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Social Democratic Party leader and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (L) and coalition leader of the Popular Party Paulo Portas congratulate each other at the end of their joint press conference in Lisbon after winning the general elections on October 4. The leader of Portugal’s opposition Socialists, former Lisbon mayor Antonio Costa, conceded defeat in a general election billed as a referendum on four years of harsh austerity policies, as near-complete results gave the ruling center-right coalition a clear lead. AFP PHOTO
Social Democratic Party leader and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (L) and coalition leader of the Popular Party Paulo Portas congratulate each other at the end of their joint press conference in Lisbon after winning the general elections on October 4. The leader of Portugal’s opposition Socialists, former Lisbon mayor Antonio Costa, conceded defeat in a general election billed as a referendum on four years of harsh austerity policies, as near-complete results gave the ruling center-right coalition a clear lead. AFP PHOTO
LISBON: Portugal’s ruling center-right coalition won a general election Sunday seen as a referendum on its austerity policies, but near-complete results indicated it has lost its absolute majority in parliament.