Austria’s Freedom Party Wins Election, Preliminary Results Show

Austria’s Freedom Party Wins Election, Preliminary Results Show
Head of Freedom Party (FPO) Herbert Kickl gestures as vote projections show that FPO won the general election, in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 29, 2024. Lisa Leutner/Reuters
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VIENNA—Austrian voters handed a first-ever general election victory to the Eurosceptic right-wing Freedom Party on Sunday, preliminary results showed.

The Head of Freedom Party (FPO) held a slim lead in opinion polls for months over Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s ruling liberal-conservative right-wing Austrian People’s Party (OVP) in a campaign dominated by immigration and worries about the economy.