Voting for the parliamentary, regional and municipal elections in Serbia is underway. At 8 pm the polls will close and the counting will begin. By 4:00 p.m., turnout was at 42.1 percent — roughly the same as the previous election a year and a half ago.

The Serbian NGO CRTA, which covers more than 2,000 polling stations, reported that busloads of voters from Bosnia have been arriving to vote in the Belgrade municipality since early this morning. It is estimated that this is an attempt to alter the result in the capital, where the opposition has a high chance of winning the elections. CRTA observers were attacked in a village in Vojvodina by hooded men who destroyed their car. The police announced that the perpetrators were arrested.

Polls for the parliamentary elections show that Aleksandar Vucic’s Progressive Party will win the elections with close to 40%. He will not be independent but will probably cooperate with the socialists and form a government as has been the case since 2012.

The coalition of pro-European parties will probably get around 26%.

Polls give nationalist, pro-Russian parties 13%.

The match in Belgrade will be interesting. The opposition expects victory, but the election of a mayor will depend on the post-election processes between the parties.

Today’s parliamentary elections are considered important because the next government will manage the Kosovo issue and will be called upon to implement the European plan to normalize relations between Belgrade and Pristina.