The result of last Sunday's Austrian parliamentary elections followed the same pattern as the 2022 elections in Italy, 2023 in the Netherlands and 2024 in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg.

The far-right has won the most votes in an Austrian election for the first time since the Nazi era, as the pro-Kremlin, anti-Islam Freedom Party (FPÖ) beat the ruling centre-right People's Party (ÖVP).

Austria’s Freedom Party leads in the vote count, but may not be able to find coalition partners to form a government under provocative leader Herbert Kickl.

The governing conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) secured 26.5% of the votes, a decrease of 11% compared to the 2019 elections, while the FPÖ gained an additional 13%. Read also: Austrian Chancellor opposes ‘preferential treatment’ for Kyiv in EU accession negotiations The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) came in third with 21% of

Kremlin, anti-Islam FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, won 29.2% of votes, beating the ruling ÖVP of the chancellor, Karl Nehammer, into second place

As forecast in the polls, a hard-right populist party came first in Austria’s parliamentary elections on September 29th for the first time in the country’s post-war history. The anti-immigrant Freedom Party (FPÖ),

The far-right Freedom Party's historic victory in an Austrian parliamentary election has left it isolated and partly at the mercy of a powerful critic: the president, who must oversee efforts towards forming a viable coalition government.

European far-right and nationalist parties are celebrating the far-right Freedom Party’s win in Austria’s election

Its most likely partner the conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP), which finished runner up and also wants to impose tougher immigration rules. Otherwise a more centrist OVP-led coalition could take shape.