PortugalAndré Ventura founded Chega in 2019 and has led Portugal's parliamentary opposition since the 2025 election, when it won 60 seats; he lost the 2026 presidential runoff to António José Seguro. He campaigns for restricted immigration, tougher criminal penalties and lower taxes.
In the 12 Axes register, André Ventura leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Markets 83%; the register median is Planned 68%.
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Where André Ventura sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Leads a party in Portugal's unitary state
Representative Democracy
Won 60 seats in 2025; leads parliamentary opposition
Statist
Proposes life imprisonment and chemical castration for offenders
Nationalist
Opposes deeper EU integration and open borders
Neutral
Backs NATO membership and Portugal's current alliances
Monoculturalist
Seeks to restrict immigration and curb asylum
Economic Liberal
Calls himself an 'economic liberal, nationalist and conservative'
Free Market
Backs tax cuts and a smaller state
Moderate
Supports EU membership but favors national control
Religious
Chega's slogan: 'God, Fatherland, Family, Work'
Traditionalist
Culturally conservative on family and social issues
Neutral
Takes no distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Planned – Markets
On Planned – Markets, André Ventura is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, André Ventura is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.parlamento.pt
Portrait: Vox España, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
