Portugal election: Socialists retain power with increased share of the vote
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4RZ2P)
Antonio Costa bucks the trend of declining fortunes for Europe's left, but remains short of an outright majority
Portuguese prime minister Antonio Costa's Socialist party has won the country's general election but has fallen short of an outright majority, according to exit polls.
The Socialists (PS) took 36.65% of the vote, followed by the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD) with 27.9%, according to near total results released by the interior ministry early on Monday.
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