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Possible voting days
The law requires a non-working day, not necessarily a Sunday. Days before the window are shown struck through, with the reason.
How a presidential mandate ends before the term is up
Resignation+
The president submits a written resignation to the Speaker of the National Assembly and informs the public at the same time. The mandate ends on the day the resignation is submitted. Nothing has to be noted, confirmed or accepted, and no one has to wait.
The Speaker of the National Assembly then takes over the duties of the president and calls the election. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why the entire calendar in this tool hangs on a single date.
Removal from office+
The procedure is started in the National Assembly on the proposal of at least one third of MPs. The Constitutional Court has 45 days to decide whether the constitution was violated. Removal is then adopted by at least two thirds of all MPs.
Because of the 45 days at the Constitutional Court, and because it needs a two-thirds majority, this route has never been used.
How the dates are counted. In calendar days, exactly as in the law. Deadlines do not move when they fall on a weekend or a holiday, because the law does not provide for that. For deadlines that run backwards from the voting day, the tool shows the last full day on which the act can still be done, so where the law says "no later than 20 days before the day of voting" the tool shows the 21st day.
What the tool does not do. It does not suggest a date and it does not predict one. It shows what the law allows and what it rules out. The full list of deadlines for a called election is in the election calendar; this tool carries only the ones that decide the shape of the window.
Sources. Law on the Election of the President of the Republic, arts. 9, 10, 11, 13 and 22. Law on the Election of Members of Parliament, arts. 121 and 130. Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, arts. 101 and 120. Provisions checked against the consolidated texts on 15 September 2026.
Source: CRTA analysis.
The duty to call and hold a presidential election: the legal basis
The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia provides: that the mandate of the President of the Republic ends on the expiry of the term for which they were elected, by resignation or by removal from office; that on resigning, the President of the Republic informs the public and the Speaker of the National Assembly; that the President's mandate ends on the day the resignation is submitted; that when the President's mandate ends before the expiry of the term for which they were elected, the Speaker of the National Assembly stands in for them; that the Speaker of the National Assembly may stand in for the President of the Republic for no longer than three months; and that the Speaker of the National Assembly is obliged to call the election for President of the Republic so that it is held no later than three months from the end of the mandate for which the President was elected (Articles 116, 117 and 120 of the Constitution).
The Law on the President of the Republic specifies that the resignation is in writing and that the President's mandate ends when it arrives at the National Assembly (Article 14 of the Law).
The Law on the Election of the President of the Republic provides: that if the President's mandate ends before the expiry of the term for which they were elected, the election is called so that voting is held no later than three months from the day the President's mandate ends; that no fewer than 30 and no more than 60 days may pass between the day the election is called and the day of voting; that the decision calling the election sets the day of voting; and that a non-working day is set as the day of voting (Articles 10 and 11 of the Law).
The Law on the President of the Republic specifies that the resignation is in writing and that the President's mandate ends when it arrives at the National Assembly (Article 14 of the Law).
The Law on the Election of the President of the Republic provides: that if the President's mandate ends before the expiry of the term for which they were elected, the election is called so that voting is held no later than three months from the day the President's mandate ends; that no fewer than 30 and no more than 60 days may pass between the day the election is called and the day of voting; that the decision calling the election sets the day of voting; and that a non-working day is set as the day of voting (Articles 10 and 11 of the Law).
Deadlines for calling and holding the presidential election in the present circumstances
Given that, in this situation, the President of the Republic Aleksandar Vučić resigned on 27 September 2026 and the Speaker of the National Assembly Ana Brnabić took up the duty of standing in for the President of the Republic on 28 September 2026, an early presidential election could be called immediately.
In line with the provisions of the Constitution and the law, under which the presidential election must be held within three months of the President's resignation, the latest date for calling the election would be 27 November 2026 - which would mean an election campaign of 30 days.
The election would be held on 1 November 2026 at the earliest and on 27 December 2026 at the latest (bearing in mind, besides the statutory deadlines, that the day of voting must be a non-working day).
The term "holding the election", used by the Constitution and the law, means the election day on which voting in the presidential election is carried out, and which may at the same time be only the first round of that election.
In line with the provisions of the Constitution and the law, under which the presidential election must be held within three months of the President's resignation, the latest date for calling the election would be 27 November 2026 - which would mean an election campaign of 30 days.
The election would be held on 1 November 2026 at the earliest and on 27 December 2026 at the latest (bearing in mind, besides the statutory deadlines, that the day of voting must be a non-working day).
The term "holding the election", used by the Constitution and the law, means the election day on which voting in the presidential election is carried out, and which may at the same time be only the first round of that election.
The Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly: a duty to call the election immediately upon the President's resignation?
Article 267 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly provides that, when the President of the Republic resigns and informs the Speaker of the National Assembly of this, the Speaker immediately forwards that notification to the MPs and informs them that, in accordance with the Constitution, they stand in for the President of the Republic until a new president is elected - and that, at the same time, the Speaker calls the election for President of the Republic.
It follows from the provisions of the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic that the Speaker of the National Assembly has the power to call the election within one month of Aleksandar Vučić's resignation from the office of President of the Republic - between the day the resignation arrives and the day from which, 30 days later, the election will be held. The Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, however, expressly provide that the Speaker, upon receiving notification of the resignation, informs the MPs of it and at the same time calls the election for President of the Republic.
It follows from the provisions of the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic that the Speaker of the National Assembly has the power to call the election within one month of Aleksandar Vučić's resignation from the office of President of the Republic - between the day the resignation arrives and the day from which, 30 days later, the election will be held. The Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, however, expressly provide that the Speaker, upon receiving notification of the resignation, informs the MPs of it and at the same time calls the election for President of the Republic.
CRTA's reading: when must the presidential election be called?
In interpreting the provision of the Rules of Procedure that sets out how the National Assembly is to act upon the resignation of the President of the Republic of Serbia, account should be taken of the manner of notifying MPs, which carries with it the moment at which the election is to be called. Since the Speaker of the National Assembly is to deliver the notification of the President's resignation immediately to all MPs, together with a letter stating that, in accordance with the Constitution, she stands in for the President of the Republic until a new president is elected, and bearing in mind in particular that parliament has been dissolved, the time marker ("immediately") can be regarded as a short and not fully determined deadline within which the notification will be issued - which may or may not fall on the day the President submits the resignation or the day the resignation arrives at the National Assembly.
It should also be borne in mind that the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly govern the organisation and work of the National Assembly and the manner in which MPs exercise their rights and duties (see Article 1 of the Rules of Procedure), which means that the Rules of Procedure regulate the work of parliament in an operational sense and are not a piece of legislation in the field of electoral law in the Republic of Serbia.
From the above, the following can be concluded:
It should also be borne in mind that the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly govern the organisation and work of the National Assembly and the manner in which MPs exercise their rights and duties (see Article 1 of the Rules of Procedure), which means that the Rules of Procedure regulate the work of parliament in an operational sense and are not a piece of legislation in the field of electoral law in the Republic of Serbia.
From the above, the following can be concluded:
