Austrian Social Democrat poll suggests late boost - source, newspaper

Social Democrats (SPOe) top candidate Christian Kern attends his party's final election campaign rally in Vienna, Austria, October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

VIENNA (Reuters) - A new poll by Austria's Social Democrats (SPO) suggests they may be poised for a boost at parliamentary elections on Sunday after having been relegated to third place behind the conservatives and the far right in opinion polls for months.

An SPO source and a report by newspaper Kurier said on Friday the Social Democrats have come within less than a handful of percentage points of the conservatives, who have been leading polls for months at around a third of the vote.