With a new wave of legislative elections in Portugal in three years, the Lusitanian parliament observes the center-right and the ultra-right growing in the country. In total, 226 of the 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic have already been defined in the Legislative Electoral Race, which took place this Sunday (18).
With about 99% of the ballot boxes, the party of ultra -right arrives It won 58 chairs, 8 more than the last election. The Socialist Party (PS), in turn, shrunk, from 78 by 2024 to 58 in 2025. The data are from the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.
THE Central-right coalition Democratic Alliance (AD) was the winner of the election, and has 86 Seats in the Parliament of Portugal – nine more than the 77 won in the last election, which took place in March 2024.
Despite AD’s victory, with 32% of the valid votes, The party does not obtain a majority in Parliament. The alliance, composed by the PSD and CDS-PP, would need 116 vacancies.
The caption has former Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, overthrown in March this year, as a candidate to return to the post. At the other end, the far-right party arrives, led by now former candidate André Ventura, brought a surprise: he managed to end up in a technical draw with the Socialist Party (PS), in the 22%range.
Despite the mathematical victory, the result does not elect Montenegro automatically. In order to be able to return to the Premier post, the Lusitanian politician still needs to be appointed by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who happens after a consultation of the parties who elected parliamentarians to the Assembly of the Republic.
Despite the apparent defeat, Ventura, the Leader of the arrival, celebrated the draw with the Socialist Party. To journalists, the leader of the right acronym said it was a “historical result”, and that “bipartisanship” would have died in Portugal.
Until 10:25 pm this Sunday (18), the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Portugal totaled 5,965,322 votes, with a percentage of participation of 64.38% .
In March 2024, AD won the national elections with 28.8% of the votes, surpassing socialists with 28%. However, a year after the victory, his government lost a vote of parliamentary confidence after the opposition questioned Montenegro’s integrity regarding his family’s consulting firm negotiations.
This content was originally published in Portugal: Centro and Ultra right grow with shrinkage from the left on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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