The centre-left Socialist Party gets most votes in Portugal's general election – exit poll
Socialist Party candidate and Portuguese outgoing Prime Minister Antonio Costa arrives at Altis hotel in Lisbon on October 6, 2019.
That could mean they have to pursue alliances with other left-of-centre parties, as they did in their last term with the Portuguese Communist Party and the radical Left Bloc, to pass legislation. Now his government is set to reap the rewards of an economic rebound in recent years. Growth climbed from 0.2 percent in 2014 to 2.1 percent in 2018, and unemployment dropped by around half, to 6 percent, over that period.
But, four years on, the love affair has waned. The hard left is demanding more public spending and has accused Costa of veering to the right. Costa has already ruled out a formal coalition government but may try to renew his pact with one of the parties, or both.Costa's minority government has received praise from Brussels and at home for combining fiscal discipline with measures to promote growth after recession and the austerity of Portugal's 2010-14 debt crisis.
During Costa's last pre-election rally in Lisbon on Friday, shop owners shouted from the sidelines: "Shame on you!"
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