Elections in Portugal / The center-right leads, the far-right registers a jump

Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD). appears to narrowly win today’s parliamentary electionsbut appears to be far from securing an absolute parliamentary majority, according to three exit polls.

According to the polls AD moves between 27.6%-33%, just ahead of the ruling Socialist Party (PS) which gathers percentages between 24.2% and 29.5%.

Polls from the three largest Portuguese television networks SIC, RTP and TVI show that collectively all right-wing parties, including the far-right Chega, they are likely to secure an absolute majority together.

Chega is hovering between 14%-21.6%, a huge percentage jump from the 7.2% it recorded in the last election in January 2022.

However, AD has so far exclude any cooperation with Chega.

After from eight years of socialist governmentsthe Iberian country’s parliament appears to be shifting to the right with a new push from populists, according to exit polls.

Source Newsbeast