Portugal’s ruling Socialists scored “a great victory” in yesterday’s parliamentary election and will seek to form a stable government, senior Socialist lawmaker Ana Catarina Mendes said as preliminary results pointed to a win without an outright majority.
“There is no obstacle for the president to appoint the prime minister and for the government to be formed and start working,” said Communist leader Jeronimo de Souza. “We will determine our position depending on the PS’ choices, on its budget instruments and the content of its legislative proposals.”
The main opposition Social Democrats were on 24.2 percent to 31 percent of the exit polls and 28.4 percent of the preliminary results. The four exit polls put the Socialists in a range of 33.3 to 40 percent. While it was not immediately clear if even the most optimistic scenario could deliver a full majority, it would, in any case give them more seats than in the last election, in 2015.
Post-election negotiations are not expected to be as messy as in neighbouring Spain, which still has no government more than five months after elections and is heading for a repeat vote in November.
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