VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party won a state election in Styria for the first time on Sunday, a projection indicated, in an echo of September’s general election and a new show of strength while national coalition talks continue without it.
A projection by pollster Foresight for national broadcaster ORF and news agency APA showed the eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO) first on 35.4% and the conservative People’s Party second on 26.7%. The projection, based on a partial vote count, had a margin of error of 1.2 percentage points.
(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Dave Graham)
