Statistics office chief denies claims of falsely registered voters

The claims were made by lawyer Sofija Mandic who said that a review of the voter registry showed that there are 1.1 million falsely registered voters across the country, includinc 230,000 in Belgrade.

Kovacevic said in a written statement that the claims are false because the voter registry includes both residents and non-residents who have Serbian citizenship and are of voting age. He said that Serbian nationals who are not resident in the country have the right to vote.

The opposition said after the December 17 elections that voters who are not resident in Serbia were bussed to Belgrade to vote at local elections which they do not have the right to do under Serbian law.

According to the 2022 census, Serbia has a population of 6,647,003 including 1,681,405 in Belgrade. The voter registry prior to the December elections had 6,500,666 names on it including 1,605,877 in Belgrade.