Chega is the party most voted for by Portuguese living abroad, when the majority of consulates have been counted (54.17%) and the work of counting the votes at the Lisbon Congress Center is in its final stretch.
According to the data published on the website of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration (SGMAI) at 18:30, Chega is in the lead with 16.75%, followed by PS (16.59%) and AD (14.50%).
In the Europe constituency, Chega wins with 17.08%, the PS gets 16.93% and AD 14.17%.
Outside Europe, AD wins with 20.11%, Chega with 11.17% and PS with 10.89%.
At the Lisbon Congress Center, where the votes of Portuguese emigrants have been being counted and registered since Monday, the count will run until 7pm, when the 334,005 votes received so far should be registered.
Data from the Electoral Administration indicates that these votes are being recorded at a rate of 133 ballots per minute.
More than 1.5 million letters with ballot papers were sent to 189 destinations as of February 4 and ballots began arriving in Portugal on February 20. 5,283 voters chose to vote in person.
The votes of Portuguese emigrants will result in the election of four MPs (two for the Europe constituency and two for the Out of Europe constituency), which could influence the final result of the legislative elections on the 10th, since the Democratic Alliance coalition (PSD/CDS/PPM) elected 79 MPs and the PS 77.