André Ventura

Ventura is the son of the owner of a small local bicycle shop,{{cite web |title=André Ventura: o brilho fosco da ambição |date=6 November 2020 |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/extremos/2020-11-06-Andre-Ventura-o-brilho-fosco-da-ambicao |publisher=SIC Notícias |language=pt-PT}} and an office worker. He is a native of Algueirão–Mem Martins, Sintra, a suburban locality in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Unlike his peers, he was not raised in a religion because his parents wanted him to choose his own. At 14, he became an enthusiastic Catholic, was baptised, and made his first communion and confirmation. He wanted to be a priest and attended the Penafirme Seminary, the minor seminary of the Patriarchate of Lisbon, but said he did not continue his ecclesiastical formation because he fell in love.{{cite web |title=Ciganos, imigrantes e prisões. O que diz André Ventura |url=https://www.dn.pt/poder/ciganos-imigrantes-e-prisoes-o-que-diz-andre-ventura-11379814.html |website=Diário de Notícias |date=7 October 2019 |language=pt}}{{cite web |title=Especial: André Ventura. 'Sou contra o aborto mas nunca condenaria uma mulher que aborta' |url=https://sol.sapo.pt/especiais/andre-ventura-sou-contra-o-aborto-mas-nunca-condenaria-uma-mulher-que-aborta/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Jornal SOL}} He graduated in law from the Law Faculty of NOVA University Lisbon, with a grade of 19 out of 20.{{cite web |title=Goucha – 7 de janeiro de 2021 |url=https://tviplayer.iol.pt/programa/goucha/5fe21c220cf2ec6e471a5d6b/video/5ff7505b0cf245b9a971fcf0 |website=TVI Player |language=pt}} As a law student he took part in the ERASMUS Programme in Salamanca, Spain.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=O estudante André vs. o líder Ventura: um problema de "credibilidade política" e "integridade académica" (4.º ep. de Entre Deus e o Diabo) |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2023-03-31-O-estudante-Andre-vs.-o-lider-Ventura-um-problema-de-credibilidade-politica-e-integridade-academica--4.-ep.-de-Entre-Deus-e-o-Diabo--2fa1c7cc |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Expresso |language=pt}}

In 2013, he finished his PhD thesis in public law from the Faculty of Law, University College Cork, Ireland,{{Cite web |date=2019-11-09 |title=Visão {{!}} André Ventura: quem é o deputado antissistema que a TV criou |url=https://visao.pt/atualidade/politica/2019-11-09-andre-ventura-quem-e-o-deputado-antissistema-que-a-tv-criou/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Visão |language=pt-PT}} with a scholarship from the Portuguese national science foundation, the Foundation for Science and Technology.{{Cite web |title=André Ventura recebeu 2.105 euros por mês por bolsa de investigação durante três anos? |url=https://poligrafo.sapo.pt/fact-check/andre-ventura-recebeu-2-105-euros-por-mes-por-bolsa-de-investigacao-durante-tres-anos |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Polígrafo |language=pt}} In the thesis, he criticised "criminal populism" and "stigmatisation of minorities", and revealed concern about the "expansion of police powers".{{cite web |title=Tese de doutoramento de André Ventura critica "populismo penal" e "estigmatização de minorias" |url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/11/02/politica/noticia/tese-doutoramento-andre-ventura-critica-aproveitamento-politico-vontade-punicao-1892226 |website=Público|date=2 November 2019 |language=pt}}{{cite web |title=CEDIS {{!}} André Ventura |url=http://cedis.fd.unl.pt/blog/project/andre-ventura_arquivo/ |language=pt-PT |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113191930/http://cedis.fd.unl.pt/blog/project/andre-ventura_arquivo/ |url-status=dead}} In a 2019 interview to Diário de Notícias addressing the apparent contradictions between the issues raised in his PhD thesis and his later political views, Ventura said he has "always made a distinction between science and opinion" and called his thesis "scientific analysis, not ideological postulate".{{cite news |last=Câncio |first=Fernanda |date=2 November 2019 |title="A minha tese é ciência, sempre distingui a parte opinativa da parte científica" |trans-title=My thesis is science, I have always distinguished between opinion and science |url=https://www.dn.pt/poder/andre-ventura-a-minha-tese-e-ciencia-sempre-distingui-a-parte-opinativa-da-parte-cientifica-11472819.html |language=pt |work=Diário de Notícias |location= |access-date=14 February 2021}}

He published two novels, Montenegro in 2008, and A Última Madrugada do Islão ("The Last Dawn of Islam") in 2009, both with significant elements of female submission and homoeroticism.{{cite news |last=Alves |first=Marco |date=30 December 2019 |title=O erotismo punitivo e homossexual em André Ventura |trans-title=The punitive and homosexual eroticism in André Ventura |url=https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/o-erotismo-punitivo-e-homossexual-em-andre-ventura |language=pt |work=Sábado |location= |access-date=14 February 2021}}{{cite news |last=Alves |first=Marco |date=25 February 2020 |title=Gays, mulheres submissas e SIDA: os livros de André Ventura |trans-title=Gays, submissive women and AIDS: the books by André Ventura |url=https://www.sabado.pt/vida/detalhe/gays-mulheres-submissas-e-sida-os-livros-de-andre-ventura |language=pt |work=Sábado |location= |access-date=14 February 2021}} Notably, in Montenegro, the Arabic word for uprising (intifada) is used four times: three times as a metaphor for strength and courage, and once when describing the act of sexual penetration. The publication of A Última Madrugada do Islão, a novel about the death of Yasser Arafat, was suspended by the publishers, Chiado Editora, for its "incendiary potential", for its gratuitous references to Muhammad and the leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization.{{cite web |last1=Monteiro |first1=Sara Beatriz |last2=Menezes e Sousa |first2=Judith |date=7 October 2019 |title=André Ventura: O político que é mais conhecido por ser comentador desportivo |url=https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/politica/professor-politico-e-comentador-andre-ventura-o-rosto-da-extrema-direita-no-parlamento-11379255.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007113827/https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/politica/professor-politico-e-comentador-andre-ventura-o-rosto-da-extrema-direita-no-parlamento-11379255.html |archive-date=7 October 2019 |access-date=14 February 2021 |website=TSF |publisher= |language=pt |quote=}}

