France, Sept. 29 -- Austria's far right topped Sunday's national elections, marking a historic victory by beating the ruling conservatives in the Alpine EU nation.

While the Freedom Party (FPOe) has been in government several times, this is the first time it has won a national vote.

But even with the victory, it is not certain it will be able to form a government.

In line with far-right parties elsewhere in Europe, the FPOe has seen its popularity surge, fed by voter anger over migration, inflation and Covid restrictions.

The FPOe stood at 29.1 percent of votes, against 26.3 percent for the conservative People's Party (OeVP), according to projections based on more than 60 percent of the votes counted.

FPOe leader Herbert Kickl, who t...