- Title: Rendi Wagner: 'not satisfied' with election outcome, but will move on
- Date: 29th September 2019
- Summary: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (SEPTEMBER 29, 2019) (REUTERS) SOCIAL DEMOCRAT (SPO) LEADER PAMELA RENDI-WAGNER WAVING TO SUPPORTERS FROM STAGE SUPPORTERS HOLDING UP SIGNS READING (German): 'TOGETHER SPO' RENDI-WAGNER WAVING TO SUPPORTERS FROM STAGE
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- Keywords: Social Democratic Party Pamela Rendi-Wagner snap election polling station voting
- Location: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
- City: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
- Country: Austria
- Reuters ID: LVA001AYPNHAF
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- Story Text:Social Democrat (SPO) leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner addressed supporters after the announcement of the first election results on Sunday (September 29), saying she was 'not satisfied" with the outcome, but also underlining that her party was on the right path and would move on.
Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz triumphed in Sunday's parliamentary election, as widely expected, but he will need a coalition partner to form a stable government and the vote left him several options across the political spectrum.
The election followed the collapse in May of Kurz's coalition with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after a video sting scandal that forced FPO Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache to step down.
As predicted by opinion polls for months, Kurz's People's Party (OVP) came a comfortable first, with 37.2% of the vote, according to a projection by pollster SORA for national broadcaster ORF published soon after voting ended.
The Social Democrats came second with 22.0%, well ahead of the FPO on 16.0% and the resurgent Greens on 14.3%, the projection showed. It has a margin of error of 1.8 percentage points. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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