According to the results released by the State Election Commission, the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) again won the
most seats, 81 of the 250, but would remain in opposition because of its inability to forge alliances. The strongest pro-European party, President Boris Tadic's DS with 65 seats, was expected to lead a government coalition of the so-called democratic bloc.
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and the reformist G17 party, with 46 and 19 seats,
respectively, combined for 130 votes - enough for a sound majority.
The State Election Commission must declare the official and final election results by Thursday, 25 January. Serbia's new parliament must be constituted a month after that and the new government must be formed three months after that.
In case the government is not formed within the deadline, the parliament will call new elections.