He taught at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, from 2013 to 2019, and at NOVA, from 2016 to 2018.{{cite web |title=RegInteresses_v3 |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/RegInteresses_v3.aspx?BID=6535&leg=XIV |website=www.parlamento.pt |language=pt}} He worked at Caiado Guerreiro, a prominent Portuguese law firm, from 2018 to 2019,{{Cite web |title=RegInteresses_v5 |url=http://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/RegInteresses_v5.aspx?BID=6535&leg=XV |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.parlamento.pt |language=pt-PT}} and was a consultant at Finpartner, a tax advising firm,{{Cite web |title=Debate OE. Costa: Ventura esteve dos dois lados da barricada fiscal. Tem razão? |url=https://poligrafo.sapo.pt/fact-check/debate-oe-costa-ventura-esteve-dos-dois-lados-da-barricada-fiscal-tem-razao |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Polígrafo |language=pt}} for 9 months until 2020. He also had a column in the newspaper Correio da Manhã, the most widely read daily newspaper in the country,{{cite web |title=André Ventura et le CHEGA d'extrême-droite |url=https://portugalenfrancais.com/chega-extreme-droite/ |website=portugalenfrancais.com|date=11 November 2019 |language=French}} and, from 2014 to 2020, was a football commentator representing S.L. Benfica's point of view{{Cite web |title=André Ventura com 90% de certezas sobre a retirada de Jonas |url=https://www.record.pt/multimedia/videos/detalhe/andre-ventura-com-90-de-certezas-sobre-a-retirada-de-jonas |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.record.pt |language=pt-PT}}{{Cite web |title=Na cabeça de André Ventura. O papel do "benfiquismo militante" no plano político do líder do Chega |url=https://observador.pt/especiais/na-cabeca-de-andre-ventura-o-papel-do-benfiquismo-militante-no-plano-politico-do-lider-do-chega/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}} on the TV channel CMTV. He is also a jurist-consultant of the Tax Authority (AT) where he was employed from 2011 to 2014. As a Portuguese civil servant, he was granted leave{{Cite web |date=2022-01-06 |title=Visão {{!}} Debate Legislativas: António Costa diz que Ventura abandonou AT para aconselhar quem quer fugir aos impostos, Ventura exige que Costa peça desculpa por corrupção de socialistas |url=https://visao.pt/atualidade/politica/legislativas2022/debates-legislativas-2022/2022-01-06-debate-legislativas-antonio-costa-diz-que-ventura-abandonou-at-para-aconselhar-quem-quer-fugir-aos-impostos-ventura-exige-que-costa-peca-desculpa-por-corrupcao-de-socialistas/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Visão |language=pt-PT}} from AT without pay since 2014 to teach and ultimately offer tax consultancy and advisory services in the private sector, and had also previously enjoyed the right to be absent from his workplace in the public sector due to his student-worker status as an international doctoral student until 2013.{{Cite web|title=André Ventura: "Este Papa tem prestado um mau serviço ao cristianismo"|url=https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/01-nov-2020/andre-ventura-este-papa-tem-prestado-um-mau-servico-ao-cristianismo-12985228.html|url-status=live|access-date=|website=Diário de Notícias|date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101001716/https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/01-nov-2020/andre-ventura-este-papa-tem-prestado-um-mau-servico-ao-cristianismo-12985228.html |archive-date=1 November 2020}}

In an interview in July 2017, in response to Ventura's statements about Portuguese Romani people, José Pinto Coelho (leader of far-right and previously named National Renewal Party) wrote that "unfortunately, it seems, some of 'my people' are still in the parties of the system". In another, Ventura said that he "vehemently repudiates the support of the far-right".{{cite web |title=José Pinto Coelho diz que André Ventura é um dos "seus" |url=https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/572594/jose-pinto-coelho-diz-que-andre-ventura-e-um-dos-seus-?seccao=Portugal_i |website=i | date=17 July 2017 |language=pt}}{{cite web |last1=Sampaio |first1=Gustavo |title=André Ventura: "Repudio veementemente o apoio da extrema-direita" |url=https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/andre-ventura-repudio-veementemente-o-apoio-da-extrema-direita-197605 |website=O Jornal Económico |language=pt-PT |date=19 August 2017}} In the course of the same campaign, Ventura made several controversial statements about the romani community in the municipality of Loures,{{cite web |title="Há problemas com a comunidade cigana em Loures"|url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/autarquicas-andre-ventura-reafirma-em-tribunal-que-ha-problemas-com-comunidade-cigana-em-loures-8799389.html |website=Diário de Notícias |date=26 September 2017 |language=pt}} having become the target of a criminal complaint presented by the opposing candidate from the Left Bloc, headed by Fabian Figueiredo.{{cite web |last1=Ferreira |first1=Leonor Mateus |title=Portugueses concordam com acusações de André Ventura a ciganos |url=https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/portugueses-concordam-com-acusacoes-de-andre-ventura-a-ciganos-204722 |website=O Jornal Económico |language=pt-PT |date=3 September 2017}} He is accused by Pinto Coelho of stealing the speech from the National Renewal Party.{{cite web |title=Pinto-Coelho acusa Ventura de "roubar" discurso ao PNR |url=https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/politica/detalhe/pinto-coelho-acusa-ventura-de-roubar-discurso-ao-pnr |website=Sábado |language=pt-pt}} In October 2017, Ventura stated that he was ready to dispute the leadership of the PSD, in case nobody else advanced against Rui Rio.{{cite web |title=André Ventura admite candidatura à liderança do PSD|url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/andre-ventura-admite-candidatura-a-lideranca-do-psd-8818985.html |website=Diário de Notícias |date=4 October 2017 |language=pt}}

