Sunday's ballot was called just one year into the centre-right minority government's term after Prime Minister Luis Montenegro failed to win parliament's confidence in March in a vote he himself proposed when the opposition questioned his integrity over the dealings of his family's consultancy firm.
Polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (0700-1800 GMT), with exit polls expected from 8 p.m. (1900 GMT).
Opinion polls show Montenegro's Democratic Alliance (AD) garnering the most votes and probably a few more seats than in the previous election in March 2024, but again no parliamentary majority.
AD's perennial rival, the centre-left Socialist Party (PS), was polling around 26%, behind the AD on more than 32%, in Radio Renascenca's 'poll of polls' aggregator.
“The only doubt is whether the AD will form a new minority government ... or whether it will form a post-electoral coalition with IL, even if this coalition does not guarantee an absolute majority,“ he said, referring to the pro-business Liberal Initiative (IL) party, standing fourth in the polls.
Voter turnout is usually low in Portugal, and some political scientists have expressed concern it could be even lower this year due to election fatigue.
After landing in hospital twice in the past week with an esophageal spasm, he made a surprise appearance at his party's final event on Friday.
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