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Austria's far-right Freedom Party eyes unprecedented election win

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Austria 's far-right opposition Freedom Party ( FPÖ ) could top the polls for the first time.

It narrowly leads the ruling conservatives in the opinion polls, and the opposition Social Democrats are in third place.

No party is expected to win enough seats for an outright majority, and building a coalition is likely to be difficult.

Some 6.3 million Austrians aged 16 or over will be able to vote in Sunday 's election.

Another 1.5 million long-term residents will not have the right, because of Austria ’s restrictive citizenship laws.

Across the country that means almost one in five is excluded.

In Vienna the proportion is as high as one in three .

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