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Socialists retain power in Portugal election

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Portugal PM António Costa’s Socialist Party has won the country’s general election but has failed to gain an outright majority, as per the exit polls. The Socialists (PS) earned 36.65% of the vote, ahead of the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD) with 27.9%. The PS, who has governed for the last 4 years with 2 smaller hard-left parties, will get 106 among the 230-seat parliament, 10 seats short of a majority.