Presidential in Portugal: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa reelected in the first round
As the polls announced, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was re-elected on Sunday January 24 for a second term.
AP - Luis Vieira
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According to several projections made for local televisions, the outgoing Portuguese president, the moderate conservative Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was reelected this Sunday in the first round of the presidential election.
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The victory of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is not surprising.
The outgoing president was the favorite in Sunday's poll.
According to projections, and as predicted by the polls carried out before the election, he is ahead of the former socialist MEP Ana Gomes and the far-right populist André Ventura.
A first since the fall of the Salazar dictatorship in 1974.
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The Portuguese had also expressed their intention to vote this Sunday, deeming it essential to block a minority that had become invading and anti-democratic theses.
But the participation rate by mid-afternoon was slightly lower than four years ago, reports our correspondent in Lisbon,
Marie-Line Darcy
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The Covid epidemic and the announced victory of the outgoing president may have contributed to a certain demobilization.
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