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Daniel SILVA

Portugal Votes With Centre-right Poised To Oust Socialists

The leader of Portugal's centre-right Democratic Alliance, Luis Montenegro, has vowed to cut taxes to boost growth (Credit: AFP)

Voters in Portugal go to the polls Sunday in an early election that could see the country join a shift to the right seen across Europe after eight years of Socialist rule.

Final opinion polls published Friday show the centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) narrowly ahead of the Socialist Party (PS) but short of an outright majority in parliament, which could make the far-right party Chega a kingmaker for forming a governing coalition.

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