Portugal, Democratic Alliance wins’ majority of seats in legislative elections

Portugal's center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) won the most seats in the country's legislative elections but fell short of a majority. teleSUR

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00:00And in Portugal, according to official results, the Democratic Alliance won a

00:03majority of seats in the legislative elections, while the Socialist Party and

00:06the far-right Chega Party were equal in number. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's

00:11Conservative Party won the elections, securing 89 legislative seats, while the

00:15Socialist Party and the far-right Chega Party won 58 seats each. In this sense,

00:20the elections were marked by the historic rise of the far-right wing and the

00:25crisis of the traditional bipartisan system. The turnout in these elections

00:29reached 64.04%, which implies an abstention rate of close to 36%, perceived as a sign

00:38of growing dissatisfaction with the early elections.