Centre-right narrowly wins Portuguese election as far right surges
Socialist Party supporters attend the announcement of the first electoral results at their party headquarters in Lisbon, March 10, 2024
PORTUGAL’S centre right has claimed a narrow election victory after a surge in support for the far right.
The Social Democrat-led Democratic Alliance won 79 seats in the 230-seat national assembly, while the centre-left Socialist Party (PS), in power for the past eight years, got 77 seats. Both polled about 29 per cent of the vote in a 66 per cent turnout.
But the far-right Chega (Enough) party secured 18 per cent of the vote, giving it 48 seats.
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