Early voting surpasses previous elections in Portugal's legislative race

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Early voting surpasses previous elections in Portugal's legislative race  Party leaders voted in the morning, with the majority emphasising the importance of voting and electoral participation. By 12 pm local time, around 25.56% of voters had cast their ballots.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/18/legislative-elections-party-leaders-call-for-participation-at-the-ballot-box  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Voters in Portugal returned to the polls on Sunday for the third general election in three years.

00:10Recent governments have faced an increasingly fragmented political landscape,

00:15which defies efforts to unite behind policies on pressing national issues,

00:21such as immigration, housing and the cost of living.

00:26However, hopes that the ballot might end the worst spell of political instability in decades could be dashed.

00:35Polls suggest the election is poised to deliver yet another minority government.

00:41A centre-right minority government headed by the Social Democrats lost a confidence vote in March,

00:47after less than a year in power.

00:50That triggered an early election, which had originally been due only in 2028.

00:59The State of London.

01:00With an authority to direct the ballot, there are also the tourists here who filed a vote on the shirt.

01:04There are still still there uh, and whatever may be heard,

01:06The刀 is in the house of the state,

01:07the wait that it was inert.

01:08The police are gone, and you know the police are gone.

01:10The police are gone.

01:11The police are taken to the right to go.

01:13The police are gone.

01:15The police are gone.

01:16The police are at the right to go.

01:18And they're gone.

01:19They're gone.

01:20They're gone.

01:21They're gone.

01:23They're gone.

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