Lisbon - Prime Minister Jose Socrates late Wednesday survived a vote of no confidence in parliament, dealing a blow to the ambitions of the right-wing conservative opposition just months before elections.

Socrates survived with 120 negative votes from his social democrats - the Socialist Party (PS) - against 78 members who voted for the no-confidence bid.

There were 22 abstentions from the Greens and left wing parties. It was the fourth vote of no-confidence that Socrates has survived since taking office.(dpa)