Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz declared victory on Sunday in the race to become the country’s chancellor, Haaretz reports.
Kurz, the leader of the center-right People's Party (OVP) defeated the Social Democratic Party (SPO), which was the largest in the Austrian parliament before Sunday evening. According to the election night’s final projects, SPO, headed by Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern, came in second with 26.9 percent of the votes, while the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) received 26 percent of the votes, making it the third-largest party in parliament.