Just a few minutes after the polling stations in Vienna were closed by the Ministry of the Interior, the first estimated results were also announced, which awarded the first place to the Austrian Freedom Party, which with 29.1 percent recorded the best result in its history, BTA reported.
The result is 13 percent better than the result in 2019.
The ruling Austrian People's Party came in second with 26.3 percent, a loss of 11.1 percent. The Austrian Social Democratic Party lost 0.1 percent and recorded its lowest result ever /20.9 percent/.
NEOS is now in fourth place with 8.8 percent, a plus of 0.7 percent was achieved, the Greens lost 5.3 percent and are in fifth place with 8.6 percent.
For now, small parties do not cross the four percent barrier. Since the range of inaccuracy is around 2 percent, it is theoretically possible for the ruling ANP to oust the Freedom Party.
The quick publication of the forecast results obtained by mathematical models as a result of the counted ballots is possible due to the fact that already at 1 pm they closed the first sections in small settlements, then at 3 and 4 pm – the majority of nearly 10,000 polling stations, and at 5 p.m. they closed the last offices.