TABLE: Projection of Serb vote shows no obvious majority
BELGRADE (Reuters) - A coalition of pro-Western parties came first in Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday, but faced an immediate challenge from the nationalist runners-up who said they too could form a government.
A projection of the result by respected independent monitors CESID showed the 250-seat parliament almost evenly split between nationalists and pro-Europeans.
Both sides laid claim to a parliamentary majority.
Projected results by the Centre for Free Elections and Democracy, CESID. (Five percent is the threshold for entering parliament, except for minority parties):
PARTY/BLOC PERCENTAGE PARLIAMENT SEATS
DS-led bloc 38.7 103
SRS 29.1 77
DSS/NS 11.3 30
SPS-led bloc 7.9 20
LDP 5.2 13
Ethnic minorities 3.1 7
Official preliminary results by the Republic Electoral Commission, based on results from 34 percent of polling stations (Figures were likely to change as results come in):
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