On 9 April 2019, he founded the political party Chega, and three days later he joined the Basta! coalition for the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections. Failing to elect any MEP, the coalition was dissolved on 30 July 2019. He ran in the 2019 Portuguese legislative elections as the main candidate of Chega's electoral list for the Lisbon constituency; he was the party's first and single member to be elected to Parliament. He claims to have positions that are "economically liberal, culturally nationalist and conservative in matters of customs".{{cite web |last1=Baptista |first1=Ruben Martins, Sofia Correia |title=Extrema-direita chega ao Parlamento. Quem é e o que defende André Ventura? |url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/10/07/politica/perfil/andre-ventura-eleito-chega-extrema-direita-parlamento-elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es-1889055 |website=Público|language=pt}}

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André Ventura was elected a member of the Assembly of the Republic for the Lisbon constituency in the 2019 Portuguese legislative election. He claims to be "the voice of common people" and an "anti-system politician". In September 2020, he presented a proposal to decrease the number of deputies from 230 to 100, which was ruled unconstitutional by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees.{{cite web |last1=Lopes |first1=Maria |title=Propostas do Chega para tamanho do Governo e referendo sobre redução de deputados são inconstitucionais |url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/09/30/politica/noticia/propostas-chega-tamanho-governo-referendo-reducao-deputados-sao-inconstitucionais-1933463 |website=Público|date=30 September 2020 |language=pt}} In November, he renounces these proposals to accompany the PSD.{{cite web |title=Chega abdica de propostas de revisão constitucional para acompanhar PSD |date=10 November 2020 |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2020-11-10-Chega-abdica-de-propostas-de-revisao-constitucional-para-acompanhar-PSD |publisher=SIC Notícias |language=pt-PT}} In January 2020, he proposed a 5 to 7.5% decrease in Members' salaries.{{cite web |title=André Ventura anuncia que vai propor diminuição de 5 a 7,5% nos salários dos políticos |url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/682391/andre-ventura-anuncia-que-vai-propor-diminuicao-de-5-a-7-5-nos-salarios-dos-politicos |website=Jornal Sol|date=8 January 2020 |language=pt}}

He provoked an outcry in Parliament in January 2020 by proposing that Joacine Katar Moreira, an Assembly member born in Guinea Bissau who said that museum items from Portugal's former colonies be returned, be similarly "returned to her country of origin". At the 2020 convention of the Chega party, he passed a motion at the party's 2020 convention calling for the removal of ovaries from women who have abortions. Facing protests, he then called for the motion to be dropped.{{cite news |title=Le Portugal secoué par une vague d'attaques xénophobes |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Le-Portugal-secoue-vague-dattaques-xenophobes-2020-09-30-1201116812 |website=La Croix |language=fr-FR |date=30 September 2020}}

Ventura was present at a Zero Movement protest in front of the Assembly. The Zero Movement is an unofficial police union that has been accused of political links to Ventura's party. The only politician to speak, he did so allegedly without an invitation from union leaders. He received a shower of applause.{{cite web |title=Como o Movimento Zero capturou o protesto dos sindicatos de polícias|url=https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/22-nov-2019/como-o-movimento-zero-capturou-o-protesto-dos-sindicatos-de-policias-11540373.html |website=Diário de Notícias |date=22 November 2019 |language=pt}}

In November 2020, he was fined more than €400 for discrimination against romani communities. In December of the same year, he was ordered to pay €3,370 for ethnic discrimination in the form of harassment. Ventura, later in a press conference at the Assembly of the Republic, stated that he would not pay the fine: "to limit the freedom of expression of a citizen, a deputy of the nation and a political leader".{{cite web |title=André Ventura multado em mais de 400 euros por discriminar ciganos |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/2020/11/18/politica/andre-ventura-multado-em-mais-de-400-euros-por-discriminar-ciganos/noticia/215281/ |publisher=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt |date=18 November 2020}}{{cite web |title=Ventura condenado a pagar multa de 3370 euros por discriminação étnica, mas diz que não paga |url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/12/22/politica/noticia/andre-ventura-condenado-pagar-multa-valor-3-mil-euros-discriminacao-etnica-1943896 |website=Público|date=22 December 2020 |language=pt}}{{cite web |title="Estamos perante uma perseguição a um líder político". André Ventura recusa pagar multa que lhe foi imposta por discriminação étnica |url=https://observador.pt/2020/12/22/estamos-perante-uma-perseguicao-a-um-lider-politico-andre-ventura-recusa-pagar-multa-que-lhe-foi-imposta-por-discriminacao-etnica/ |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}

Ventura criticised the Minister of Justice, Francisca Van Dunem, for the release of prisoners to ease COVID-19 transmissions, saying that the measure was an "infamy".{{cite web |title=Parlamento aprova proposta do Governo sobre libertação de reclusos |url=https://tvi24.iol.pt/politica/reclusos/proposta-do-governo-sobre-prisoes-com-aprovacao-garantida-a-esquerda |publisher=TVI 24 |language=pt}}

Ventura criticised the state of emergency decree of 17 December 2020, saying:

