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LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Portuguese politics will likely become more unstable now that Prime Minister Jose Socrates' Socialists lost their absolute parliamentary majority, analysts say.
In elections Sunday, Socialists won 96 seats in the 230-seat assembly, down from 121 they previously held, while the center-right Social Democratic Party garnered 78 seats, Radio France Internationale reported.
Socrates, 52, said his party scored an "extraordinary election victory" during "difficult and demanding circumstances," but others noted that without an absolute parliamentary majority, the possibility of increased instability during tough economic times was looming. Analysts said a Portuguese minority government survived its full term only once since the end of dictatorship in 1974.
RFI said Portugal's 9.1 percent unemployment rate is the highest in 22 years.
Socrates has addressed the recession by promising massive public works projects such as a high-speed rail network and a new airport near Lisbon.
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