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Sun Sep 29, 2024, 06:55 PM Sep 29

Far-right Freedom party finishes first in Austrian election, latest results suggest

Source: The Guardian

Far-right Freedom party finishes first in Austrian election, latest results suggest

Party wins 28.8% of votes ahead of centre-right People’s party’s 26.3%, according to near-complete count

Deborah Cole in Vienna
Sun 29 Sep 2024 19.10 BST
First published on Sun 29 Sep 2024 17.18 BST

The far right won the most votes in an Austrian election for the first time since the Nazi era on Sunday, as the Freedom party (FPÖ) rode a tide of public anger over migration and the cost of living to beat the centre-right People’s party (ÖVP).

The pro-Kremlin, anti-Islam FPÖ won 28.8% of votes, beating the ruling ÖVP of the chancellor, Karl Nehammer, into second place on 26.3%, according to near-complete results.

The opposition Social Democratic party scored its worst ever result – 21.1% – while the liberal NEOS drew about 9%. Despite devastating flooding this month from Storm Boris bringing the climate crisis to the fore, the Greens, junior partners in the government coalition, tallied 8.3% in a dismal fifth place.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/29/far-right-freedom-party-winning-austrian-election-first-results-show

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Far-right Freedom party finishes first in Austrian election, latest results suggest (Original Post) Eugene Sep 29 OP
really, really not good.... bahboo Sep 29 #1
So, so scary! And extremely disconcerting. WTF Austria ?!? eom littlemissmartypants Sep 29 #2
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