Serbian mock candidate declares vote

Описание: (2 Apr 2017) Luka Maksimovic, a media student who ran a parody campaign as a candidate in Serbia's presidential election, declared himself victor at a mock press event shortly after polls closed on Sunday.
Maksimovic shouted "I am the true winner" as associates fell around him, pretending to faint at the news. He claimed to have garnered 68 percent of the vote.
As a satirical candidate, Maksimovic has mocked corruption in Serbian politics by promising to steal if he is elected.
His supporters are mostly young voters alienated by decades-long crisis and economic decline.
An early projection by independent pollsters indicates that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has won Serbia's presidential election in the first round.
The Ipsos Strategic Marketing agency projected that Vucic received more than 55 percent of the votes cast during Sunday's election.
The polling agency has a representative sample of votes from different polling stations and issued its projection with nearly half of the vote sample tallied.
If confirmed during an official count Monday, the result would mean Vucic has won the presidency outright and there will be no runoff election.
A strong showing would boost his already powerful position as Serbia's undisputed leader.
Vucic, who has been Serbia's prime minister since 2014, is expected to use a victory to appoint a figurehead successor and transform the presidency from a ceremonial office into a more muscular role.

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