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Austria's far right wins general election, projections show

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VIENNA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) won Sunday's general election, putting the far-right group in pole position to form a coalition for the first time since World War Two, projections showed, though it is by no means sure to find a partner. Led by Herbert Kickl, the FPO secured 29.1% of the vote, ahead of Chancellor Karl Nehammer's Austrian People's Party (OVP) on 26.2% and the centre-left Social Democrats on 20.4%, a projection by pollster Foresight for broadcaster ORF showed soon after polls closed at 5 p.m....

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