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The former minister and former socialist leader António José Seguro and the far-right leader Andre Ventura They will compete for the Presidency of Portugal in the second round, on February 8, with 98.75% of the votes counted in the first round of elections held this Sunday.
According to the scrutiny, Seguro obtains 31% of the votes, followed by Ventura, with 23.65%.
Behind them is in third place, with 15.82% of the votes, the liberal MEP João Cotrim de Figueiredowith the admiral in reserve Henrique Gouveia e Melo and the conservative commentator and former minister Luís Marques Mendes further back.
The ultra candidate Ventura celebrates the results.
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More than 11 million Portuguese were called to the polls during this day, of which more than 1.7 million reside abroad, to elect the successor of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousaafter 10 years at the Head of State.
The influx until 4:00 p.m. local time (same GMT time) this Sunday was 45.51%, a figure that exceeds the total participation in the last elections held of this type, in 2021, which was 39.24%.
The president in Portugal has the function of arbitrator and supervisor of political lifeand has no executive prerogatives. Among other powers, he can veto laws, dissolve Parliament and call elections.
Surely he arrived at the headquarters of his candidacy, at the Caldas da Rainha Cultural Center, to appear, but in his only statements so far he has explained that he will not make statements until there are official results. “We will have the opportunity to talk when there are official results.”
Meanwhile, at the Chega party headquarters, the data has been celebrated with enthusiasm. Ventura’s supporters gathered at the Marriott Hotel in Lisbon applauded and chanted slogans such as “Victory!” or “Ventura!”.
“Today was to lead the right. Tomorrow will be to unite the right,” highlighted the Chega leader, who has asked for calm until there are definitive results. “Now I am going to gather the campaign team to study all the scenarios on the table. There is only one way,” he noted.
For Ventura, Portugal will have to choose “whether to return socialism to power or not.” “Socialism must not return to power in Portugal,” he stressed.
Precisely the Prime Minister of Portugal and leader of the PSD, Luis Montenegrohas announced that his party will not give any voting instructions for the second round. “The PSD will not participate in the presidential campaign (…). Its political space will not be represented in this second round,” he explained. “It is not worth it to play political games,” he argued.
“We accept the election with democratic humility,” he said before thanking the work of his candidate, Marques Mendes. “We will comply with the choice of the Portuguese.”