Key Highlights
- Almost 11 million people are eligible to vote in the election, with most results expected late in the day.
- The winner will replace President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who has served the limit of two five-year terms.
- Polls opened at 8 am on a mostly sunny day across the country and were due to close 12 hours later.
- Main candidates —————— Among the front-runners, according to recent opinion polls, are André Ventura, the leader of the populist Chega (Enough) party.
- Chega’s surge in public support made it the second-largest party in Portugal’s parliament last year, just six years after it was founded.
