The regional elections in the
Austrian Land Burgenland took place today.
The result for the far right was unexpected: Norbert Hofer's
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won 22.8% of the votes, a leap of
+13.0%. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) of governor
Hans Peter Doskozil is losing support, although remaining the
first party with 46.7% (-3.3%). Josef Moser's Austrian People's
Party (ÖVP) drops to 22.4% (-8.2%) and the Greens reach 5.6%
(-1.2%). The final distribution of seats in the regional
parliament will be defined in the next weeks.
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