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Portugal's presidential election draws 11 candidates:
The Statesman
|January 05, 2026
Lisbon: A record number of 11 candidates in Portugal's upcoming presidential election kicked off their campaigns on Sunday.
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The official two-week campaign period preceding the 18 January election will see the contenders competing to capture voters' support. However, the broad field makes it unlikely that any candidate will capture more than 50 per cent of the vote, leaving the two top candidates to compete in a runoff ballot on
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