A party led by an indicted war crimes suspect has won the most votes in Serbia's election, early results show. The Serbian Radical Party (SRS) is set to be the strongest single force, but three pro-democracy groups are likely to form a coalition to take power. SRS leader Vojislav Seselj is awaiting trial at the UN tribunal in The Hague. Another accused war criminal, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, may win a seat after the vote, seen as a test for Serbia's young democracy. Preliminary results showed the SRS to have won a little more than a quarter of the popular vote, but it is set to take about one-third of the parliamentary seats. That would allow it to block reforms and changes to the constitution. The party's deputy leader, Tomislav Nikolic, toasted the success with champagne and dedicated it to those awaiting trial at the United Nations tribunal for crimes allegedly committed during the wars that led to the break-up of Yugoslavia. He said the win was also "for the citizens of Serbia who have had enough of humiliation, who want jobs, peace and security, who want to raise their children in a patriotic spirit, and who want a well-rounded state which will not rob anyone of anything but will not give anything to anyone either". Nikolic seemed to accept that the SRS would not form a government, telling supporters it was most important for the party to reach the threshold where they could prevent changes. Independent monitors at Serbia's Centre for Free Election and Democracy predicted that the SRS would fall just short of the 84 seats needed to stymie constitutional changes proposed in the 250-member parliament. But support from like-minded parties would enable them to stop reformers getting a two-thirds majority, correspondents said. One of those supporters could be Milosevic, who as the top name on the electoral list of the Socialist Party would usually be expected to take up a seat if the party won more than 5% of the vote. A party official, Ivica Dacic, said: "Technically speaking Milosevic can be a deputy, but our party is yet to decide who is going to take up the seats." **Trouble for reformists*** The turnout of just over 59% or 3.8 million voters, according to the monitors, would be the highest since Milosevic was defeated in 2000. It may indicate that opponents of the ultra-nationalists voted in greater numbers than expected. The BBC's Matthew Price in Belgrade says the result was the one the international community expected and feared in equal measure. He says it will be deeply troubling and embarrassing for Serbia's reformists, even if the second, third and fourth-placed parties do form a pro-democracy, pro-Western government. The second most popular party, according to polls, is the Democratic Party of Serbia led by Vojislav Kostunica, who replaced Milosevic as Yugoslav president in 2000. Kostunica has been at odds with supporters of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who was assassinated in March, since soon after Mr Milosevic's overthrow. But Kostunica said as he cast his ballot that he expected the elections to bring political calm to Serbia. Djindjic's Democratic Party appears to have improved its pre-election standing slightly to come in third place. The surge in support for the ultra-nationalist SRS is being blamed on the poor state of the Serbian economy. The party is promising to improve wages and pensions, and to cut the cost of living - all popular policies with an impoverished electorate. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Tomislav Nikolic, leader of the ultra-nationalist SRS-Serbian Radical Party speaks during a press conference, after his party won parliamentary elections in Serbia, in Belgrade, on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)