In the South of the country, the PS was in second position, with 229,249 ballots, followed by the AD with 214,469.

In the largest of these constituencies, Setúbal, Chega obtained its biggest victory in absolute numbers, with 129,569 votes, followed by PS and AD.

Compared to 2024, the PS lost 34,487 votes and two deputies, with Chega gaining three more elected representatives and moving from second to first force.

The AD remained as the third force and gained one deputy, the PCP-PEV maintained one elected representative, the same happening with the Livre (which went from 7th to 5th place) and with the IL. The BE lost its deputy, losing 40 percent of its electorate.

In Évora, the PS maintained first place, but fell by 5,693 votes (27.81%), with Chega growing by almost that amount, becoming the second most voted force. The number of elected deputies remained the same, with one for each of the three main parties.

Just like in 2024, Portalegre was the only district in the country where the AD did not elect a deputy, but here the novelty is Chega's victory, with 2,200 more votes (39.9%), compared to the previous year.

The PS lost the district and more than four thousand votes, with the AD coming in third place, just 667 votes away from electing a deputy, in exchange with the PS.

In Beja, Chega won with almost a thousand votes more than the PS (27.73%), but the number of deputies remained divided between the three main parties, with the AD in third place.

Compared to 2024, Chega gained four thousand votes, more or less the same number that the PT candidate lost.

Algarve

In the Algarve, in 2024, Chega won the electoral district, but the nine deputies were divided equally between the three main parties.

Here, Chega increased by almost 14 thousand votes, with PS losing the same amount. In terms of elected representatives, Chega elected four deputies, compared to three from AD and two from PS.

It was in the district of Faro that Chega obtained the best national result, with 33.9%, above AD at the national level.

With almost all the votes counted, the provisional results from the secretary general of the Ministry of Internal Administration (SGMAI) give victory to AD, followed by PS at around ten percentage points, with a small advantage over Chega.