Austria’s People’s Party, led by former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, has won a clear victory in Sunday’s general election.
With nearly all the votes counted, Kurz’s party has more than 38% of the vote, up from 31% last time round.
The People’s Party triumphed in eight of Austria’s nine federal states, losing only Vienna to the Social Democrats.
Despite the People’s Party’s strong showing, it will not have a majority in parliament and Kurz will need coalition partners.
The 33-year-old could choose to renew his alliance with the Freedom Party – the source of the scandal – but may want to look at other options.
His former coalition partners, the far-right Freedom Party, have received 17.3%, a sharp fall.
The snap general election was called after a scandal caused the previous coalition government to collapse.
Some 6.4 million people were eligible to vote in the election.
