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The list will be presented to a vote by about 1,300 delegates at the elective Congress at the end of this week.
In the first round, André Ventura did not win at home. Algueirão-Mem Martins is the country's largest parish, where the candidate finished behind Seguro with 25.58% of the votes.
António José Seguro won the first round of the presidential election in Penamacor by a large margin. He received 71.3% of the votes in the town where he was born.
The leader of Chega received 28.69% of the vote in Murça, a municipality traditionally held by the PSD. Marques Mendes managed only 19.57%. Why? “Down there they have everything; here we have nothing.”
“However, the current PS leader also has a victory with Seguro because he supported him from the start,” says commentator Afonso Azevedo Neves, a political communication specialist, in his analysis of the local election results.
António José Seguro is the candidate with the most votes.
The candidate obtained 29.17% of the votes.
The candidate received 30.76% of the votes.
The candidate backed by Chega received 33.02% of the vote.
In a municipality with a socialist tradition, Seguro came out on top with 34.85%.
The candidate backed by the PS secured more than a third of the votes.
In this municipality in Guarda, the candidate backed by the PS (Socialist Party) stands out, with 33.59% of the votes in this first round.
António Filipe closes his campaign in Loures, alongside supporters and confident of “a good result for his candidacy”
By midday, polling stations in Lisbon's University City reported a voter turnout of 17%.
In the 11pm debate, Seguro argued in favour of tactical voting, while António Filipe insisted he would not withdraw his bid for the Belém presidency.
