Austria Provisional final result: FPÖ wins election with 29.2 percent

The right-wing FPÖ has won the Austrian parliamentary elections with 29.2 percent of the vote. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior in the provisional final results. The previous chancellor's party ÖVP was pushed into second place with 26.5 percent of the vote. The conservative ÖVP lost 11 percentage points compared to the previous election in 2019, while the FPÖ gained 13 points.

The third-strongest force in the National Council, the large chamber of parliament, is now the social democratic SPÖ with 21.1% (-0.1). The liberal Neos party received 9 percent of the vote (+0.9). The Greens, who previously governed with the Conservatives, only managed 8 percent this time (-5.9). Small parties such as the Beer Party and the communist KPÖ fell well short of the 4% threshold required to enter parliament. The provisional final result includes the majority of postal votes. The remaining absentee ballots are expected to be counted by Thursday. The Foresight Institute's projection assumes that the right-wing and conservative parties will end up with slightly lower results, while the left-wing and liberal spectrum can hope for a few additional tenths of a percentage point.