Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) was re-elected president of Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday with 202 votes, securing a strong majority in the 230-seat Assembly.

The outcome was a huge improvement over last year, when he was elected with 160 votes after four rounds.To prevent a repeat of that deadlock, the PSD built cross-party support ahead of the vote. Both Chega and the Socialist Party (PS) chose not to oppose his nomination, making the outcome widely anticipated, according to Xinhua.

In Portugal, 116 votes are needed to win the presidency under parliamentary norms.