Austrian election

Austrian ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is poised for a return to power, after his conservative People’s Party won a snap election that was called following the collapse of his government with the far-right Freedom Party in May. Kurz’s party was expected to get 37.1 per cent of the vote in parliamentary elections, a gain of 5.7 percentage points. The far-right Freedom Party was forecast to lose almost 10 percentage points and come third with 16.1 per cent, a sign voters were punishing the party for a leaked video that showed its leader appearing to offer favours to a purported Russian investor.