Portugal, election
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Portugal’s ruling center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) won a snap parliamentary election on Sunday but again fell short of the majority needed to end a long period of instability as the far-right Chega gained a record share of the vote.
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In the Portuguese legislative elections, the third one in less than four years, far-right Chega party won over 22.6% vote and nearly took over the Sociality Party, one of the oldest political parties in the country, which formed numerous governments since the country’s transition to democracy in 1974.
Portugal's ruling centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) took an early lead in Sunday's parliamentary election, garnering over 38% of the vote with more than 10% of the ballots counted, official electoral data showed.
The incumbent center-right Democratic Alliance has won Portugal’s general election but it fell short of a majority in Parliament and was set to take office as a minority government. With
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