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| Austria’s far-right, anti-immigrant party has come out comfortably on top in Austria's presidential vote. | |
| Early results released by the country's election authorities appear to show the candidate of the right-wing Freedom Party taking 35 per cent of the vote, leaving his two establishment rivals with not much more than 10 per cent each. | |
| Norbert Hofer has run on a pro-gun manifesto, carrying his Glock pistol with him on the campaign trail and declaring that the public arming themselves is a logical reaction to the influx of refugees as part of the pan-European crisis. | |
| The initial results showed great voter dissatisfaction with Austria’s main political parties, and came as part of a wider trend of anti-establishment lurches across the continent. | |
| Opinion polling prior to Sunday’s vote had put Alexander Van der Bellen, a radical environmentalist and himself the son of refugees, marginally ahead of Mr Hofer. | |
| He and fellow independent Irmgard Griss took around 20 per cent each, according to the early results. | |
| One of those two is expected to face Mr Hofer in a run-off on 22 May. The results of that election are expected to be much closer, with moderate voters rallying around the remaining candidate. | |
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