Five more years for Marcelo By Paula Martins, in News · 29-01-2021 01:00:00 · 1 Comments
The Presidential elections in Portugal last week saw Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa winning in all counties, Ana Gomes becoming the most voted for woman in the Portuguese history of presidential elections and the far-right achieving a never before seen result in Portugal.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was re-elected President of the Republic last Sunday with a reinforced vote, representing the third highest percentage in presidential elections in Portuguese democracy, 60.70 percent of the votes, the second highest in a re-election.
The 72-year-old retired professor, who ran for head of state, formally supported by PSD and CDS-PP parties, was re-elected with approximately 2.5 million votes, in an election with an abstention of 54.55 perce
Polls open in Portugal
The polling stations for the presidential elections opened today at 8am.
According to the spokesman for the National Elections Commission (CNE), João Tiago Machado, polling stations opened across the country without major problems and without any reported cases of boycotts.
The main complaints were related to “complaints from people in queues, waiting for the counting of early votes”, and the situation is now normalised.
The waiting time in these cases varied depending on the amount of early votes received in each parish, explained João Tiago Machado, specifying that there were places that had “zero early votes” to count, but there were others that had many, such as Cascais, that will have had more than five thousand votes.
Marcelo ahead in polls By TPN/Lusa, in News, Sport · 22-01-2021 14:29:00 · 0 Comments
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is predicted to win the presidential elections on 24 January in the first round with 58 percent and the socialist Ana Gomes appears in the second position, with 14.5 percent, according to an ISCTE survey / ICS for Express and SIC.
In terms of losses and gains compared to the previous poll, Marcelo, supported by PSD and CDS, drops eight points, Ana Gomes rises 1.5 and André Ventura has 3.5 more points.
On the left, Marisa Matias, supported by BE, and João Ferreira, supported by PCP and Verdes, have 6 percent in voting intentions. In relation to the previous survey, Marisa loses one percentage point, the same as Ferreira.
Presidential campaign begins By TPN/Lusa, in News · 11-01-2021 19:18:00 · 2 Comments
The second day of the presidential election campaign will focus on the central and southern areas of the country with candidates taking part in initiatives dedicated to topics such as labor rights, the environment or higher education.
The election campaign runs from 10 to 22 January, with the country living under restrictive measures due to the pandemic. Seven candidates are running for election, Marisa Matias (supported by Bloco de Esquerda), Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD and CDS / PP) Tiago Mayan Gonçalves (Liberal Initiative), André Ventura (Chega), Vitorino Silva, better known as Tino de Rans , João Ferreira (PCP and PEV) and PS activist Ana Gomes (PAN and Livre).
“Voting is safe” campaign launched By TPN/Lusa, in News · 10-01-2021 08:00:00 · 1 Comments
The National Election Commission (CNE) has launched a Voting is safe campaign to encourage people to vote in the upcoming elections in Portugal.
The awareness campaign launched online by CNE with videos of everyday acts demonstrating that going to get coffee or shopping is as safe as going to the polls on the 24 January, stressing that going to get a coffee is safe, vote too , since all health rules will be met.
The rules for the voting day are also illustrated by the CNE in another video, which informs the voter about the steps to follow in going to the polls, such as the mandatory use of mask, disinfection of the hands, respect for the safety distance and the routes that will be marked from the entrance to the res