Ruling party loses majority in Portuguese Poll

The Socialist Party of Prime Minster Jose Socrates in Portugal has won the country's general election but lost its absolute majority in parliament. Jose Socrates, the incumbent Socialist prime minister, described the result of Sunday's poll as the will of the people. The Socialists captured 36.8 per cent of the vote, down from 45 per cent in 2005. The main opposition, the centre-right Social Democratic Party, got 32.4 per cent in a 230 member parliament of the country.