Portugal heads to the polls in hotly contested local elections

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Portugal heads to the polls in hotly contested local elections  Sunday's municipal elections in Portugal could be decisive in expanding the presence of the far-right Chega party beyond Lisbon. In the country's two biggest cities, it is a tight race between the centre-left and centre-right.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/12/portugal-heads-to-the-polls-in-hotly-contested-local-elections  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Voters in Portugal cast ballots on Sunday in local elections with attention on the mayoral

00:08race in Lisbon after a deadly streetcar crash last month. The election is seen as a key test

00:14after the far-right Chega party became the second-largest force in the country's parliament

00:19in a snap national election just five months ago. The municipal elections could be decisive

00:26in expanding the presence of the far-right throughout the country, with the Chega party

00:31having its first real chance at electing mayors, especially in the Alentejo and Algarve regions.

00:37In the country's two biggest cities, Lisbon and Porto, a tight race is expected between the

00:44center-left and the center-right. In the capital, last month's deadly streetcar crash cast a shadow

00:51over current mayor Carlos Mueda's re-election plans. But many say their vote is influenced

00:57far more by other issues in the city such as housing policies, as Lisbon continues to feel

01:02strained from a surge in tourists and real estate prices.

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