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Exit poll suggests Socialists win reelection in Portugal

Rui Rio, leader of the center-right Social Democratic Party, addresses supporters at a hotel after exit poll results were announced by tv networks in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) Socialist party supporters react to exit poll results announced by tv networks after the polls closed in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Socialist party supporters react to exit poll results announced by tv networks after the polls closed in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Socialist party supporters react to exit poll results announced by tv networks after the polls closed in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Socialist party supporters react to exit poll results announced by tv networks after the polls closed in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Portuguese Prime Minister and Socialist Party Secretary General Antonio Costa speaks to journalists after arriving at a hotel to wait for the election results in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Portuguese Prime Minister and Socialist Party Secretary General Antonio Costa speaks to journalists after arriving at a hotel to wait for the election results in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) A polling station worker puts on personal protection equipment before attending to voters Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government, just as the country is poised to start spending a huge windfall of European Union funds. The ballot took place amid a surge in COVID-19 cases blamed on the omicron variant, with about 1.2 million people confined at home but allowed to go to polling stations to cast their vote. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) Andre Ventura, leader of the populist party Chega shows his voting slip before voting at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) People line up to vote at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) A polling station worker wears personal protection equipment as a man casts his ballot in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government, just as the country is poised to start spending a huge windfall of European Union funds. The ballot took place amid a surge in COVID-19 cases blamed on the omicron variant, with about 1.2 million people confined at home but allowed to go to polling stations to cast their vote. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) Polling station workers wear personal protection equipment to attend voters in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government, just as the country is poised to start spending a huge windfall of European Union funds. The ballot took place amid a surge in COVID-19 cases blamed on the omicron variant, with about 1.2 million people confined at home but allowed to go to polling stations to cast their vote. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) Polling station workers wear personal protection equipment as a man casts his ballot in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government, just as the country is poised to start spending a huge windfall of European Union funds. The ballot took place amid a surge in COVID-19 cases blamed on the omicron variant, with about 1.2 million people confined at home but allowed to go to polling stations to cast their vote. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) A woman looks at her ballot paper before voting at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters are going to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters are going to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) An OSCE observer, background center, watches a voter cast his ballot at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters are going to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) A man arrives to vote at a polling station in a school gymnasium in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters are going to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) A voter, left, hands back a bottle of hand sanitizer to a worker at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters are going to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters are going to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) People vote at a polling station in Lisbon, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Portuguese voters are going to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the country's minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)