section_path: History/Return to power (2024–present)
section_name: Return to power (2024–present)
paragraph_text: Return to power (2024–present)
  
  Following António Costa's resignation due to an investigation around alleged corruption involving the award of contracts for lithium and hydrogen businesses, a snap election was called for 10 March 2024. For this election, PSD, CDS–PP and PPM decided to contest the election in a joint alliance called Democratic Alliance (AD). On election day, the AD won by a narrow 29 to 28 percent margin over the Socialist Party, and formed a minority government. Three months later, in the 2024 European Parliament elections, the AD coalition was narrowly defeated by the Socialists, 31 to 32 percent.
  
  A new election was called for May 2025, after a vote of confidence in the AD minority government was rejected, following the revelations of the Spinumviva case involving Luís Montenegro. The AD coalition was again the winner, with a stronger mandate, gathering nearly 32 percent of the votes and 91 seats.