Austrian far-right candidate well ahead in 1st round of presidential vote

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The anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO) made huge gains in the first round of the Austria’s presidential vote, leaving the traditionally powerful centrist coalition parties in the dust and out of the race.

Norbert Hofer of the far-right FPO won around 36 percent of the vote, followed by the Green Party’s Alexander Van der Bellen with some 20 percent, and independent candidate Irmgard Griss with just over 18 percent, local media reported on Sunday.

Rudolf Hundstorfer from the Social Democrats (SPO) and Andreas Khol from the People’s Party (OVP) came in fourth and fifth, respectively, each garnering around 10 percent of the vote …. https://www.rt.com

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