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Portugal: Right-wing coalition wins re-election but not majority
A BATTERED incumbent right-wing coalition emerged the victor of yesterday’s Portuguese general election, but facing a larger anti-austerity bloc in parliament.
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s Portugal Ahead, comprising the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PDS) and the Christian democrat CDS-PP, was declared the winner but was unable to reach a majority with only 38.5 per cent of the vote.
The centre-left opposition Socialist Party (PS) was the night’s greatest loser, despite adding an extra 12 seats to its parliamentary group.
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