"This is not really a state of emergency. It is a state of chaos over a state of chaos, which is destroying the lives of the Portuguese people without planning, that the only thing they have to give to the country is a Director of Health who says to have breakfast at Christmas and [this] will solve your problems."{{cite web |last1=Almeida |first1=Joana |title="Isto não é um estado de emergência, é um estado de caos sobre caos", diz André Ventura |url=https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/isto-nao-e-um-estado-de-emergencia-e-um-estado-de-caos-sobre-caos-diz-andre-ventura-678140 |website=O Jornal Económico |language=pt-PT |date=17 December 2020}}

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On 8 February 2020, in Portalegre, Ventura announced his candidacy for the office of President of the Republic in the 2021 election.{{cite web |last1=Alvarez |first1=Luciano |title=André Ventura anuncia candidatura a Presidente da República |url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/02/08/politica/noticia/andre-ventura-anuncia-candidatura-presidente-republica-1903369 |website=Público|date=8 February 2020 |language=pt}}{{cite web |title=André Ventura anuncia candidatura à Presidência da República |url=https://www.dn.pt/poder/andre-ventura-anuncia-candidatura-a-presidencia-da-republica-11800076.html |website=Diário de Notícias|date=8 February 2020 |language=pt}}

Ventura invited actress Maria Vieira to be his campaign director (mandatária) for the Portuguese communities abroad{{cite web |title=Maria Vieira será mandatária presidencial de André Ventura junto das comunidades portuguesas |url=https://observador.pt/2020/07/21/maria-vieira-sera-mandataria-presidencial-de-andre-ventura-junto-das-comunidades-portuguesas/ |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}} and chose Patrícia Sousa Uva (ex-member of Chega) to be the national director. Subsequently, with the resignation of the latter, Ventura invited Rui Paulo Sousa, 7th member of the national board, to become the national campaign director.{{cite web |last1=Baptista |first1=João |title=Empresário de Santarém Rui Sousa é o mandatário nacional da candidatura de André Ventura |url=https://maisribatejo.pt/2020/12/18/empresario-de-santarem-rui-sousa-e-o-mandatario-nacional-da-candidatura-de-andre-ventura/ |website=Mais Ribatejo |language=pt-PT |date=18 December 2020}}

On 18 December 2020, Ventura handed 10,250 signatures of proponents to the Constitutional Court, as legally required to formalise his candidacy for Belém Palace.{{cite web |title=André Ventura formaliza candidatura para "enfrentar o regime" e insiste numa segunda volta |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-12-18-Andre-Ventura-formaliza-candidatura-para-enfrentar-o-regime-e-insiste-numa-segunda-volta |website=Jornal Expresso |date=18 December 2020 |language=pt-PT}} On 30 December, his candidacy was formally accepted by the Constitutional Court.{{cite web |title=Tribunal Constitucional aceita candidatura de Tiago Mayan e André Ventura|url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/tribunal-constitucional-aceita-candidatura-de-tiago-mayan-e-andre-ventura-13184695.html |website=Diário de Notícias |date=30 December 2020 |language=pt}}

At the beginning of the electoral campaign, the president of the French National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, confirmed that she would go to Lisbon to support Ventura's presidential candidacy.{{cite web |title=Presidenciais. André Ventura e Marine Le Pen juntos em Lisboa no início da campanha eleitoral |url=https://observador.pt/2020/12/21/presidenciais-ventura-e-le-pen-juntos-em-lisboa-no-inicio-da-campanha-eleitoral/ |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}

In a televised debate against incumbent Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Ventura showed a photograph of the president in the Bairro da Jamaica, a poor and largely black neighborhood in Amora, Setúbal District, where there had been tensions with the police. He accused the president of not being truly right-wing, and called the black residents in the photograph "bandits".{{cite news |last1=Roseiro |first1=Bruno |title=Depois de Quaresma, Rafael Leão responde a André Ventura: "Por ser de um bairro social não quer dizer que sejam todos bandidos" |url=https://observador.pt/2021/01/07/depois-de-quaresma-rafael-leao-responde-a-andre-ventura-por-ser-de-um-bairro-social-nao-quer-dizer-que-sejam-todos-bandidos/ |access-date=29 January 2021 |work=Observador |date=7 January 2021 |language=Portuguese}} In September 2021, a Portuguese court convicted Ventura for social segregation in the aftermath of these events related to Bairro da Jamaica.{{cite web|title=Relação de Lisboa confirma condenação de Ventura por ter chamado "bandidos" a família do bairro da Jamaica. Família está satisfeita|url=https://observador.pt/2021/09/14/relacao-de-lisboa-confirma-condenacao-de-ventura-por-ter-chamado-bandidos-a-familia/|work=Observador|language=pt}}{{cite web|title=Ventura e Chega condenados por "segregação social"|url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/ventura-e-chega-condenados-por-segregacao-social-14121180.html|work=Diário de Notícias|date=14 September 2021 |language=pt}}

Ventura came third with 11.9% of the vote, behind Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (60.7%) and the Socialist Party’s Ana Gomes (12.9%).{{cite news |title=Portugal's centre-right president re-elected but far right gains ground |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/portugals-centre-right-president-re-elected-but-far-right-gains-ground |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Agence France-Presse |date=25 January 2021}}

File:20210924_Con_SAC_en_Lisboa_(51522178277).jpg’s Santiago Abascal and Chega leader André Ventura in Lisbon, 2021]]

