Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) was projected to win a parliamentary election on Sunday but was set to fall far short of a majority, according to exit polls, turning the far-right Chega party into a potential kingmaker.
The forecast results signal that the ruling Socialists will be ejected from power for the first time in eight years after a snap vote triggered by a corruption scandal within government, which prompted the resignation of Prime Minister António Costa.
The forecast result would mark another important advance for the right in the EU, where conservatives have won elections or joined coalitions in Italy, Greece, Sweden and Finland in the past two years.
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