The leader of Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD), Luis Montenegro, the 51-year-old advocate and president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), has claimed a razor-thin victory in the closely contested parliamentary elections that also saw the far-right surge.
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Portugal s main centre-right party narrowly defeated the incumbent Socialists but fell well short of a majority in a general election that saw far-right Chega surge to become a potential kingmaker.
Portugal's opposition centre-right party won Sunday's general election while support for populist far-right Chega surged making it a kingmaker in the new parliament, an exit poll indicated.