Overview

• Chega secured 28.8% of early overseas ballots, outpacing the centrist Aliança Democrática’s 17.2% and the Socialist Party’s 12.8%.
• Two of the four diaspora seats have gone to Chega and one to AD as counting continues at the Lisbon International Fair.
• The Socialist Party has fallen from 78 seats in 2024 to 58, matching Chega before overseas results and risking loss of opposition leadership.
• PS president Carlos César acknowledged on Facebook that Chega will finish second once the foreign vote count concludes.
• André Ventura stands to become Portugal’s opposition leader, breaking five decades of PS-PSD dominance in that role.