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Austria votes in snap general election

<span style="color: #222222;">In Austria, people have voted in a snap general election after a scandal caused the previous coalition government to fall.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the exit polls released after voting ended this evening, the conservative People's Party, led by former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, is projected to come top with 37 per cent of the vote, but will again need to form a coalition.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Social Democrats are projected to get 22.5 per cent with the far-right Freedom Party on 16.7 per cent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  <br />''Other parties involved are the Greens (projected to get 13.1 per cent) and the liberal Neos party (7.8 per cent).</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the election, 183 delegates will be chosen to represent eight parties in the parliament. The scandal toppled Kurz's government, and the former leader of his coalition partner the Freedom Party (FPÖ), Heinz-Christian Strache. </span>

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