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The Freedom Party won 28.8 percent of the vote according to a near-complete count, ahead of the center-right People's Party's 26.3 percent.

The far-right won the most votes in an Austrian election for the first time since the Nazi era on Sunday, as the Freedom Party (FPÖ) rode public anger over immigration and the cost of living to defeat the centre-right People's Party (ÖVP).

The pro-Kremlin and anti-Islam FPÖ came second with 28.8 percent of the vote, beating Chancellor Karl Nehammer's ruling ÖVP with 26.3 percent, according to preliminary results.

The opposition Social Democratic Party had its worst result ever with 21.1 percent, while the liberal NEOS got around 9 percent. The Greens, the junior partner in the governing coalition, came fifth with 8.3% of the vote, despite the floods caused by Storm Boris this month bringing the climate crisis to the forefront.