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Austria election: Far right 'top' in presidential vote | |
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Austria's far-right Freedom Party candidate has come top in the first round of presidential elections, projections show. | |
Norbert Hofer has about 36% of the votes - not enough to avoid a run-off in May, public broadcaster ORF says. | |
Independent candidates Alexander Van der Bellen and Irmegard Griss are fighting for second place. | |
For the first time since World War Two, the candidates from Austria's two main parties did not make it to the run-off. | |
Rudolf Hundstorfer from the Social Democrats and the People's Party Andreas Khol both have about 11% of the vote. | |
The parties have governed Austria for decades - either alone or in coalition. | |
If no candidate secures a majority of the votes in the first round, the run-off will be held on 22 May. | |
The Austrian presidency is a largely ceremonial post. |