Chega (political party) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Enough! Chega!
President	André Ventura
Vice Presidents	António Tânger Corrêa Pedro Frazão Marta Martins da Silva
Founder	André Ventura
Founded	9 April 2019
Merger of	Citizenship and Christian Democracy (2020)
Split from	Social Democratic Party
Headquarters	Lisbon
Youth wing	Chega's youth
Ideology	National conservatism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Religion	Catholic Church
National affiliation	Basta! (2019)
European affiliation	Identity and Democracy Party
European Parliament group	Patriots for Europe (since 2024)
Colours	Dark blue
Assembly of the Republic	50 / 230
European Parliament	2 / 21
Regional parliaments	9 / 104
Local government (Mayors)	0 / 308
Local government (Parishes)	0 / 3,085

Chega (Portuguese: [ˈʃeɣɐ]; officially stylised as CHEGA!; lit. Enough!) is a national conservative, right-wing populist political party in Portugal formed in 2019 by André Ventura. It is characterized as being right of the political spectrum.

Chega won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic in the 2019 election. Since this election, the party has rapidly grown in popularity, gaining significant support for its anti-establishment positions. It was the third most voted party in the elections of 2022 taking 12 seats. It saw a surge in support in the 2024 winning 50 seats, more than quadrupling its previous seat count.

Ideology

Chega considers itself a party with nationalist, conservative and personalist roots. It defends the promotion of an effective judicial system and the decrease of the State's intervention in the economy. The party also presents itself as national conservative and social conservative.

The agenda of Chega is heavily focused on criminality issues, support for the police forces of the country, and the misuse of taxpayers' money in terms of corruption at the top, overstaffing in the civil service at the middle and undeserving welfare recipients at the bottom.

The party advocates for a decrease of the tax incidence, considering the current system to be "brutal and aggressive to the ones who work and build wealth, taking away half of their incomes". It additionally defends a reduction of both bureaucracy and the number of bureaucrats, asserting that it is one of the main reasons for the "Portuguese competitive economic backwardness".

The party supports life imprisonment. Some members also support the death penalty for crimes such as terrorism.

Describing itself a "strong proponent of Western civilization", the party positions itself against "Islamist extremism" and proposes stronger border controls and a decrease of "mass and illegal immigration".

Chega's stance on the European Union has been described as Eurosceptic.

Chega maintains close links with Vox, a similar party in neighbouring Spain.

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

Vote share in the Portuguese legislative elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
2019	André Ventura	67,826	1.3 (#7)	1 / 230	New	Opposition
2022		399,659	7.2 (#3)	12 / 230	11	Opposition
2024		1,169,781	18.1 (#3)	50 / 230	38	Opposition

European elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
2019	André Ventura	Basta!		0 / 21
2024	António Tânger Corrêa	387,068	9.8 (#3)	2 / 21	2

Regional Assemblies

Region	Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
Azores	2024	José Pacheco	10,626	9.2 (#3)	5 / 57	3	Opposition
Madeira	2024	Miguel Castro	12,541	9.2 (#4)	4 / 47	0	Opposition

Local elections

Presidential elections

Assembly of the Republic

See also

• Assembly of the Republic
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Politics of Portugal