On Sunday evening, the electoral commission published official voting results in the National Council electionsthe lower house of the Austrian parliament.
After counting the votes cast at the polling stations, it was determined that: the Freedom Party won first place Austria (FPOe) obtaining 28.8 percent votes.
She came in second place the previously ruling Austrian People's Party (OeVP), which won 26.3 percent votes.
They will also sit on the National Council deputies from the lists of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPOe), which was obtained 21,1 proc. votes, New Austria and the Liberal Forum (NEOS) – 9,2 proc. and Greens (Gruene) – 8,3 proc.
Austria. Official election results. These groups will not enter parliament
To parliament they didn't get in among others Communist Pastria of Austria (KPOe) – 2.4 percent and the Beer Party (Bierpartei) – 2.0 percent, which, according to polls, was on the verge of 4 percent. electoral threshold. The turnout was 78 percent.
The next step will be to nominate a new chancellor and form a cabinet.
According to the Austrian constitution, the federal president (currently Alexander van der Bellen associated with the Green Party) has wide freedom when appointing and dismissing the government.
This means that he will be able to appoint any candidate of his choice as chancellor. They declared their readiness to undertake the mission of creating a government leaders of all parties that entered parliament.
Elections in Austria. Putin looks at the results
Politico previously described Sunday's elections in Austria as “the most important in Europe this year”, although they are not as publicized as, for example, the race in Europe Franceor the US elections.
According to Politico, the importance of the elections in Austria is emphasized by the fact that the victory of the Freedom Party of Austria, will create a Central European bloc friendly to the Russian Federation“extending from the border Ukrainy them Slovakia i Hungary to the border of Austria with Switzerlandmaking it easier for the president Vladimir Putin sowing discontent in the heart of Europe.
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