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Portugal chooses between a moderate and a populist in runoff presidential election
António José Seguro wins with around 67% of votes, marking the highest-ever total in Portuguese presidential history amid recent storms delaying voting for about 32,000 people.
- On Sunday, António José Seguro of the centre-left Socialist Party won Portugal’s presidential runoff, securing about two-thirds of the vote as ballots were tallied.
- After no candidate reached more than 50% in the first round three weeks ago, Seguro led on 31.1%, triggering the runoff amid Portugal's recent political instability.
- Using hardline, anti-immigrant messaging, André Ventura's campaign used provocative billboards saying `This isn’t Bangladesh` amid storms that disrupted voting and postponed nearly 32,000 people's ballots, which critics described as storm-related disruption shaping turnout.
- On March 9, the winner will assume the largely ceremonial Portuguese presidency, inheriting powers to veto legislation and dissolve parliament amid a fragmented parliament with 91 seats.
- Chega party, founded less than seven years ago, became the second-largest party after the May 18 general election, while mainstream conservative backers opposed Ventura’s authoritarian tendencies amid Europe’s broader shift to the right.
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When an election produces results not seen in decades, it is a shock to the system. Andre Ventura’s second-place finish in the first round of the Portuguese presidential election was just such a shock. The leader of the national populist Chega party broke through the previous duopoly of the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Party. This result forced a surprise matchup against the Socialist Party’s António José Seguro. While Seguro came o…
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Socialist candidate Antonio Jose Seguro is the convincing winner of the presidential election in Portugal, defeating far-right opponent Andrej Ventura.
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Leaning Left26Leaning Right27Center46Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Center
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L 26%
C 47%
R 27%
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