The Portuguese failed to respond to calls for a healthy vote in Sunday’s legislative elections, leaving parliament “the most fragmented ever” and Chega the “big winner,” according to political scientists consulted by Lusa.
“This result shows that the Portuguese did not answer the call for a useful vote and decided to vote sincerely, since we have the most fragmented parliament ever, we will have to go back to 1985 to hold an election in which the PS and PSD combined won less than 64 %,” political scientist Marina Costa Lobo told Lusa.
While the results are not yet finalized and the results of the emigration circles are yet to be determined, a researcher from the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-UL) emphasized that it is not yet known whether the Democratic Alliance (PSD, CDS-PP and PPM) will, for example, ) will be in first place, he will have more votes and more mandates than the “left thing”.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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