In Portugal, Sunday’s early parliamentary elections caused a huge shift to the right. According to voter surveys, Prime Minister António Costa’s ruling Socialists trailed opposition leader Luís Monenegro’s conservative Democratic Alliance (AD), while right-wing populist Chega (“It’s enough”) made huge gains. However, it was still unclear whether there would be enough for a right-wing majority in parliament.
According to the surveys, the Democratic Alliance received 27.6 to 33 percent of the votes and the Chega 14 to 21.6 percent. The Socialists under their new top candidate Pedro Nuno Santos could count on 24.2 to 29.5 percent of the votes. In the 2022 parliamentary elections, they obtained 41.4 percent and an absolute majority in the 230-member parliament. The right-wing populist Chega received 7.2 percent of the votes, the parties in the DA alliance received 30.7 percent.
New elections due to corruption scandal involving Prime Minister
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called new elections in November after Socialist Prime Minister António Costa resigned over an alleged corruption scandal and remained in office only as an observer.
Source: Krone
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