The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) secured the most votes in the parliamentary elections. However, it will not be able to form a coalition as other parties have refused to engage with it, citing Reuters.

The hard-Right Freedom Party (FPO) was on course to win elections in Austria on Sunday night, putting it within reach of leading its first ever government. An exit poll released on Sunday evening said that Herbert Kickl’s anti-immigrant FPO would take first place with 29 per cent of the vote.

Austria's Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl hailed a "new era" after preliminary results showed Sunday that the FPÖ had become the first far-right party to win in the country's parliamentary election since World War II, per EuroNews.

Kremlin, anti-Islam FPO secured 28.8% of the votes, placing ahead of Chancellor Karl Nehammer's ruling OVP, which received 26.3%, according to nearly complete results. The opposition Social Democratic Party achieved its lowest ever result at 21.

FPOs Strong Showing Shifts Austrias Political Landscape The Austrian Freedom Party (FPO), led by Herbert Kickl, won around 29% of the vote in Sundays parliamentary election, marking its highest-ever result.

The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) led by Herbert Kickl won Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday, initial projections showed, potentially putting it in pole position to form a government for the first time in postwar history.

Victory for the FPO, which is critical of Islam and pledges tougher rules on asylum seekers, follows far-right gains in countries including the Netherlands, France and Germany.

The European right celebrated the parliamentary election win of Austrias Freedom Party (FPO) on Sunday, seeing it as a triumph for national conservatives across the continent. Under Herbert Kickls leadership,

Its most likely partner the conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP), which finished runner up and also wants to impose tougher immigration rules. The FPO says in its manifesto it wants migrants who have entered Austria illegally to be removed and very strict criteria enforced on legal immigration.

Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) who is leading in the polls, cast his vote in the general election on Sunday. Kickl, a former interior minister, voted at a nursing home in the town of Purkersdorf, near Vienna.

Political parties on the European right celebrated Sunday's parliamentary election victory by Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) as a boost for national conservatives amid advances by the hard right fuelled by worries about immigration.