Conservative Sebastian Kurz declares victory in Austria

Election win makes Kurz the world’s youngest head of government

Sebastian Kurz is set to become the world's youngest head of government
Sebastian Kurz is being sworn in as chancellor today in Vienna
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The conservative Austrian People’s party (OVP) has declared victory in Austria’s national elections, making its 31-year-old leader Sebastian Kurz the world’s youngest head of government at the end of October.

Projections last night put the OVP ahead with 31.7% of the vote. “The incumbent chancellor Christian Kern’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPO) were relegated to second place with 27% of the vote, while the far-right FPÖ took 25.9%, failing to match its best-ever result,” The Guardian says.

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