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Ventura launches a takeover bid of the right to defeat Seguro in the run-off

Monday, 19 January 2026RSS
Ventura launches a takeover bid of the right to defeat Seguro in the run-off

António José Seguro with 31% of the vote and André Ventura with 23% will go to the polls again on 8 February. Left behind were Cotrim de Figueiredo, who secured three times the votes of IL, and Marques Mendes, who managed only one third of AD's votes. The right is broadly dominant, but its deep divisions ultimately hand Ventura the opportunity to claim leadership of that political space. Montenegro downplayed the election. What sort of right emerged from the presidential contest? In search of answers, after the electoral night drew to a close, Paulo Baldaia speaks with Expresso's deputy editor, David Dinis.

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