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Portugal Swings To The Right In Election Marked By Populist Surge

Democratic Alliance supporters saw their party get the largest share of the vote (Credit: AFP)

Portugal's main centre-right party narrowly defeated the incumbent Socialists but fell well short of a majority in a general election that saw far-right Chega surge to become a potential kingmaker.

The result marks another advance for the populist far right in Europe, where they already govern -- often in coalition -- in countries such as Italy, Hungary and Slovakia, or are steadily gaining, as in France and Germany.

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