After the 2017 election, the anti-Islamization right wing People’s Party led by Sebastian Kurz formed a coalition with the extreme right wing Freedom Party. But after a scandal involving Freedom Party party chief Heinz-Christian Strache, it was decided to hold a snap election tomorrow.

But what can be expected from the snap election on Sunday (29 September)?

Various opinion polls suggest that Sebastian Kurz’s centre-right People’s Party (OVP) will comfortably win the election again, with 34 percent of the vote. For his voters, the Strache incident apparently had no negative effects on the ex-chancellor’s credibility.

Although Kurz won the election on a hardline anti-Muslim migration platform in 2017, this time, he introduced the topic of “identity”, defending what he called a society based on the “Judaeo-Christian identity” and on Austrian customs and traditions, which is particularly appealing to voters in more rural areas.

Hence, it is clear that Kurz is set to return to power. But with whom?

The main question is whom he will govern with, since he needs a coalition partner in order to secure a majority in the Austrian parliament. Hopefully, he will re-enter into a coalition with the Freedom Party. Agreeing on another coalition with the far-right could be easy since the two parties share many policy goals, from taxation to migration.

Despite the startling corruption scandal, the FPO is projected to win around 20 percent of the vote, proving that they have a core support base of voters who stick to them no matter what.

Read more: EU Observer