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.