The Alliance increased its election result from 42.4% in 2004 for Haider, who was then part of the radical right Freedom Party, to 45.6% in 2009. The Social Democratic Party experienced a 10% plunge to 28.6% of the vote in Carinthia, and absorbed heavy voter losses in the Salzburg election. The far-right xenophobic Freedom Party secured 13% of the vote in Salzburg, boasting a 4.3% increase. The Freedom Party and the Alliance for Austria’s Future amassed nearly 30% of the vote during the national Austrian election in 2008. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103146389&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
