Austrians re-elect country’s current President Alexander Van der Bellen for a second term with over 50 percent of votes, projections suggest
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen speaks after securing a second six-year term in office, according to projections based on a partial vote count, at his election party on the day of the presidential election, in Vienna, Austria, October 9, 2022.
"It would be nice if we had clarity today," the economics professor said after casting his ballot in central Vienna earlier on Sunday. Some 6.4 million people were eligible to cast their ballots from the European Union country's total population of nine million.Van der Bellen will be Austria's oldest head of state to be sworn in if he wins.
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