Democratic Alliance (AD), the center -right party that governs Portugal, has maintained its leadership in a new opinion survey released on Friday, but is still far from reaching the majority in a parliament that seems to remain fragmented. The elections are scheduled for May 18th.
The ICS/ISCTE investigation published by the Expreno newspaper showed that the intentions of voting in the AD – which have risen to power in an early election last year – dropped from 33% to 32% for a period of two weeks.
The percentage leaves the party far from a parliamentary majority which, according to the Portuguese proportional representation system, could only be reached with at least 42% of the votes.
The survey also showed that the socialist party on the central left (PS) also lost support from 29% to 27%.
In the election of March 2024, CEO and PS ended practically, with respectively 28% and 27% of the votes, which led to a minority government.
José Tomaz Branco Castello, professor of Political Science at the Catholic University of Portugal, said that research suggests that “the day after the elections, the situation will not be very different from the current one”. “This will be the most dramatic result,” he told Reuters.
Portugal Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was unable to gain trust in Parliament. Two months ago, the opposition asked him about the activity of a consultancy company he founded. The disputes led to the third parliamentary election of Portugal in three years.
Montenegro, now in a provisional position, denies any irregularities.
The far -right party arrives, with which Montenegro refuses to stipulate agreements, is third in the polls, with 19%, outside the 18% he obtained in the election last year, leaving from scandals that involve many of their senior members.
The ICS/ISCTE survey interviewed 1,002 people between April 25 and May 5. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.
Source: Terra
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