Ventura has expressed controversial views in the past, whilst the majority of international media refer to his ideology as being far-right.{{Cite news|last=Demony|first=Catarina|date=2022-01-28|title=Portugal's abrasive far-right leader tipped for surprise poll gain|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portugals-abrasive-far-right-leader-tipped-surprise-poll-gain-2022-01-28/|access-date=2022-02-02}}{{Cite web|date=2022-01-29|title=Portugal votes with far-right football commentator predicted to make gains|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/portugal-general-election-farright-football-b2003475.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/portugal-general-election-farright-football-b2003475.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-02|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|date=2022-01-29|title=Splits in left are set to boost far-right TV pundit in Portugal's snap election|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/29/splits-in-left-are-set-to-boost-far-right-tv-pundit-in-portugals-snap-election|access-date=2022-02-02|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Wise|first=Peter|date=2022-01-26|title=Far-right party's poll gains show Portugal not immune to populism|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/07bf67e8-7f23-48f1-ae1e-b7841aab72f0|access-date=2022-02-02}} Ventura categorizes himself as an "economic liberal, nationalist and conservative". Many of his statements on social issues are said to be anti-Romani, Islamophobic, xenophobic and sexist by the news media.{{Cite web |title=Chega de André Ventura e Democracia 21 querem concorrer juntos às europeias |date=12 February 2019 |url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/02/12/politica/noticia/partidos-chega-democracia-21-avancam-juntos-europeias-1861609}} In a TV debate in 2024, Luís Montenegro called Ventura "xenophobic, racist and demagogic".{{cite news |last= Roberts |first= Alison |date= 8 March 2024 |title= Portugal elections: André Ventura, ex-football pundit, shakes up vote |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68505522 |work= BBC News |location= Lisbon |access-date= 19 May 2025}}

About António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator during the Estado Novo regime, André Ventura said: "The Republic led by Dr. António de Oliveira Salazar, for most of the time, also didn't solve [the country's problems] and set us back a long way in various aspects. It didn't allow us to have the development that we could have had, especially in the post-World War II framework. Portugal could have developed extraordinarily well and we fell behind, just like the Spaniards".{{Cite web |date=2020-11-15 |title=André Ventura: "Salazar atrasou-nos muitíssimo" |url=https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/andre-ventura-salazar-atrasou-nos-muitissimo |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Sábado |language=pt-pt}}

Under Ventura's leadership, the Chega party has been the target of critics who underline the party's extreme views on various subjects, some of which include the negative comments regarding immigration and minorities, namely the Romani and some black communitiesDezenas de afrodescendentes criticam cobertura mediática de caso Jamaica [Dozens of Afro-descendants criticise media coverage of Jamaica case.] https://www.publico.pt/2019/01/29/sociedade/noticia/dezenas-pessoas-criticam-cobertura-caso-jamaica-1859840 subjected to ghettoization{{Cite web |date=2021-09-06 |title=Ventura visita Bairro da Jamaica: "Isto é uma vergonha às portas de Lisboa" ("Isto é uma vergonha às portas de Lisboa. Envergonharia qualquer capital europeia. Associado a isto, o processo de guetização que está aqui em curso é uma vergonha ainda maior. É uma vergonha para o Seixal, é uma vergonha para Setúbal. E é uma vergonha isto estar às portas de Lisboa") ["This is a disgrace on Lisbon's doorstep. It would embarrass any European capital. Coupled with this, the ghettoisation process that is underway here is an even greater disgrace. It's a disgrace for Seixal, it's a disgrace for Setúbal. And it's a disgrace that this is on Lisbon's doorstep"] |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2021-09-06-Andre-Ventura-visita-Bairro-da-Jamaica-Isto-e-uma-vergonha-as-portas-de-Lisboa-dfec45b3 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=SIC Notícias |language=pt}} living in problematic neighborhoods associated with highBairro da Jamaica: “Agora as amigas da minha filha podem vir a nossa casa. Antes tinham medo ("O "bairro maldito", há décadas associado a criminalidade, toxicodependência e pobreza, nasceu ilegal na década de 1990, e assim permaneceu." ["The "cursed neighborhood", associated for decades with crime, drug addiction and poverty, was born illegal in the 1990s and has remained so."]) https://rr.sapo.pt/extralarge/pais/2018/12/19/bairro-da-jamaica-agora-as-amigas-da-minha-filha-podem-vir-a-nossa-casa-antes-tinham-medo/134678/ crime rates that André Ventura, the party's founder, described{{Cite web |title=André Ventura foi "condenado com trânsito em julgado por racismo", como disse Catarina Martins? |url=https://poligrafo.sapo.pt/fact-check/andre-ventura-foi-condenado-com-transito-em-julgado-por-racismo-como-disse-catarina-martins |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Polígrafo |language=pt}} at one time as bandits and for which he was convicted by the courts of justice.{{Cite web |last=Ribeiro |first=Gabriel |date=2020-12-20 |title=Ciganos, negros, islâmicos e Chega: a "mão invisível" do liberalismo social |url=https://observador.pt/opiniao/ciganos-negros-islamicos-e-chega-a-mao-invisivel-do-liberalismo-social/ |access-date=2021-02-22 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}{{Cite web |last=Demony |first=Catarina |date=2021-01-08 |title=Reporters walk out on Portuguese, French far-right leaders over COVID-19 fears |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-portugal-election-chega-idUSKBN29D2R3 |access-date=2021-02-22 |website=Reuters |language=en-EN}}{{Cite web |author1=Inês André Figueiredo |author2=Carlos Diogo Santos |author3=Gonçalo Correia |title=André Ventura condenado por ter chamado "bandidos" a moradores do bairro da Jamaica. Líder do Chega vai recorrer |url=https://observador.pt/2021/05/24/andre-ventura-condenado-por-ter-chamado-bandidos-a-moradores-do-bairro-da-jamaica/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}{{Cite web |title=Supremo mantém condenação de Chega e Ventura no caso da família a quem chamaram "bandidos" |url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/supremo-mantem-condenacao-de-chega-e-ventura-no-caso-da-familia-a-quem-chamaram-bandidos-14384954.html/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Diário de Notícias |date=6 December 2021 |language=pt}} Ventura's comments on Romani people are often described as racist and xenophobic.{{Cite web|author=Mia Alberti |date=2020-09-28 |title=Portugal records surge in racist violence as far right rises |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/28/portugal-sees-surge-in-racist-violence-as-far-right-rises |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-28 |title=André Ventura fined for discriminating against gypsies |url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2020-11-28/andre-ventura-fined-for-discriminating-against-gypsies/56948 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=The Portugal News |language=en}}

