The Prime Minister’s Socialist Party (PS) Antonio Costa has clearly won Parliamentary election anticipated held this Sunday in Portugal and could even achieve an absolute majority, according to the still partial official results of the Ministry of Internal Administration.
Specifically, the PS has achieved a 42.23% of votes with 84.74% of votes already counted, although only 27 seats have been safely assigned.
Behind is the conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD) with a 30.17% support and 18 assigned seats, while the far-right Basta party would be the third political force for the first time with 7.44% of the vote.
The Left Bloc would be the next most voted option (3.37%), followed by the United Democratic Coalition (CDU) which includes the Communist Party of Portugal has achieved 3.72% of the vote and the Liberal Initiative (3.3%). Behind are the Democratic and Social Center-Popular Party, People-Animals-Nature and Free.
The PS campaign manager, Duarte Cordeiro, has expressed his satisfaction with the exit polls that already pointed to this result. “If the results of the polls are confirmed, this will be a victory for humility, confidence and stability,” he declared.
“The results reflect the vote of the Portuguese. We are here to carry out the will of the Portuguese“, he assured in statements to the press from the Altis Hotel in Lisbon.
The leader of the Portuguese far-right party Just André Ventura, has been the first leader to react to the polls and has recognized that the prime minister, António Costa “is going to renew a majority to be able to govern”.
However, these results arebad for the country if António Costa becomes prime minister again”, pointed out the leader of the formation that the exit polls place as the third political force.
More satisfied has been the head of the Basta list for the Algarve, Pedro Pinto, who has welcomed the results predicted by the exit polls that represent “expel” the extreme left of the Portuguese political landscape.
“We have achieved that the extreme left has been expelled to the place where it deserves, to a corner of the Assembly of the Republic”, declared Pinto, according to the newspaper ‘Diário de Notícias’.
Pinto highlighted the third place achieved by Basta in the polls, with between 6 and 13 deputies, for which he considers that there can only be a majority if his training is available. “Certainly (the deputies) are going to make a difference,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Democratic and Social Center-Popular Party (CDS-PP), Pedro Melo, has indicated that the forecast results they force “all the right” to reflect.
Melo has highlighted that these are unofficial results and that, if they are confirmed, they force the reflection of “all right”.
From the Liberal Initiative party they have highlighted that “tonight Portugal is more liberal“, in the words of the group’s parliamentary spokesman, Rodrigo Saraiva.
Its formation “is the only party that presented itself with clear objectives” and “it seems that this has been recognized”. The training will get between 5 and 9 deputies, according the surveys.
“Ideas for the future have marked the campaign. We affirm convincingly that liberalism works and is needed in Portugal. We have managed to mobilize the most dynamic sectors of society and young people,” he argued.
Source: Lasexta
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