Centre-right party wins Portuguese election as far right makes record gains

Incumbent Democratic Alliance, led by caretaker prime minister Luis Montenegro, falls well short of majority

Portugal's incumbent, centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) has won the country's third snap general election in three years - but once again fallen well short of a majority - as the underperforming socialists were left vying for second place with the far-right Chega party, which took a record 22% of the vote.

By midnight on Sunday, with 99% of the votes counted, the AD - led by the prime minister, Luis Montenegro - had won 32.1% of the vote and taken 86 seats in Portugal's 230-seat assembly, leaving it far shy of the 116 needed for a majority. The Socialist party (PS) had taken 23.4% of the vote t0 Chega's 22.6%, and the two were tied on 58 seats each.