On being compared negatively to Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, Ventura responded "I am very accustomed to that and it doesn't worry me. These are the ideas that I believe in. In addition to life imprisonment and chemical castration, I also want a reduction in Islamic migration, especially from countries known for terrorism". Ventura attended Trump's January 2025 inauguration and has embraced the support of Bolsonaro.{{cite news |date= 29 May 2025 |title= Portugal's far-right Chega party becomes second biggest in parliament |url= https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250529-portugal-far-right-party-becomes-second-biggest-in-parliament |work= France 24 |access-date= 29 May 2025}}

Ventura supports some rights for gay people, but he believes that same-sex couples should be in civil partnerships and not marriages. He is personally opposed to abortion, but does not want the procedure to be criminalised for women. He supports the legalisation and regularisation of prostitution as a way to protect and integrate sex workers. However, he believes that legalisation of recreational drugs increases drug traffic. He is personally opposed to bullfighting, but opposes its sudden abolition due to the economic role it plays in some towns.

In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, Ventura proposed a specific containment plan for the Romani community.{{cite web |title=Covid-19: Ventura diz que apresentará plano de confinamento para população cigana mesmo sem apoios |date=6 May 2020 |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-05-06-Covid-19-Ventura-diz-que-apresentara-plano-de-confinamento-para-populacao-cigana-mesmo-sem-apoios |publisher=Expresso |access-date=29 January 2021}} He was lambasted for this proposal by professional footballer Ricardo Quaresma, of Romani descent.{{cite news |title=Quaresma ataca "populismo racista do André Ventura" |url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/quaresma-ataca-populismo-racista-do-andre-ventura-12158697.html |access-date=29 January 2021 |work=Diário de Notícias |date=6 May 2020 |language=Portuguese}} In June 2020, Ventura organised a counter-protest the day after anti-racist concentrations were announced in honour of actor Bruno Candé, victim of a premeditated homicide. This counter-protest was made under the motto "Portugal is not racist", denying the allegation of racism in Portugal and condemning the "politically correct" associations and affirming that the counter-protest "is a manifestation of everything but white supremacy".{{cite web |title=André Ventura: Manifestação de sábado é de tudo menos de supremacia branca |url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/andre-ventura-manifestacao-de-sabado-e-de-tudo-menos-de-supremacia-branca |website=Jornal de Negocios |language=pt-PT}}{{cite web |title=Ventura anuncia contramanif: "Sempre que a esquerda sair à rua para dizer que o país é racista, nós sairemos à rua para mostrar que não é" |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-07-29-Ventura-anuncia-contramanif-Sempre-que-a-esquerda-sair-a-rua-para-dizer-que-o-pais-e-racista-nos-sairemos-a-rua-para-mostrar-que-nao-e |website=Jornal Expresso |date=29 July 2020 |language=pt-PT}}

He has spoken in admiration of Mariano Rajoy, conservative former prime minister of Spain. Ventura signed the Madrid Charter, a document drafted by the Spanish party Vox that describes far left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".{{Cite web|title=Carta de Madrid|url=https://fundaciondisenso.org/carta-de-madrid/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Fundación Disenso|date=26 October 2020 |language=es}} On 24 February 2022, Twitter permanently suspended Ventura's account for violating the rules of the social network regarding the "conduct of propagating hate".{{Cite web|title=Twitter definitively suspends André Ventura's account|url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-02-24/twitter-definitively-suspends-andre-venturas-account/65461|website=Portugal News|language=en}} Shortly after, the suspension of his account was lifted.{{Cite web |last=Figueiredo |first=Inês André |title=Twitter volta atrás e restabelece conta de André Ventura |url=https://observador.pt/2022/02/24/twitter-volta-atras-e-restabelece-conta-de-andre-ventura/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}

Changing and evolving the focus of his speech, Ventura has expressed views in which he says that he doesn't want immigrants unable to integrate and dedicated to a life of marginalization and economic deprivation for themselves and their children, perpetuating cycles of poverty and crime, and constraining the Portuguese welfare state, the national health service, the security forces, wages and housing in the country.{{Cite web|date=2024-03-05 |title=Como o discurso do Chega mudou e o que isso diz da sua estratégia |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/fotoreportagem/politica/2024/03/05/como-o-discurso-do-chega-mudou-e-o-que-isso-diz-da-sua-estrategia/368696/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt}}{{Cite web |title=Ventura quer, muitos tentaram mas não conseguiram. As propostas do Chega para a imigração funcionam? |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/imigracao/chega/ventura-quer-muitos-tentaram-mas-nao-conseguiram-as-propostas-do-chega-para-a-imigracao-funcionam/20240115/65a4fbdad34e65afa2f9ac7f |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}{{Cite web |title=Dono da Prozis sobre André Ventura: "O futuro primeiro-ministro de Portugal" |url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/dono-da-prozis-sobre-andre-ventura-o-futuro-primeiro-ministro-de-portugal |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Jornal de Negocios |language=pt-PT}}

