EXPLAINER: Can Portugal election clear political roadblock?
ABC News
Portuguese voters go to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled
LISBON, Portugal -- Portuguese voters go to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled, after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election.
The Socialist Party has been in power since 2015, with Portugal one of only a half-dozen European countries having a left-of-center government. It faces a strong challenge from the center-right Social Democratic Party, its traditional rival.
Some 10.8 million voters are eligible to choose 230 lawmakers in the Republican Assembly, Portugal’s parliament, where political parties then decide who forms a government.
Here’s a look at what’s happening:
