section_path: Aftermath
section_name: Aftermath
paragraph_text: Aftermath
  
  Following the publication of the preliminary results, Montenegro declared victory, saying that "the people want this Government and they don't want any other", while PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos conceded defeat and congratulated Montenegro, adding that he would resign from the Socialist leadership. A leadership contest to elect a new party leader was quickly initiated.
  
  André Ventura, the leader of Chega, declared the end of the two-party system in Portugal, warning that "they haven't seen nothing yet". Liberal Initiative leader Rui Rocha acknowledged that, despite the growth in votes and seats, the party "wanted more", with the Liberal result being seen as a little disappointing, and rejected governmental deals with AD. Two weeks after election day, Rocha announced his resignation from the leadership of the Liberal Initiative.
  
  Livre was the sole left-wing party to grow in votes and seats, with party speaker Rui Tavares saying the party would lead a "great democratic and progressive movement" against the far-right. Mariana Mortágua, the leader of the Left Bloc (BE) refused to resign, despite suffering the worst result in the party's history, though recognizing the "great defeat" for the party.
  
  Paulo Raimundo, the leader of CDU, insisted that the Communist-Green coalition "resisted in a particularly demanding framework", while Inês Sousa Real, the leader of PAN acknowledged that the results were "not what they wanted" but that what matters is that "our voice isn't silenced". The Madeiran Together for the People party (JPP) made history for being the first regional type party to be elected to the national Parliament, with the party's elected MP, Filipe Sousa, promising to be the "voice of the islands".
  
  Two days after the election, on 20 May, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa began hearings with party leaders for the appointment of a Prime Minister, with PSD, PS and Chega being the first parties to be called, with the rest of parties represented in Parliament received in the following days. The President held, on 29 May, a second round of hearings with the leaders of the three main parties, after the counting of the overseas votes confirmed Chega as the second largest party in Parliament and André Ventura as leader of the opposition. Following these hearings, the President nominated Luís Montenegro as Prime Minister and asked him to form a government. The new government was presented and approved by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on 4 June and took office on 5 June.