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Student movement takes Serbia's Vučić to the wire in neck-and-neck election

The Student List has emerged from almost two years of anti-corruption protests to form the biggest challenge to Vučić's rule.

BBC World•

The Student List is Number 3 on Serbia's ballot paper, so the figure seen being hugged by this supporter has become a symbol of the movement's fight for change

If Sunday's parliamentary elections really are a battle for the heart of Serbia, then who better than a cardiologist to be one of the leading figures in the race.

Ilija Srdanović appears an unlikely opponent for Serbia's long-serving leader, Aleksandar Vučić, arriving for an interview by motorbike sporting a fluorescent yellow jacket emblazoned with pro-student slogans.

The other candidates on the Student List range from academics to athletes – and economists to engineers. None of them has a political background. But the students who selected them believe that is a strength, rather than a weakness.