António José Seguro won this Sunday (15) the second round of the presidential elections in Alcácer do Sal, Arruda dos Vinhos and Golegã, the three municipalities that postponed the elections by a week due to bad weather, according to provisional results.
In Alcácer do Sal, district of Setúbal, Seguro collected 79.15%, Ventura 20.85% and the abstention of 71.23% was higher than the national average (50%), according to the provisional results released by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration – Electoral Administration.
In Arruda dos Vinhos, a district of Lisbon, the future president won with 72.6% of the votes, against 27.3% for Ventura, registering an abstention of 59.8%, also above average.
In Golegã, in the Golegã district, António José Seguro won with 69.07% and André Ventura had 30.93%. Abstention was 66.78%.
António José Seguro, former general secretary of the PS, was elected President of the Republic on February 8 with a record number of votes and more than 66% of the votes and André Ventura, candidate supported by Chega, got close to 33%.
In case of postponement, the law determines that the elections be held on the following Sunday and that is what happened today in Alcácer do Sal, Arruda dos Vinhos and Golegã.
In addition to these three municipalities without any votes last Sunday, voting was also postponed in two electoral sections in Santarém, in a parish and in a section of Rio Maior, and also in a parish in Cartaxo, a parish in Salvaterra de Magos and another in Leiria, according to the National Elections Commission (CNE).
In total, eight municipalities were affected by the postponement of elections. According to the CNE, 36,852 voters are registered in the 20 parishes and electoral sections.
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