The far-right Freedom Party finished first in the Austrian general election, early projections show.
Led by Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister who was dismissed over the country’s Ibiza scandal, the party is projected to finish first on 29.1% of the vote, according to election researchers Arge Wahlen for PULS 24 TV.
They are projected to finish ahead of the ruling conservatives on 26.2%. The centre-left Social Democrats were in third place with 20.4%.
The far-right group is expected to be in pole position to form a coalition for the first time since the Second World War, though it is unclear they will be able to secure a partner.
Rivals have said they will not work with Mr Kickl, whose party calls for the “remigration of uninvited foreigners” and suspending the right to asylum.
The party has tapped into anxieties including around immigration, inflation and the war in Ukraine.
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