Portugal: end of campaign before vote on Sunday


After the resignation of socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa over suspicions of corruption, Portugal is called to the polls for early legislative elections.

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More than 9 million Portuguese voters are called to the polls this Sunday for early legislative elections after the resignation in November of socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa, marred by a corruption affair.

The 1.6 million Portuguese living abroad were able to exercise their right to vote by mail.

The center-right given victory

According to the latest poll carried out two days before the election by Consulmark2 (for Euronews and Nascer do SOL), the trend of recent months is confirmed: the Democratic Alliance (AD) should win the elections and the right would then have a majority in Parliament.

The coalition made up of the PSD, the CDS-PP and the PPM (29.8%) is in fact ahead of the PS (27%) with a lead of almost 3 percentage points, the gap between the two main parties having widened. slightly widened compared to the last survey.

The president of the PSD, Luis Montenegro, a 51-year-old lawyer, should therefore take the helm of the next government.

In this latest poll, Chega (far right) remains the third political force with 18%.

The three main candidates held their last meeting this Friday in Lisbon, the capital.

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