Portugal voted - in the middle of the second Corona lockdown.
According to forecasts, the result was clear.
Bad fears about voter turnout were not confirmed.
Lisbon -
According to forecasts,
the
conservative incumbent Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was
re-elected in the first round of
the
presidential election in Portugal
.
The 72-year-old received between 55.5 and 62 percent of the vote on Sunday, according to different forecasts.
The
socialist candidate Ana Gomes
received 12.2 to 17.1 percent of the vote.
The right-wing populist André Ventura got 9 to 14.1 percent and came third.
Election in Portugal in the middle of the Corona crisis: Fears about voter participation are not confirmed
The official result should be announced that evening.
According to
initial surveys,
voter turnout
was between 40 and 50 percent.
The warnings from experts against a voter turnout of less than 30 percent because of the corona pandemic did not come true.
A
second lockdown has been in effect
in Portugal for a week and a half
.
An extreme increase in corona infections was recently noted in Portugal.
This is largely attributed to the spread of the particularly contagious
corona mutant B.1.1.7
, which was initially found in Great Britain.
(
AFP / fn
)
