that suggests that sebastien kurtz centre—right party has taken 37% of the vote.t looks as if they have lost 10% of the vote. whether 01’ have lost 10% of the vote. whether or not it will be enough to mean that sebastien kurtz can return to the chancellorship without having a coalition party isn‘t clear. the social democrats are in second place and it is possible they would want to ensure the freedom party were kept out of any government now. worth saying that this was all sparked by a scandal caused when a video emerged which showed the leader of the freedom party who was not actually deputy chancellor but was, he was in the coalition government as i recall. you have to resign from the post. it appeared to be him discussing with a russian oligarch some possibility of getting funding for his political party. that was a scandal, the suggestion the russians might be trying to influence austrian politics which led to the coalition government collapsing. sebastien katsu faced a lot of criticism for going into coalition with the freedom party a few years back and one o