According to voting forecasts, the far right will achieve a historic victory in Austria

The match ultranationalist FPÖfar right, has won this Sunday for the first time parliamentary elections in Austriaupon reaching the 29.1% of votes, according to initial projections based on real votes, in favor of the Conservatives ÖVPwhich the 26.3%.

The ultranationalist and far-right party has risen thirteen percentage points compared to 2019 results, with its anti-immigration message and criticism of the measures taken by the current government, of conservatives and environmentalists, to control the Covid-19 pandemic .

He Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), leader of the Outgoing director, has lost eleven points since the last elections.

According to this first calculation, which takes real votes as a basis, the social-democratic SPÖ would be the third force, with 20.9% (-0.3).

the liberal Neos (8.8%) and Los Verdes (8.7%), which have been the Popular Party’s minority partner in government, losing by more than five points.

The FPÖ, a party linked to ultranationalist and far-right groups in Europe such as the Brothers of Italy or the Hungarian Fidesz, achieved its best electoral result, even surpassing that of historic leader Jörg Haider in 1999.

On that occasion, despite being the second most voted force, the party handed over leadership of the government to the ÖVP, which came third.

On this occasion, Kickl warned during the campaign that if he wins the elections, he will demand to be entrusted with the formation of the executive branch.

In principle, the remaining parties have put forward their refusal to form a coalition with the FPÖ.