The Portuguese rulers of the Socialists are on the verge of a massive post-election election

Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party won a parliamentary election in the country on Sunday and was “determined” to win a majority of seats in the by-elections.

The middle-left Socialist Party (PS) led by Antonio Costa, The Prime Minister, voted for about 42 per cent of the vote and only two constituencies to be counted, against 28 per cent of the opposition in the middle right.

Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s former Socialist prime minister, praised Costa for his victory, saying the results would help Iberian neighbors “respond” to the European crisis.

Rui Rio, the leader of the Social Democrats (PSD), the main opposition party, has acknowledged defeat, saying he had phoned Costa to congratulate him.

The government’s RTP announcement said the PS was “about to” get 116 more seats in the 230-seat parliament after votes from Portugal who emigrated to Europe were counted in the coming days.

The election results show a dramatic change in the PS after the election predicted that competition would intensify. If the party fails to have a large population, Costa is expected to form a major alliance with the Livre, a small green party to the left that he has promised to support.

His left-wing allies who overthrew the Costa Rican sub-government in the middle of the year in defiance of his 2022 budget lost a significant amount, apparently punished by voters for triggering a by-election.

The anti-capitalist Left Bloc (BE) and the old Communist Party (PCP), which caused political upheaval by voting against the Costa 2022 budget, were defeated by two correct parties.

Enough, very well known, was elected the third largest political party with about 7 percent of the vote, followed by the Liberal Initiative in fourth place with about 5 percent.

Costa, whose success in cutting down on spending cuts while maintaining a steady income in central Europe, says he will not risk losing it because of pressure from left-handed people.

The turnout was more than 57 percent, in previous elections in 2019, although Sunday’s vote was held amid the risks of Covid-19. More than 800,000 voters, about eight out of every 100 people, are isolated.

The separatists were allowed to vote individually, and were advised to vote before the election. “We have to show that there is no one and no one can stop us,” Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, said in a televised address urging people to vote.

PS won more votes than previous elections in 2015 and 2019, increasing the chances that its next government will survive for four years.