With about 96 percent of the vote counted, the Progressive Party won 48 percent and its Socialist coalition partner got 11 percent in Sunday's vote. Two right-wing parties lagged far behind – the Radical Party with 8 percent and DSS-Dveri with 5 percent.
Three pro-Western opposition parties, the Democrats, the Social Democrats and the new reformist party Dosta Je Bilo (It's Enough) were each hovering slightly above the 5 percent threshold needed to win seats in Parliament.
Vucic went to the polls two years early, saying he wanted a new mandate from voters for negotiations to join the European Union, which will entail potentially painful economic restructuring. The results look set to secure the Progressives another parliamentary majority but with strong pro-Russian opposition.
“The citizens of Serbia again gave us the honor to lead the government” Vucic told supporters.