In Portugal President Aníbal Cavaco Silva has been re-elected. He won at the first ballot of the election that was held on Sunday. He won 52.94 per cent of the vote.

The Electoral Commission is reporting that the abstention rate was very high with turnout at only 46.63 per cent. This is the big news in the Portuguese media.

Here is the result:

This result means that Portugal’s period of cohabitation is ongoing. The president is from the conservative Social democratic party (yes, that’s right) and there is a single-party Socialist government.