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Friday, October 1, 1999 | return to: international
Far-right Freedom Party expects big gains in Austria’s elections
by VIENNA (JTA) -- A far-right political party with a xenophobic platform is poised to make big gains in Sunday's general elections, Once a pariah in national politics, the Freedom Party, led by 49-year-old populist firebrand Jorg Haider, received 27.5 percent
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That would put it well behind Chancellor Viktor Klima's Social Democratic Party, which is projected to win 35 to 38 percent of the vote -- but well ahead of the conservative Peoples Party, with 23 to 24 percent.
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