The start of a potential political sea change occurred in Portugal on Sunday as populist Chega leader André Ventura won a position in the second round of the presidential election.
Less than seven years after forming his anti-mass migration Chega party, Lisbon lawmaker André Ventura is on the precipice of upending the political establishment in Portugal, securing over 1.3 million votes in the first round of voting.
According results published by the Portuguese daily Correio da Manhã, the Chega leader won over 800,000 more votes than he did in the 2021 race. This saw him win 23.5 per cent of the vote, compared to 11.9 per cent five years ago.
Following the vote, Ventura declared that he now represented “the new leader of the right
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