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Initial polling projects Van der Bellen securing second term as Austrian President

Initial polling projections issued after voting closed showed Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen securing a second six-year term in office by obtaining more than 50 percent of the vote in an election on Sunday to avoid a runoff.

Incumbent President seeks reelection as Austrians head to polls

Sunday is election day for Austrians and the odds are that incumbent President Alexander Van der Bellen will retain the presidential armchair to…

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A projection by pollster SORA for national broadcaster ORF put Van der Bellen, a 78-year-old former leader of the Greens, on 54.6 percent with a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points based on a partial vote count . His nearest rival was Freedom Party candidate Walter Rosenkranz on 18.9 percent.

Partial poll results of the elections can be expected on Sunday around 8 pm. Official results will be announced on Monday, following the counting of the postal votes, of which about 820,000 were mailed in.

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