André Ventura is married to Dina Sofia Marques Nunes Ventura,{{Cite web |title=Dina: Conheça a mulher que vive na sombra de André Ventura |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/dina-conheca-a-mulher-que-vive-na-sombra-de-andre-ventura |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.cmjornal.pt |date=4 December 2020 |language=pt-PT}} a children's physiotherapist at a hospital in Lisbon, who met André Ventura after he had left law school at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.{{Cite web |title=Conheça a mulher que roubou o coração de André Ventura |url=https://www.vidas.pt/a-ferver/detalhe/conheca-a-mulher-que-roubou-o-coracao-de-andre-ventura |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.vidas.pt |date=18 January 2021 |language=pt-PT}} They are childless{{Cite web |title=As razões de André Ventura não ser pai |url=https://www.tvguia.pt/estrelas/detalhe/as-razoes-de-andre-ventura-nao-ser-pai |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.tvguia.pt |language=pt-pt}} but he wants to be a father someday.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-21 |title="Ainda não desisti de ter filhos" — André Ventura: O outro lado do 'político aguerrido' |url=https://sic.pt/programas/casafeliz/ainda-nao-desisti-de-ter-filhos-andre-ventura-o-outro-lado-do-politico-aguerrido/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=SIC |language=pt-PT}}

Mário Rui Leal Pedras, a priest of the Lisbon Patriarchate in the churches of São Nicolau and Santa Maria Madalena, located in Lisbon's Baixa Pombalina, who celebrated the Catholic wedding of Ventura, is his confessor and spiritual director since when Ventura was still a university student.{{Cite web |last=Caeiro |first=Tiago |title=Lisboa. Padre e diretor espiritual de André Ventura acusado de abusos sexuais vai voltar a celebrar missa em público |url=https://observador.pt/2023/06/15/lisboa-padre-e-diretor-espiritual-de-andre-ventura-acusado-de-abusos-sexuais-vai-voltar-a-celebrar-missa-em-publico/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}} In 2025, Ventura said his path had been guided by a "divine mission".

He is a supporter of S.L. Benfica.{{Cite web |title=André Ventura: "Fui convidado para ser várias coisas nestas eleições do Benfica" |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/andre-ventura-fui-convidado-para-ser-varias-coisas-nestas-eleicoes-do-benfica |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.record.pt |language=pt-PT}}{{Cite web |title=André Ventura: "Nunca usei o nome do Benfica, nem assisti a qualquer jogo durante a campanha" |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/andre-ventura-nunca-usei-o-nome-do-benfica-nem-assisti-a-qualquer-jogo-durante-a-campanha |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt}}

Ventura spoke in 2024 of Matteo Salvini being "a very good friend" and of having "a great relation" with Geert Wilders.{{cite news |last= Jopson |first= Barney |date= 1 March 2024 |title= Far-right former football pundit shakes up Portugal |url= https://www.ft.com/content/25221a34-8234-45dd-9234-ac04ecff592d |work= Financial Times |location= Porto |publisher= |access-date= 19 May 2025}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 1 October 2017}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! align="center" style="width: 50px"| Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Bernardino Soares || 28,701 || 32.8 || 4 || style="color:red;"| –1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Sónia Paixão || 24,737 || 28.2 || 4 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD/PPM

| align=left |André Ventura || 18,877 || 21.5 || 3 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"| BE

| align=left |Fabian Figueiredo || 3,107 || 3.5 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS–PP

| align=left |Pedro Pestana Bastos || 2,508 || 2.9 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|

| align="left"| PCTP/MRPP

| align=left |João Resa || 2,232 || 2.5 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:teal;"|

| align="left"| PAN

| align=left |Ana Sofia da Silva || 1,824 || 2.1 || 1 || new

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 1,452 || 1.7 || 0 || ±0

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 4,162 || 4.8 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 87,600 || 52.31 || 11 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Autárquicas 2017{{cite web |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/autarquicas2017/#none |title=Autárquicas 2017 |work=SGMAI|access-date=7 August 2024}}

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{{election table|title=Ballot: 26 May 2019}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Pedro Marques || 1,104,694 || 33.4 || 9 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Paulo Rangel || 725,399 || 21.9 || 6 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"| BE

| align=left |Marisa Matias || 325,093 || 9.8 || 2 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |João Ferreira || 228,045 || 6.9 || 2 || style="color:red;"| –1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS–PP

| align=left |Nuno Melo || 204,792 || 6.2 || 1 || ±0

|-

| style="background:teal;"|

| align="left"| PAN

| align=left |Francisco Guerreiro || 168,015 || 5.1 || 1 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:#6AD1E3;"|

| align="left"| Alliance

| align=left |Paulo Sande || 61,652 || 1.9 || 0 || new

|-

| style="background:{{party color|LIVRE}};"|

| align="left"| Livre

| align=left |Rui Tavares || 60,446 || 1.8 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:#202056;"|

| align="left"| Basta!

| align=left |André Ventura || 49,388 || 1.5 || 0 || new

|-

| style="background:gold;"|

| align="left"| NC

| align=left |Paulo de Morais || 34,634 || 1.1 || 0 || new

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 116,743 || 2.7 || 0 || ±0

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 235,748 || 3.5 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 3,307,644 || 30.75 || 21 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2019_pe_mapa_resultados.pdf |title=Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.º 5/2019 |work=Diário da República |date=18 June 2019 |access-date=7 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|2019 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 6 October 2019}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |António Costa || 1,903,687 || 36.3 || 108 || style="color:green;"| +22

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Rui Rio || 1,454,283 || 27.8 || 79 || style="color:red;"| –10

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"| BE

| align=left |Catarina Martins || 498,549 || 9.5 || 19 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Jerónimo de Sousa || 332,018 || 6.3 || 12 || style="color:red;"| –5

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS–PP

| align=left |Assunção Cristas || 221,094 || 4.2 || 5 || style="color:red;"| –13

|-

| style="background:teal;"|

| align="left"| PAN

| align=left |André Silva || 173,931 || 3.3 || 4 || style="color:green;"| +3

|-

| style="background:#202056;"|

| align="left"| Chega

| align=left |André Ventura || 67,502 || 1.3 || 1 || new

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Initiative}};"|

| align="left"| IL

| align=left |Carlos Guimarães Pinto || 67,443 || 1.3 || 1 || new

|-

| style="background:{{party color|LIVRE}};"|

| align="left"| Livre

| align=left |Joacine Katar Moreira || 56,940 || 1.1 || 1 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 207,162 || 4.0 || 0 || ±0

