Lisbon, Feb. 9, 2026 (Lusa) - Sunday's second round of the presidential elections, in which Socialist António Seguro won two-thirds of the vote, clearly defeating his far-right opponent, is the only story on the front pages this Monday, apart from the floods that have swept the country for the past 10 days.

Público:

- ‘Seguríssimo’

- ‘66.8% António José Seguro’

- ‘33.2% André Ventura’

- ‘2026 Presidential Elections. António José Seguro wins Belém with an absolute record number of votes and sends a warning to the Government: We have three years without elections, there is no excuse’

- ‘Even defeated, Ventura gains votes and claims leadership of the right’

- ‘Victory opens a new cycle in relations between the Presidency and São Bento’

- ‘Profile: from crossing the desert to Belém, the unlikely President who knew how to wait’

Correio da Manhã:

- ‘Portugal plays for Seguro. The most voted politician in national history’

- ‘António José Seguro. 3,482,481 votes 66.82%. I will be the President of everyone, everyone, everyone.’

- ‘André Ventura.  1,729,381 votes 33.18%. We will soon govern this country.’

- ‘Benfica 2 Alverca 1. Benfica wins and puts pressure on rivals.’

- ‘FC Porto-Sporting. Title match at the Dragão’

- ‘Martim Moniz. Baby born in homeless shelter’

- ‘Supervision. Only nine insurance companies say everything’

- ‘Justice in the spotlight. Death of son angers parents’

- ‘Epstein. The files that make Trump tremble’

Jornal de Notícias:

- ‘President Seguro’

- ‘António José Seguro 66.8%. New head of state obtains the highest vote ever in a presidential election, winning in all districts. The profile and challenges of Marcelo's successor’

- ‘André Ventura 33.2%’

- ‘Chega leader concedes defeat, but wins 400,000 votes compared to the first round’

- ‘Abstention rose slightly to 49.9%’

- ‘Final results in 305 municipalities’

- "Benfica 2-1 Alverca. Anísio only needed 30 seconds‘

- ’F.C. Porto-Sporting. Dragão seeks 50th victory in a stronghold where lions have not celebrated for a decade‘

Diário de Notícias:

- ’Seguro President. António José Seguro clearly won the second round of the presidential elections, with a record vote of almost 3.5 million votes. The former PS leader won 66.8% of the vote‘

- ’André Ventura with 1.7 million votes (33.2%). Defeated candidate uses result to claim leadership of the right‘

- ’Art. Vhils and the layers that form identity. In the digital space, where do they come from?‘

- ’Japan. Takaichi took a risk by calling early elections and won a supermajority‘

- ’Bad weather. Situation remains “very critical” and has displaced 1,272 people‘

- ’Football. Anísio comes on, scores and says Benfica will win"

Negócios:

- ‘Seguro. António José Seguro made history by becoming the President of the Republic elected with the highest number of votes, almost 3.5 million.’

- ‘Bad weather. There are only 120 million left for company coffers.’

- ‘Private investor. What to expect from health insurance with age.’

O Jornal Económico:

- ‘Seguro: the common man crushes Ventura’

- ‘Elected with 3.48 million votes, a record’

- ‘First words were of sorrow for the 15 victims of the bad weather’

- ‘The 2.5 billion euros promised for reconstruction must arrive’

- ‘It won't be because of me that the legislature will be interrupted’

- ‘Next president will have a much more difficult task - Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’

- ‘For the first time in 50 years there was an alternative that was not PS or PSD - André Ventura’

- ‘Japanese Iron Lady wins absolute majority’

- "Kristin. Banco de Fomento begins providing support for the crisis today‘

- ’Human and supervisory resources justify fees. Insurance Regulator‘

- ’BPI moves forward with support for the most affected areas‘

- ’Portuguese more concerned about natural disasters‘

- ’Tech companies with 22% more profits, but shares fall"

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