Far right got most votes in Austria’s election, first projections show
The far right got the most votes in today’s election, according to first projections.
Far-right Freedom party (FPÖ): 29.1%
Centre-right Austrian People’s party (ÖVP): 26.2%
Social Democratic party (SPÖ): 20.4%
NEOS-New Austria: 8.8%
Greens: 8.6%
Key events
And here are the latest ORF projections.
Freedom party members celebrated early projections today.
Deborah Cole
Preliminary results showed Austria’s far-right Freedom party (FPÖ) winning the most votes in a general election for the first time in the postwar period as it rode a tide of public anger over migration and the cost of living.
“Austrians made history tonight,” FPÖ general secretary Michael Schnedlitz told public broadcaster ORF at his party’s election night celebration. “You can clearly see that change has come.”
The ÖVP tried to put a brave face on the result, which will send shockwaves through Europe. “We didn’t manage to get first place, but we made up a lot of lost ground in recent weeks,” its general secretary, Christian Stocker, said. “Governing means confronting tough realities and we’ve done that in the last years.”
And here are updated projections, from ORF.
A member of the European parliament from Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has also congratulated Austria’s far-right Freedom party.
Far-right figures from Spain and Belgium have welcomed the projected results in Austria.
Far-right Freedom party at 29%: updated projection
Here is an updated projection from ORF.
The far-right Freedom party is at 29%.
Alice Weidel of the German far-right party Alternative für Deutschland has congratulated the Freedom party.
The far-right Freedom party is celebrating the first projections, which show the party got the most votes in today’s election in Austria.
Here are the latest images from Vienna.
