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Belgrade - 20 May 2012
1. Various of supporters of Serbia election winner Tomislav Nikolic chanting: (Serbian) "Save Serbia and kill yourself Boris" (referring to defeated President Boris Tadic)
2. Tilt up of a man revving a motorbike
3. Mid of Nikolic supporters
4. Mid of supporters holding up photos of Nikolic
5. Wide of woman waving flag
6. Close-up of Serbian flag
7. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) vox pop, Vera Music, Belgrade resident:
"I'm so happy now, I can't remember when I was happy like this. It was a long time ago. We have waited a long time for this moment."
8. Various of photos of Nikolic on cars
9. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) vox pop, Milos Pavic, Belgrade resident:
"I think that finally we have a real man as president."
10. Mid of supporters chanting
11. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) vox pop, Momir Ivanovic, Belgrade resident:
"This is a real victory. He won the parliamentary elections too. But they stole this victory from us. People just showed now that they want a real Serbian, a real Sumadija (region of Serbia) man, to lead the country. And that one who cheated on us, lied to us, for eight long years, who spoke badly of us and kept us without a piece of bread, we finally saw him go today."
12. Wide of celebrations
13. Pan of child on bus waving
North Mitrovica - 20 May 2012
14. Various of people driving past beeping horns and waving Serbian flags
15. Wide of police cars
STORYLINE:
Supporters of Serbian nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic took to the streets of Belgrade and the Serb-controlled north of Kosovo to celebrate his win in Sunday's presidential elections.
The Centre for Free Elections and Democracy, an independent polling group, said Nikolic won 49.4 percent of the vote, while pro-European Union incumbent Boris Tadic received 47.4 percent.
The results are expected to be officially confirmed by Monday.
In the Serbian capital Belgrade on Sunday night, Nikolic supporters waved Serbian flags and chanted slogans against Tadic.
"Save Serbia and kill yourself Boris," they shouted.
"I'm so happy now," said Belgrade resident Vera Music.
"I can't remember when I was happy like this. It was a long time ago. We have waited a long time for this moment," she added.
"I think that finally we have a real man as president," said another Belgrade resident, Milos Pavic.
On the Serbian side of the divided Kosovan city of Mitrovica, Nikolic supporters waved Serbian flags from car windows as the police watched on warily.
The election's outcome is a sign of the fading allure of the EU, which is plagued by a debt crisis, and voter discontent with Serbia's weak economy.
Nikolic must name a prime minister, but that task has been complicated because of the outcome of the May 6 parliamentary election.
Although Nikolic's Progressive Party won the most seats, Tadic's Democrats have tentatively agreed on an alliance with Socialists that would give them a majority.
Nikolic has claimed the May 6 vote was marred by fraud.
The outcome could hugely impact on Serbia's plans to become an EU member, a major step for a country that was a pariah state under late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s.
It also could determine whether Serbia continues to reconcile with its neighbours and wartime foes, including the former province of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008.
Serbia has refused to recognise Kosovo's independence.
Nikolic, who narrowly lost two earlier presidential votes to Tadic, claimed to have shifted from being staunchly anti-Western to pro-EU.
But that change is widely believed to be a ploy to gain more votes.
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