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Portugal elects Socialist Party Seguro as president in landslide | Elections News

With 95 percent of votes counted, 63-year-old Antonio Jose Seguro is on 66 percent.

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With 95 percent of votes counted, 63-year-old Antonio Jose Seguro is on 66 percent. Antonio Jose Seguro of the centre-left Socialist Party has secured a landslide victory and a five-year term as Portugal’s president in a run-off vote, beating his far-right, anti-establishment rival, Andre Ventura, according to partial results.

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