Polls suggest Portuguese election is a “technical draw”

To Portugal the beginning of the fourth quarter will be a political show, in a kind of a loop. The Portuguese will vote for a new national government on September 27, closely followed by local elections on October 11. This means that the campaigns began a few months ago and will reach their peak in the next two weeks.

There are two major parties disputing the national elections, PS – Socialist Party and PSD – Social Democratic Party, and three smaller parties that can be useful in order to provide a majority to support a government: CDS – Right wing party, Bloco Esquerda – Left Wing party and PCP – Portuguese Communist Party.

Current polling suggests a “technical” draw between the two major parties, so the predictions are for a minority government. In the local elections with the exception of Lisbon, the country capital, and few other major cities, things are more stable.

Ipsis, Fleishman-Hillard’s Portuguese affiliate, has worked in the past on election campaigns and is currently assisting a number of candidates in the local elections. As such, we shall be following the Portuguese elections with some interest from as we are developing all efforts to guarantee some elections victories.

We’ll keep readers updated with developments in the campaign for the next weeks. We hope that you’ll enjoy it.