Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during his presidential vote in Portugal, January 24, 2021. -
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The outgoing president of Portugal, the moderate conservative Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was reelected on Sunday in the first round of a ballot carried out in a confined country and hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to several projections made for televisions local.
Former Socialist MEP Ana Gomes came in second ahead of far-right candidate André Ventura, as predicted by polls conducted before the election.
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