Ultra-nationalists win vote majority in Serbian poll

ULTRA-NATIONALISTS led by a jailed war crimes suspect have won the majority of votes in Serbia’s weekend election.

In a bitter blow for the politicians who toppled Slobodan Milosevic from power in 2000, ex-paramilitary leader Vojislav Seselj’s Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has become the biggest party in parliament.

The Socialists kept their place in parliament with 7% of votes, with former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic heading their candidate list.