If the Executive loses it, as expected, the President of the Republic will have to decide whether to call for early elections a year after the previous ones or propose a new candidate as Prime Minister.

Portugal’s parliament is set to topple Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s center-right minority government in a confidence vote on Tuesday, likely leading to the country’s third early election in just over three years.

Portugal’s Parliament ousted the center-right government in a vote of no confidence on Tuesday, forcing the third national election in little more than three years.

The center-right government loses the vote and falls after a scandal of alleged corruption involving the Prime Minister, who is under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office. Portugal will almost certainly have its third elections in three years after the Government lost the vote of confidence presented to Parliament on Tuesday,

Right-wing minority government, which had not even completed its first year, loses confidence vote over corruption allegations

Political scientist Adelino Maltez of Lisbon University pointed to opinion polls showing very little change in voter preferences from the March 2024 election, in which Montenegro's Democratic Alliance (AD) won by a mere 1,500 votes, securing 80 seats in the 230-seat house.

Portugal’s parliament toppled Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s center-right minority government in a confidence vote Tuesday, likely leading the country to its third early election in just over three years.

Portugal has slid back into political uncertainty after its third government in as many years fell when the prime minister lost a confidence vote in Parliament.

The government, led by the Social Democrats in an alliance with a smaller party, fell amid a controversy that has revolved around potential conflicts of interest in the business dealings of outgoing Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's family law firm.