economics, because the box held 21 ballots and 20 voters had voted.
• Subotica, polling station 10 (Hungarian council): the box held 149 ballots and 148 voters had voted.
• Subotica, polling station 32 (Hungarian council): at the “Jovan Mikic” Primary School, there were 273 ballots and 272 voters.

Some media outlets speak of five annulled stations, others of four annulled and one where the result cannot be determined. The difference is one of wording: at station 17 the commission found that the result cannot be determined, while at the other four it annulled the vote. According to the Beta agency, the date of the repeat vote will be set within the legal deadline of three days.

How are the seats divided among the 18 councils?

According to Beta’s report, the allocation looks like this:

• Bosniak National Council: Guardians of Sandzak 15, Sandzak Democratic Party 13, Movement for the Unification of Bosniaks 7.
• Croat National Council: Croatian National Vision 16, Together for the Croat National Council 4, Alliance of Croats of Vojvodina 3.
• Bulgarian council: That’s Us, Natural Movement 9, Party of Bulgarians of Serbia 6, Democratic Party of Bulgarians 4.
• Slovak council: We Serve Only the Slovak People 18, Slovaks Together 5.
• Romanian council: Romanians Together, Let’s Move Forward 13, Romanian Party 10.
• Rusyn council: On the Wave of Change 14, Rusyns Together 3, Sincerely for Rusyns 2.
• Montenegrin council: Montenegrin Electors of Serbia 15, The United 8.
• Macedonian council: Macedonians Together 9, For Macedonians Above All 5, Democratic Party of Macedonians 4, Macedonians in Serbia 1.
• Ukrainian council: Senjuk 8, United 7.
• Czech council: Czech List 8, Czechs Win 4, Czechs Together 3.
• Greek council: Greeks Together 7, Greeks Together with Heart for Serbia 4, United Greeks for a United Serbia 4.
• Ashkali council: United Ashkali for Serbia 6, Our Voice, Our Future 3, For the Progress of the Ashkali 3, Ashkali Together 3.

In six councils a single list won every seat: the Roma council (United Roma for a United Serbia, 35), the Vlach council (United Vlachs for a United Serbia, 15), the Egyptian council (Egyptians of Serbia, 15), the German council (Joint List of Danube Germans, 15), the Polish council (Polish Harmony, 15) and the Slovenian council (Slovenes Together, 15).

The Russian and Goranci councils were chosen at electors’ assemblies on November 8, so they are not covered by the report on direct elections.

The RIK statement on the session contains neither the seat allocation nor any deadlines, and none of the sources we reviewed mention objections to the report. Until a date for the repeat vote is set, the seats in the Albanian, Bunjevci and Hungarian councils remain unallocated.