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According to data from CNN Portugal's Tracking Poll, blank and null votes could set a new record in a presidential election and surpass the 6.19% recorded in Aníbal Cavaco Silva's re-election.
If the elections were held today, António José Seguro would win with 53.6% of the vote, ahead of the 27.9% who intend to vote for André Ventura. These figures are before the allocation of undecided voters, whose level rose to 8.6%. But another figure rose — and by a lot: the intention to cast a blank or spoiled ballot, which increases to an unprecedented 9.9%.
In TVI/CNN Portugal's daily poll, António José Seguro registers 56.2%, maintaining a comfortable lead over André Ventura despite a downward trend in recent days. The tracking poll for the presidential runoff also shows a consistent rise in voters who say they would cast a blank or null ballot, signalling a protest vote, while undecided voters decline.
The election for president of the Northern Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR), the only region with two candidates, recorded the lowest abstention and fewer blank and null votes, according to provisional results published today.
