Portuguese go to polls, may reelect austerity-minded government


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  • Sunday, 04 Oct 2015

Portugal's Prime Minister and Social Democratic party leader Pedro Passos Coelho leaves a polling station with his wife after voting during the general election in Massama, on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal October 4, 2015. REUTERS/Hugo Correia

LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese voted in a national election on Sunday with polls predicting another win for their austerity-minded, centre-right government that guided them through an economic crisis, though it could fall short of an outright majority.

Minority government has a dismal history in Portugal and many worry such an outcome could endanger Portugal's fledgling economic recovery.

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