Constitutive session of the new National Assembly scheduled for 17 November

On 8 November 2026, the Speaker of the National Assembly and acting President of the Republic, Ana Brnabić, convened the first session of the 15th convocation of the National Assembly for Tuesday, 17 November, at 10:00. The constitutive session opens with the confirmation of MPs' mandates. The agenda, which has six items, also includes the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers, the appointment of the Secretary General and the election of members of working bodies and of permanent delegations to international parliamentary institutions. Until a new Speaker is elected, the session is chaired by the oldest MP, Professor Stojan Radenović.

The session was convened after the Republic Electoral Commission (REC) adopted its total report on the election results on 5 November and, on 6 November, allocated the 250 mandates and delivered the report on the allocation to the Assembly. The new Assembly must be constituted within 30 days of the proclamation of the final results, which means by 5 December at the latest.

What happens at the first sitting

The oldest MP chairs the sitting, assisted by the youngest MP from each of the four lists that won the most mandates. A three-member commission checks whether the data in the MPs' certificates of election match the REC report, and the chair then announces whose mandates are confirmed. Once at least 167 of the 250 mandates are confirmed, the Assembly is constituted and the mandates of the previous convocation end. The MPs then take the oath, and the Assembly elects its Speaker, who takes over the chair from the oldest MP. The Student List - Students Are Winning holds 140 of the 250 seats, Aleksandar Vučić - United Serbia 103, and five national minority lists seven between them.

Who acts as President of the Republic

The constitution of the new Assembly also changes who stands in for the President of the Republic. Since Aleksandar Vučić resigned on 27 September 2026, that duty has been performed by the Speaker of the National Assembly, under Article 120 of the Constitution. When the mandates of the previous convocation end, so does Ana Brnabić's term as Speaker, and the duty of acting President passes to the newly elected Speaker. Because no one is formally designated to stand in for the President between those two moments, it matters that the new Speaker is elected at the same sitting. On 30 October, Brnabić said she hoped "someone else" would be acting President if the institutions were formed quickly.

This also bears on the presidential election, which has not yet been called. Under the Constitution and the law, it must be called by 27 November and held no later than 27 December 2026. If it is not called before the new Assembly is constituted, that obligation falls to the new Speaker.

Next: electing the Government

The National Assembly must elect a Government within 90 days of being constituted. If the Assembly is constituted on 17 November, the deadline is 15 February 2027. After consultations with representatives of the elected electoral lists, the President of the Republic - until a new president takes office, the acting President - proposes a candidate for Prime Minister, who presents a programme and the proposed composition of the Government. The Government is elected by a majority of all MPs, 126 of 250 votes; the Student List alone holds 140 seats. If no Government is elected within 90 days, the President of the Republic must dissolve the Assembly and call new elections.

All CRTA findings on these elections are collected on the Parliamentary elections 2026 page, and developments in the new convocation will be followed on the Parliament page.