The Republic Electoral Commission held its seventh regular press conference on 17 December 2023, at 8.15 pm. The Chairperson of the Republic Electoral Commission explained in detail the further course of the election process, that is, the processing of the election results, after the majority of polling stations were closed at 8 pm. The elections are still ongoing in the polling stations where there was a possible delay in the start of the voting or in those places where voting was interrupted for more than an hour. Dimitrijevic announced that tomorrow, after 8 pm, a special session will be held at which the preliminary election results will be determined for all the polling stations processed within 24 hours after their closing.