Portugal's Socialists pick young new leader for March election

FILE PHOTO: Pedro Nuno Santos poses for a portrait between the legislators of Socialist party and left bloc inside Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, Portugal June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Socialist Party (PS) on Saturday elected Pedro Nuno Santos to lead them in a March 10 snap parliamentary election, following Antonio Costa's resignation as prime minister and party leader last month amid a corruption investigation.

The 46-year-old former infrastructure minister beat acting Interior Minister Jose Luis Carneiro, who was seen as a more moderate candidate, with 62% of the vote to become the PS secretary-general.