Portugal election: ruling centre-right coalition heads for victory

Exit polls predict Portugal Forward pro-austerity coalition under Pedro Passos Coelho could lose parliamentary majority Portugal’s centre-right government was headed for victory in a election on Sunday night after launching tough austerity measures to combat a debt crisis, but exit polls showed it could lose its majority in parliament. The government coalition was projected to win between 36.4% and 43% of the vote while the opposition centre-left Socialists were set to get 29.5% to 35%. Co