https://www.dw.com/de/rechte-fpö-wird-stärkste-kraft-bei-parlamentswahl-in-österreich/a-70357000
In the parliamentary elections in Austria, according to the official preliminary results published by the country's Ministry of the Interior on the night of Monday, September 30, the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won with 29.2%.
The ruling Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), of which the current Federal Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer is a member, came in second with 26.5%. Thus, this party, compared to the results of the previous parliamentary elections held in Austria in 2019, lost the support of 11% of voters. The FPÖ, on the contrary, improved its 2019 result by 13 percentage points.
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) managed to attract 21.1% of voters to its side (a decrease in support of 0.1%). With this result, the SPÖ will be the third largest political force in the National Council of Austria (the lower house of parliament).
However, even though the right-wing populists won the Austrian parliamentary elections, they are unlikely to form a government. Karl Nehammer has repeatedly rejected not only the possibility of entering into a coalition with the FPÖ, but also the very idea of negotiating about it. For his part, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, who represents the Greens, said that he will not appoint FPÖ chairman Herbert Kickl as chancellor of the country.
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