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 254,875 || 4.9 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,237,484 || 48.60 || 230 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2019ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |title=Mapa Oficial Resultados Legislativas 2019 |work=CNE |access-date=5 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|2021 Portuguese presidential election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 24 January 2021}}

|-

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa || 2,531,692 || 60.7

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

| align=left |Ana Gomes || 540,823 || 13.0

|-

| style="background:#202056;"|

| align=left |André Ventura || 497,746 || 11.9

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align=left |João Ferreira || 179,764 || 4.3

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Marisa Matias || 165,127 || 4.0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Initiative}};"|

| align=left |Tiago Mayan Gonçalves || 134,991 || 3.2

|-

| style="background:#00939d;"|

| align=left |Vitorino Silva || 123,031 || 3.0

|-

| colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 85,182 || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout

| 4,258,356 || 39.26

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2021_pr_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |title=Mapa Oficial Resultados |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=6 August 2024}}

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{{Main|2022 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 30 January 2022}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |António Costa || 2,302,601 || 41.4 || 120 || style="color:green;"| +12

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Rui Rio || 1,618,381 || 29.1 || 77 || style="color:red;"| –2

|-

| style="background:#202056;"|

| align="left"| Chega

| align=left |André Ventura || 399,659 || 7.2 || 12 || style="color:green;"| +11

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Initiative}};"|

| align="left"| IL

| align=left |João Cotrim Figueiredo || 273,687|| 4.9 || 8 || style="color:green;"| +7

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"| BE

| align=left |Catarina Martins ||244,603 || 4.4 || 5 || style="color:red;"| –14

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Jerónimo de Sousa ||238,920 || 4.3 || 6 || style="color:red;"| –6

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS–PP

| align=left |Rodrigues dos Santos || 89,181 || 1.6 || 0 || style="color:red;"| –5

|-

| style="background:teal;"|

| align="left"| PAN

| align=left |Inês Sousa Real || 88,152 || 1.6 || 1 || style="color:red;"| –3

|-

| style="background:{{party color|LIVRE}};"|

| align="left"| Livre

| align=left |Rui Tavares || 71,232 || 1.3 || 1 || ±0

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 91,299 || 1.6 || 0 || ±0

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 146,824 || 2.6 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,564,539 || 51.46 || 230 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2022ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |title=Mapa Oficial n.º 1/2022 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |date=26 March 2022 |access-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401072948/https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2022ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022 |url-status=live}}

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{{Main|2024 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 10 March 2024}}

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! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)}};"|

| align="left"|AD

| align=left |Luís Montenegro || 1,867,442 || 28.8 || 80 || style="color:green;"| +3

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Pedro Nuno Santos || 1,812,443 || 28.0 || 78 || style="color:red;"| –42

|-

| style="background:#202056;"|

| align="left"| Chega

| align=left |André Ventura || 1,169,781 || 18.1 || 50 || style="color:green;"| +38

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Initiative}};"|

| align="left"| IL

| align=left |Rui Rocha || 319,877 || 4.9 || 8 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"| BE

| align=left |Mariana Mortágua || 282,314 || 4.4 || 5 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Paulo Raimundo || 205,551 || 3.2 || 4 || style="color:red;"| –2

|-

| style="background:{{party color|LIVRE}};"|

| align="left"| Livre

| align=left |Rui Tavares || 204,875 || 3.2 || 4 || style="color:green;"| +3

|-

| style="background:teal;"|

| align="left"| PAN

| align=left |Inês Sousa Real || 126,125 || 2.0 || 1 || ±0

|-

| style="background:#1D4E89;"|

| align="left"| ADN

| align=left |Bruno Fialho || 102,134 || 1.6 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 104,167 || 1.6 || 0 || ±0

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 282,243 || 4.4 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 6,476,952 || 59.90 || 230 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2024_ar_mapa_oficial_dr.pdf |title=Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.º 2-A/2024 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |date=23 March 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024}}

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{{Main|2025 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 18 May 2025}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)}};"|

| align="left"|AD

| align=left |Luís Montenegro || 2,008,488 || 31.8 || 91 || style="color:green;"| +11

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Pedro Nuno Santos || 1,442,546 || 22.8 || 58 || style="color:red;"| –20

|-

| style="background:#202056;"|

| align="left"| Chega

| align=left |André Ventura || 1,438,554 || 22.8 || 60 || style="color:green;"| +10

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Initiative}};"|

| align="left"| IL

| align=left |Rui Rocha || 338,974 || 5.4 || 9 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|LIVRE}};"|

| align="left"| Livre

| align=left |Rui Tavares || 257,291 || 4.1 || 6 || style="color:green;"| +2

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Paulo Raimundo || 183,686 || 2.9 || 3 || style="color:red;"| –1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"| BE

| align=left |Mariana Mortágua || 125,808 || 2.0 || 1 || style="color:red;"| –4

|-

| style="background:teal;"|

| align="left"| PAN

| align=left |Inês Sousa Real || 86,930 || 1.4 || 1 || ±0

|-

| style="background:#1D4E89;"|

| align="left"| ADN

| align=left |Bruno Fialho || 81,660 || 1.3 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 95,384 || 1.5 || 1 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 260,648 || 4.1 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 6,319,969 || 58.25 || 230 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite news |url=https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/mapa-oficial/2-a-2025-920155552|title=Mapa Oficial n.º 2-A/2025, de 31 de maio |language=pt |publisher=Diário da República|location=Lisbon |date=31 May 2025|access-date=31 May 2025}}

|}

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