Austrian president secures re-election with clear win, avoiding runoff

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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen secured a second six-year term in office on Sunday by winning a clear majority of votes in an election to avoid a runoff, according to projections based on a partial vote count.

The 78-year-old former leader of the Greens has garnered broad popularity by projecting calm during times of national crisis, including the collapse of the government in 2019 and the resignation of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz a year ago over corruption allegations that Kurz denies. read more

A projection by pollster SORA for national broadcaster ORF, based on a partial count of 83% of votes cast on Sunday, put Van der Bellen on 56.2% with a margin of error of 1.4 percentage points. His nearest rival was the Freedom Party’s Walter Rosenkranz on 17.8%. Election night projections in Austria, issued after voting ends and based on the count from the polling stations that close earlier in the day, have proved reliable in the past. The last polling stations to close include those in the cities of Vienna and Innsbruck.

 

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