Portuguese Prime Minister’s Coalition Leads in Poll, TVI Reports

Portugal's ruling alliance extends lead in poll before May 18 election

LISBON - Portugal's governing centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) extended its lead in a new opinion poll ahead of a snap general election on May 18, though the projection showed it still falling short of a parliamentary majority. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Portuguese Prime Minister’s Coalition Leads in Poll, TVI Reports

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s AD coalition led the opposition Socialists by a margin of 6.6 percentage points in an opinion poll, TVI reported on its website.

Chega deputy Pedro Frazão devalues the data from the most recent TVI/CNN, JN and TSF poll, which show a drop in voting intentions for Chega compared to last year, and says that “it's good to see that the future of Portugal lies in Chega, that the Portuguese come to Chega with hope to courageously solve all these problems that plague the country”.

The technical tie in the pre-legislative polls is over: the AD breaks away from the PS, which declines in voting intentions - only the PAN loses more votes. Is Livre the fastest-growing party

Less than two months before the early legislative elections, the most recent Pythagorean poll for TVI/CNN, JN and TSF points to an increase in AD's advantage (34.4%) over the PS (27.8%) of almost seven points away, 6.6 percentage points. If these results are maintained, the Government of Luís Montenegro will emerge stronger, but still without an absolute majority. Thus, the coalition that brings together PSD and CDS recovers and contradicts the …

Results of the survey undo a technical tie. AD would have a clear victory in the legislatures, but without a majority. Chega would lose to the 2024 elections. Free fire and PAN would be left out of Parliament.