Centre right wins Portuguese election as far right surges - BBC News

Portugal heads for a minority government after a tight vote in which the far right makes big gains.

12 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, TIAGO PETINGA/EPA-EFEImage caption, Luís Montenegro faces a daunting task of forming a governmentBy Paul Kirby in London & Alison Roberts in LisbonBBC NewsPortugal's centre right has claimed a narrow election victory, but has little chance of forming a majority government.

Democratic Alliance leader Luís Montenegro told supporters that the Portuguese had voted for change, although the margin of victory was less than convincing.

Both main parties polled about 29% of the vote.

Only the far-right Chega could claim a clear-cut success.

Five years after it broke into Portuguese politics, the party led by former football pundit André Ventura has secured 18% of the vote and 48 seats in the 230-seat parliament.

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