The outgoing right coalition wins the legislative elections – Liberation
A halftone victory for the outgoing Prime Minister. After a year in power, Luis Montenegro and his government coalition have won the anticipated legislative elections, but will find it difficult to form a majority, while the far right has reached the 20 % of the votes and the socialist opposition, according to a survey of the Urns of RTP public television.
According to this survey, the camp of the outgoing Prime Minister Luis Montenegro would have obtained between 29 and 34 % of the vote, against 21 to 26 % for the Socialist Party and 20 to 24 % for the far -right Party Chega (« enough »).
In terms of seats, the outgoing coalition would have won 85 to 96 seats out of a total of 230, which remains below the threshold of 116 elected officials synonymous with absolute majority, and will have to find partners within the Parliament to be able to govern.
With more than 20 %, the far -right party did much better than its score in the legislative elections in March 2024 (18.88 %). The campaign of Its president André Venturaa former 42 -year -old football commentator was disrupted by two discomforts he was the victim in front of the television cameras.
52-year-old lawyer Luis Montenegro was the central character of these elections, whom he himself provoked resigning in March Against the background of suspicions of conflict of interest concerning the activities of a consulting company registered at his home and on behalf of his children.
But the debates during the campaign focused on Themes favorable to far -right rhetoriclike the ethics of political leaders or immigration. Portugal has seen the number of foreigners quadruple since 2017, now reaching around 15 % of the population, out of 10 million inhabitants in total, and the executive of Luis Montenegro has already hardened the migration policy of the country, which was one of the most flexible in the previous socialist government of Antonio Costa.
Updated At 10:07 p.m., with more details.
