Portugal's center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) obtained 79 seats in the Parliament, which has to elect a new prime minister. The center-left Socialist Party got 77 seats.

The new election date will be May 18, just 14 months after the previous elections. The risk now, as many Portuguese analysts point out, is that the electoral outcome may be similar to that of a ...

Portugal was once considered immune to the far right. Then political instability offered the populist Chega party the ...

José Montenegro, the center-right head of government, who had governed during his first term with the support of the left, ...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s president was due to convene the country’s political parties for consultations on Monday, after a general election delivered another minority government as ...

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters will elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country's parliament.

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s inconclusive general election results mean weeks of political uncertainty ahead, and fresh energy to Europe’s shift toward the radical right.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Voters in Portugal returned to the polls on Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country's increasingly fragmented political landscape defies ...

Portugal holds a general election Sunday amid allegations of corruption in the ruling socialist government. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: ...

Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country’s Parliament. (AP Photo/Joao Henriques) ...