Earlier this year, Austria called a snap election to reduce conflict within its governing parties. Now the Oct. 15 vote is fast approaching. According to the final poll before the elections, published by Research Affairs/Osterreich on Oct. 5, the center-right Austrian People's Party (OVP) is preferred by 34 percent of polled voters, followed by the right-wing Freedom Party (FPO) with 27 percent and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPO) with 22 percent. There are three additional parties that are likely to enter the legislature, based on Austrian rules that political parties can enter parliament if they earn at least 4 percent of the vote. However, the New Austria and Liberal Forum (with the support of 6 percent of poll voters), the Greens (with 5 percent) and Peter Pilz's List (with 4 percent), are probably not going to play a significant role in the negotiations to form a coalition.