Austria’s far-right Freedom Party projected to win election
Austria’s Freedom Party (FPO) has been projected to finish first in the country’s general election, ahead of the governing conservatives.
An exit poll by pollster Foresight for broadcaster ORF projected on Sunday that Herbert Kickl’s FPO had received 29.1 percent of the vote, with Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People’s Party (OVP) coming second with 26.2 percent.
The centre-left Social Democrats were projected to come third, with 20.4 percent.
Kickl, a former interior minister who has led the FPO since 2021, seeks to become Austria’s new chancellor on the back of the first far-right national election win in post-World War II Austria.
However, the 55-year-old to would need a coalition partner to command a majority in the lower house of parliament – and rivals have said they will not work with him.
Al Jazeera’s Aida Duratovic joins us now live from Vienna to discuss the latest updates.
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