(Patria) - The Austrian far-right Freedom Party is heading for an unprecedented general election victory under leader Herbert Kickl, projections say.
Projections, based on initial results, give Kickl's party 29.1% - almost three points ahead of the conservative People's Party with 26.2%, but far from a majority.
The Freedom Party (FPÖ) has been in coalition before, but the second-placed conservative People's Party has refused to participate in a government led by it.
Kickl's main rival, current Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the People's Party, said it was "impossible to form a government with someone who worships conspiracy theories".
Around 6.3 million Austrians were eligible to vote in a race dominated by two issues: migration and asylum, as well as inflation and the war in Ukraine, BBC reports.
Kickl has promised Austrians to build a "Fortress Austria" to restore their security, prosperity and peace. He also spoke of becoming a Volkskanzler (people's chancellor), which for some Austrians echoes a term used to describe Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.
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