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The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) is set to win a parliamentary election for the first time in post-war history, according to an Austrian media projection after polls closed. The right-wing populist party is set to win 29.1% of the vote, putting it well ahead of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) of the outgoing coalition government, according to a projection from the Austrian public broadcaster ORF. The projection, based on data from the Foresight Institute for ORF, puts the ÖVP firmly in second at 26.2%. An FPÖ victory would be the first time that the party has done so…

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