April 4 (SeeNews) - Serbia's incumbent president Aleksandar Vucic secured a second term in office after winning an outright victory in Sunday's elections, while the ruling coalition led by his populist conservative Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, took the majority of votes for parliament, preliminary official results showed on Monday.
In the presidential race, Vucic won 59.55% of the vote, the national electoral commission said after having processed 86.99% of the ballots. The contender, retired military general Zdravko Ponos, was backed by 17.53% of the voters.
In the early parliamentary election, the SNS won 43.57%, and its coalition partner, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), won 11.81%, the electoral commission said based on a 86.48% sample.
The two largest opposition lists, United for Serbia's Victory, and a coalition of green parties We must, won 12.96% and 4.29% of the votes, respectively.
A total of eight parties will enter the parliament, according to the latest data.
The turnout stood at 58.48% for the early general elections, and at 58.54% for the presidential elections.