Almost 90% of voters who opted for early voting cast ballots
Almost 90% of the 252,209 voters who registered to vote in advance showed up to cast their ballots last Sunday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) told Lusa. The number
President praises large number of early votes in EU election
Reducing abstention is one of the goals for this EU election Over 252,000 Portuguese citizens signed up to vote early on Sunday (June 2) in the European elections, a number
Social democrats win Madeira regional elections without majority
Talks between parties are expected to begin today Portugal’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) won the Madeira regional elections on Sunday with its worst result ever and without a majority in
President appeals to people to vote early in European elections
Main candidates have blanked plan for televised debates Portugal’s president is doing his best to ‘incentivise’ citizens to vote in the European elections on June 9, following the main parties
AD changes name for European elections
After the confusion during the March 10 legislative elections between AD and ADN (a tiny political party that miraculously gained an enormous number of votes last month), Portugal’s government has
President officially sets European elections for June 9
It’s the date the last government tried so hard to change – to no avail. And now President Marcelo has made it official: Sunday June 9 will be the day
Final tally: AD’s ‘winning margin’ narrowest in Portuguese history
With all the votes from last Sunday’s legislative election now counted, results published in State gazette Diário da República show that the AD centre-right alliance won by the narrowest margin
CHEGA’s emigré successes “victory of humility over arrogance”, says leader
Portugal’s up and coming political force ‘routs’ former parliamentary speaker CHEGA’s extraordinary success in the March 10 elections perpetuated yesterday with an unprecedented win in the ‘emigré circles’ (the party
CHEGA ‘sweeps board’ in Portugal’s emigré votes
Final results of Portugal’s legislative elections due at 5pm today With 70,000 emigré votes still to be counted, Correio da Manhã runs with the story today that CHEGA has pretty
Socialists “should govern if emigré votes go their way”
Party stalwart continues to uphold possibility most see as unlikely Alexandra Leitão, coordinator of the PS Socialist Party’s electoral campaign, has argued that the PS should be called to govern