Austrian president secures re-election with clear win, avoiding runoff

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen secured a second six-year term in office by winning a clear majority of votes in an election to avoid a runoff, according to projections

by projecting calm during times of national crisis, including the collapse of the government in 2019 and the resignation of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz a year ago over corruption allegations that Kurz denies.

With 95% of the votes cast in polling stations counted, a projection by pollster SORA for ORF based on that count put Van der Bellen on 56.1% with a margin of error of 1.1 percentage points. His nearest rival was the FPO's Walter Rosenkranz on 17.9%.

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