"Antonio Jose Seguro of the center-left Socialist Party won the second round of the presidential election in Portugal on Sunday. With 99% of ballots counted, Seguro had won 66.7% of votes to secure a five-year term in Lisbon's riverside "pink palace". Seguro saw off a challenge from the far-right populist Chega party's Andre Ventura, who won 33.3% of the vote. Seguro will succeed conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for the largely ceremonial figurehead position."
"This contrasts with Ventura and his Chega (Enough) party, which has quickly grown in popularity since its founding seven years ago due to its leader's anti-establishment and anti-immigrant tirades. The former TV sports commentator and lawyer has also pushed for tougher action on corruption and crime, promising harsher sentences for criminals, including life imprisonment and chemical castration for sex offenders. During the campaign, Ventura put up billboards across the country saying, "This isn't Bangladesh" and "Immigrants shouldn't be allowed to live on welfare.""
Antonio Jose Seguro of the center-left Socialist Party won Portugal’s presidential runoff with 66.7% of the vote, defeating far-right Chega leader Andre Ventura, who received 33.3%. Seguro will serve a five-year term as largely ceremonial president, succeeding conservative Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. About 11 million voters were eligible in the historic runoff, the first in 40 years and only the second since democracy was restored in 1974. Seguro cast himself as a moderate, unifying and experienced politician willing to cooperate with the center-right minority government. Ventura led the rapidly growing Chega party with anti-establishment, anti-immigrant rhetoric and proposed harsher penalties for criminals and controversial measures for migrants.
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