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
Almost 300,000 emigrés voted in Portugal’s legislative elections
Almost 300,000 Portuguese voters abroad voted by letter for the legislative elections last Sunday (March 10), according to data collected up till Friday by the Electoral Administration, which will begin
Portugal voted for “change” and faces new political imbroglio
AD centre-right alliance in unconvincing win, overshadowed by rise of populist CHEGA For once, the pre-election polls were all spot on: Portugal voted for change – after eight years of
CHEGA’s Algarve win attributed to “voter frustration”
Voters in the Algarve are “tired of unfulfilled promises” CHEGA’s victory in the Algarve in last weekend’s legislative elections is being attributed to growing frustration with how successive governments have “forgotten”
“Huge increase” in number of Portugal’s emigré voters
Emigrés in Europe, US, Africa, Asia Oceania all want a say in Portugal’s future Votes received from Portuguese emigrés have increased by almost two-thirds compared to the 2022 legislative elections,
Portugal suffers hung parliament in elections that see a surge in far-right populist party Chega
Political commentator Luís Marques Mendes predicted fresh elections early next year A 40-year political system in Portugal dominated by two main parties — the centre-right PSD and Socialist PS – may
Marcelo to begin audiences with political parties tomorrow
Talks to continue for at least a week As a result of last night’s election results, President Marcelo will begin hearing the various parties with seats in parliament from tomorrow.
Election results mean less women in Portugal’s parliament
With the nine parties now elected to parliament (CDS-PP having joined the eight from 2022’s elections) only 76 women have won seats, compared to the 85 who were successful in