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Portuguese Left in Freefall After Chega’s Electoral Surge
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For decades, the inhabitants of this port city south of Lisbon voted for the left-wing parties. As a result of deindustrialisation, they turned massively to the far-right party during the legislative elections of 18 May, says Público in this report.
Where Abandonment is the Order of the Day, the Far Right Vote is a Call for Help
“If the people want to go to hell, that is where we will go.” This quote flooded Portuguese social media in the aftermath of the 18 May electoral night. It originates in a 1974 interview by Salgueiro Maia, one of the army rebels of the Carnation Revolution, where he defended that the military’s role was only to create the conditions for the people to choose who they want to represent them freely, independently of their choices. Back to 2025, th…
The number now announced reflects a rather cellular accession rate, especially since the last legislative elections of 18 May, in which the party won the place of the second national political force and strengthened its influence in the Portuguese political panorama. According to André Ventura, President of the CHEGA, this growth is a “clear signal of the growing confidence of the Portuguese in the CHEGA project”. The party launched a new commun…
The growth of Chega in Portugal has ceased to be anomaly by tradition and has become a less structural fin in the national rio party system. Its rise is directly linked to a s rie of factors, among which the persistent failures of traditional parties — in particular the PSD — are highlighted.
2025/23 - Hotspot - The leader of the right-wing populist Portuguese party Chega, André Ventura, cheers In Portugal, the far-right party Chega has become the second strongest in the parliamentary election. Moritz Tübbecke
For the first time in these elections, the parties of the centre-left and the centre-right do not even achieve two-thirds of the seats in parliament. Another sign of the decline of Portuguese democracy, which had emerged from the Carnation Revolution.
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