Chega takes control of the south

Chega was the party with the most votes in the five electoral districts south of the Tagus River, with a total of 266,484 votes, in Sunday's legislative elections.

In the South of the country, the PS was in second position, with 229,249 ballots, followed by the AD with 214,469.

In the largest of these constituencies, Setúbal, Chega obtained its biggest victory in absolute numbers, with 129,569 votes, followed by PS and AD.

Compared to 2024, the PS lost 34,487 votes and two deputies, with Chega gaining three more elected representatives and moving from second to first force.

The AD remained as the third force and gained one deputy, the PCP-PEV maintained one elected representative, the same happening with the Livre (which went from 7th to 5th place) and with the IL. The BE lost its deputy, losing 40 percent of its electorate.

In Évora, the PS maintained first place, but fell by 5,693 votes (27.81%), with Chega growing by almost that amount, becoming the second most voted force. The number of elected deputies remained the same, with one for each of the three main parties.

Just like in 2024, Portalegre was the only district in the country where the AD did not elect a deputy, but here the novelty is Chega's victory, with 2,200 more votes (39.9%), compared to the previous year.

The PS lost the district and more than four thousand votes, with the AD coming in third place, just 667 votes away from electing a deputy, in exchange with the PS.

In Beja, Chega won with almost a thousand votes more than the PS (27.73%), but the number of deputies remained divided between the three main parties, with the AD in third place.

Compared to 2024, Chega gained four thousand votes, more or less the same number that the PT candidate lost.

Algarve

In the Algarve, in 2024, Chega won the electoral district, but the nine deputies were divided equally between the three main parties.

Here, Chega increased by almost 14 thousand votes, with PS losing the same amount. In terms of elected representatives, Chega elected four deputies, compared to three from AD and two from PS.

It was in the district of Faro that Chega obtained the best national result, with 33.9%, above AD at the national level.

With almost all the votes counted, the provisional results from the secretary general of the Ministry of Internal Administration (SGMAI) give victory to AD, followed by PS at around ten percentage points, with a small advantage over Chega.

The world, bar Canada, is turning Conservative, as the liberal policies have created havock, world wide.

Happy Chega will have some control of the direction of Portugal. A new path is certainly needed.

By Mark Dahcke from Algarve on 19 May 2025, 10:35

Chega is another trap for the obliviant voter. far right has never brought any good to any region or country, it's just the last threshold into the abyss of discrimination, nepotism and kleptocracy however wide spread or small.

The voter always pulls the shortest straw when it comes to far right.

By Jacques De la Haye from Other on 20 May 2025, 10:02

It is sad to see the rise of CHEGA, in light of the fact that most countries headed towards more authoritarian, far-right nationalism, have taken heed of what has happened in the US and had the good sense to veer back towards sanity. Canada and Australia are two that come to mind, and most recently Romania. There are factions, hellbent on destroying democracies, in many countries today, particularly in Europe, riled up by fanatics and fascists fueled, literally and figuratively by Russian propaganda. But, you only have to look at the dark and dangerous path that the US has taken, with open eyes, to know that this is not what anyone should want for their country or their citizens. Isolationism, racism, and outright bigotry have no place in our modern world. Globalism is our new norm, and we cannot roll back to the days where every country was its own island. The irony and hypocrisy of these extreme right-wingers is that many of them are running on platforms underpinned by their religions, which they do not obey the tenets of. They only expect others to, which is how they control the narrative, the money and the power. In a world filled with hate and isolationism, be the beacon of democracy, Portugal. You do not want to return to the days of Salazar...or do you?

By Tina Steele from USA on 21 May 2025, 05:55

The people have spoken! I am glad Chega is now the official opposition!
I am amazed at the leftest comments and people who think Chega is far right. They are simply conservative, and so is the Trump Administration. Globalism is the enemy, and it seems the left wants open boarders, chaos and anarchy! Conservative people want closed boarders, legal immigration, good governance from the authorities and never surveillance, digital currencies, mandatory anything to control the world under a globalist elite, who feels nothing for the people!
The left wants an Orwellian society where freedom doesn't exist.
Conservative people want freedom, but most of all COMMONSENSE!
This is my conservative view, never far right and certainly never left!

By NN from Beiras on 30 May 2025, 09:38