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),

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.

The formation of a new Austrian government won’t be an easy task, with potential for political uncertainty and deadlock, both during coalition negotiations and in governance, ING economist Franziska Biehl says in a note.