Feb 9 • 12:03 UTC 🇧🇷 Brazil G1 (PT)

Brazilians and Portuguese who vote in Brazil give victory to Chega candidate in Portuguese elections

Brazilians and Portuguese living in Brazil favored Chega's candidate André Ventura, although he ultimately lost the Portuguese elections to António José Seguro.

In the recent Portuguese elections, André Ventura from the Chega party garnered significant support from Portuguese expatriates and dual citizens living in Brazil, replicating his popularity from the first electoral round. Despite his strong showing, where he received 58.73% of the votes from the 7,308 attendees at the polls, he was defeated in the overall election by António José Seguro. This election saw a notably low turnout, with only a small fraction of the over 300,000 registered voters participating.

In terms of voting geography within Brazil, Ventura's strongest support was observed in Belém, where he achieved an impressive 73.89%, while in São Paulo, he commanded 58.58% of the votes against Seguro's 41.42%. The only district where Seguro triumphed was in Porto Alegre, securing 54% of the votes. This election result underscores the varying political sentiments among the Portuguese diaspora in Brazil, illustrating a complex interaction with the political landscape back in Portugal.

The lower voter turnout and disconnection reflected in the electoral results also raise questions about engagement and representation among Portuguese citizens living abroad. While Ventura's strategic outreach to Brazilians with dual citizenship might have boosted his local support, the reality remains that he fell short in a wider sense within Portugal, suggesting that his party's appeal may be regionally concentrated rather than broadly applicable across the Portuguese electorate.

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