The Portuguese are called to the polls this Sunday to renew the 230 deputies who make up the Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party, in power for eight years, could well lose it to the right-wing Democratic Alliance.
19 parties are running for these legislative elections. An early vote was organized after the resignation of the socialist Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, involved in an influence peddling affair. The party which emerges victorious from this election will be invited by the Head of State to form a government.