Center-Right Wins Portuguese Election As Far Right Surges

After all votes cast in Portugal were counted, the center-right Social Democrat-led Democratic Alliance won 79 seats in the 230-seat National Assembly, Portugal’s Parliament.

The center-left Socialist Party, in power for the past eight years, got 77 seats.

Chega, meaning enough, came third, quadrupling its parliamentary representation to 48 lawmakers after campaigning on a clean governance and anti-immigration platform.

The election result underscored a political tilt to the far right across Europe and a dwindling of Socialist governance.