TABLE - Projection of Serb vote shows no obvious majority

BELGRADE (Reuters) - A coalition of pro-Western parties came first in Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday, but faced an immediate challenge from the nationalist runners-up who said they too could form a government.

A projection of the result by respected independent monitors CESID showed the 250-seat parliament almost evenly split between nationalists and pro-Europeans.

Both sides laid claim to a parliamentary majority.

Projected results by the Centre for Free Elections and Democracy, CESID. (Five percent is the threshold for entering parliament, except for minority parties):

PARTY/BLOC PERCENTAGE PARLIAMENT SEATS

DS-led bloc 38.7 103

SRS 29.1 77