Austria takes turn to the right with 31-year-old poised to lead new government

The centre-right party headed by foreign minister Sebastian Kurz has won Austria's national election, putting the 31-year old on track to become Europe's youngest leader, the country's interior ministry said.

Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said Mr Kurz's People's Party received 31.4% of Sunday's vote, a gain of more than seven percentage points from the 2013 election with counting nearly complete.