Austrian parties hold final campaign rallies ahead of Sunday’s elections

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Polls show the far-right Freedom Part of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreich) in the lead, predicted to take more than 28% in what could be their first ever election victory but finding coalition partners could be tough.

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00:00The majority of Austria's political parties have held their final campaign rallies ahead

00:06of parliamentary elections on Sunday.

00:09Polls show the far-right Freedom Party, headed by Herbert Kickl in the lead, predicted to

00:14take more than 28 percent in what would be their first-ever election victory.

00:19They've campaigned on an Austria-first platform, but if the party fails to secure an outright

00:24majority, finding coalition partners could be tricky.

00:29Polling second is the conservative Austrian People's Party, led by incumbent Chancellor

00:34Karl Nehammer.

00:36At his campaign rally, he ruled out a coalition with the Freedom Party and urged supporters

00:40to vote for him to prevent the far-right from coming to power.

00:46The Social Democratic Party, headed by Andreas Babler, are polling in third place, expected

00:51to take around 20 percent of the vote.

00:54Their final campaign rallies will take place on Saturday, and rounding out the top five

00:59are the Liberal Neos Party and junior coalition partner The Greens.

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