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With a few seats still to be allocated, the centre-right party led by Luís Montenegro (PSD) won the election with 29.49 percent of the vote (Photo: European People's Party)

Portugal's centre-right wins election as far-right surges

The Portuguese electorate confirmed the predicted shift to the right in an election on Sunday (10 March) with an above-average turnout — and no broad majority for any force to form a government.

This was the third election in five years for the country, which was led by the Socialist Party for more than eight years until a corruption scandal caused longstanding socialist leader Antonio Costa to resign and call for new elections. <...

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

With a few seats still to be allocated, the centre-right party led by Luís Montenegro (PSD) won the election with 29.49 percent of the vote (Photo: European People's Party)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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