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Socialist halts far right surge

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António José Seguro, a Socialist, won Portugal’s presidential runoff against far-right candidate André Ventura and halted a breakthrough for the populist right.

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Andre Ventura of Chega (change) running on anti-immigratiom slogans like "this isn't Bangladesh" and "Portugal is ours" has lost the Portugal presidential election in a landslide.

He was second on 23% to 31% in the first round but losing about 30-70 in the run-off to socialist António José Seguro
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Reposted by Andrés Malamud

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Se puede parar al neofascismo. En España, con una derecha entregada a él, sería más difícil, pero también se puede.
🇵🇹 PORTUGAL | Elecciones presidenciales - 2ª vuelta (81,4 % de freguesías escrutadas)

🟥 Seguro (PS) 64,3 %
⬛️ Ventura (Chega) 35,7 %

El socialista António José Seguro será el próximo presidente de la República de Portugal.
February 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Présidentielle au Portugal : le socialiste Antonio José Seguro donné en tête face au candidat d’extrême droite André Ventura
Présidentielle au Portugal : le socialiste Antonio José Seguro donné en tête face au candidat d’extrême droite André Ventura
Cet ancien député et ex-ministre avait remporté le premier tour avec 31,1 % des suffrages et s’était assuré le soutien de nombreuses personnalités politiques issues de l’extrême gauche, du centre et même de la droite, mais pas celui du premier ministre Luis Montenegro.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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António José Seguro largement élu président de la République portugaise.

Le candidat d’extrême droite est lourdement battue
February 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM

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Randomly, I shared a communal office space with André Ventura, now the Portuguese far right leader, while we were doing PhDs in Cork 2008-2010ish. Though I didn’t know him well, he was on the surface a very affable character, as is often the way with extremists www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Landslide win beckons for centre-left candidate in Portugal’s presidential runoff
Exit polls give António José Seguro 67%-73% of vote over far-right populist André Ventura
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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¡Dame la gasolina!
Andre Ventura of Chega (change) running on anti-immigratiom slogans like "this isn't Bangladesh" and "Portugal is ours" has lost the Portugal presidential election in a landslide.

He was second on 23% to 31% in the first round but losing about 30-70 in the run-off to socialist António José Seguro
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM

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El socialista António José Seguro derrota en las elecciones presidenciales de Portugal al populista André Ventura elpais.com/internaciona...
El socialista António José Seguro derrota en las elecciones presidenciales de Portugal al populista André Ventura
Los portugueses han elegido a un moderado, que llevaba más de una década fuera de la política, para sustituir a Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
elpais.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM

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#Portugal 🇵🇹 – EXIT POLL RTP: 𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗦 🔴 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶́𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗴𝗮 ⚫

🔴 Seguro: 68–73%
⚫ Ventura: 27–32%

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electomania.es
February 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM