Portugal election: leader of winning centre-right party calls on rivals not to stand in his way

Democratic Alliance will need to form minority government after narrow victory over Socialist party and far-right Chega

• Portugal election: centre-right alliance claims victory, rejects role for far right

The leader of Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance, which won the narrowest of victories over its socialist rivals in Sunday’s snap general election, has called on left and far-right parties not to stand in his way as he attempts to form a minority government.

The Democratic Alliance – an electoral platform made up of the large Social Democratic party (PSD) and two smaller conservative parties – finished first in the election, winning 79 seats in the country’s 230-seat assembly.