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Center left wins Portugal presidential election first round, setting up showdown with far right – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)

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[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not looking good

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
António José Seguro	PS, VP (center-left)	1,754,892	31.11
André Ventura	CH(Far-right)	1,326,643	23.52
João Cotrim de Figueiredo	IL(right)	902,562	16.00
Henrique Gouveia e Melo	Independent supported by PPM (right)	695,088	12.32
Luís Marques Mendes	PPD/PSD, CDS–PP (center-right)	637,391	11.30
Catarina Martins	BE(left)	116,302	2.06

By my count the right have a majority (52%) without even needing the center-right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Portuguese_presidential_election?wprov=sfla1

The only silver-lining is that this was a fairly low turnout Primary, so the main results may be better.

[–] doo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago

I'm hopeful. Ventura is very black and white, so I expect those that wanted and will want to vote him, already did, so in the second round he'll get the same 25%. Fingers crossed.

[–] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

It was high turnout for a Portuguese presidential election. And Chega is the one who manages to get electors from the previously indifferent. Most IL voters will vote center left if I had to bet though (given the people I know). Gouveia e Melo is a bit more complicated. During the campaign he pandered a lot to the left, but if I had to bet, most voters would vote chega given his nature as a former admiral, who is seen as being able to actually “do things”

[–] tocano@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This election had high turnout for a presidential. Some of the leaders on the right are afraid to admit support for Seguro, but you already see some others saying they will vote for him. Ventura is too extreme for most and that is why many went with Gouveia.