October 05, 2015   Passos Coelho wins, but no majority in
parliament  Our main story today are the Portuguese elections.
Please note we have not economic data today, due to technical
problems.  The coalition of PSD and CDS won the elections but
failed to win a majority in parliament. The ruling coalition
received 38.34% against 32.38% for the Socialists. This
translates into a total of 104 deputies for the
ruling coalition, far from the 116 needed for a majority in the
230-seat parliament. These Portuguese government's results from
the full count for domestic precincts, which elect 226 seats of
the 230, is:  PàF38.34%104centre-rightPSD/CDS coalition
BE10.22%19radical left CDU8.27%17green leftCommunist/Green
coalition PAN1.39%1animal rights  The biggest winner and a
surprise given the pre-election polls, was the Left Bloc (BE),
which increased its share of the votes to 10.22%, doubling their
number of deputies in parliament to 19 to become the third
strongest party. The traditional Communists (CDU) obtained 8.