Portugal's far-right Chega falls well short of expectations in local elections
Portugal’s far-right Chega party has won its first mayoral seats in local elections, final results showed, but fell well short of expectations as its vote share halved from parliamentary elections in May.
The six-year-old nationalist party, whose name means “Enough”, took control of three city halls: São Vicente on the island of Madeira; the central town of Entroncamento; and Albufeira in the south. It won an 11.86% share of the overall vote.
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Some pre-election polls had put Chega ahead in the national vote for the first time, and it had hoped its cocktail of populist policies, including stricter immigration controls and chemical castration for paedophiles, might help it win 30 of the country’s 308 municipalities.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/13/portugal-far-right-chega-falls-well-short-local-elections