The battle for the highest office of the state was fought in one fell swoop: Alexander Van der Bellen was re-elected without a second round. It was an exceptional election – a new selection record was set with seven candidates. krone.at reviews election Sunday in photos.
As a candidate, the best way to start Election Day is to have cameras with you while you vote. This way, one or the other supporter can still be motivated to go to the polls. The youngest candidate, Dominik Wlazny, made no secret of who got his vote. “Although there is a secret ballot in Austria, I voted for myself. I dare to say that openly”, explains im Wien-Simmering.
At the election ceremony that followed, two candidates naturally had a lot to celebrate: except for Van der Bellen and Wlazny, the other candidates didn’t seem too happy with the result.
No second lap needed, exciting race for 3rd place
The incumbent Van der Bellen obtained a clear absolute majority, making a second round in four weeks obsolete. Second place went to the PVV candidate, Walter Rosenkranz. There is an exciting race for third place: in the ballot box on election night, lawyer Tassilo Wallentin was 8.4 percent ahead of Bierpartie boss Dominik Wlazny with 8.2 percent, where the estimated more than 820,000 voters per post a change in the ranking.
According to the preliminary results, the turnout was 52.5 percent of eligible voters. According to the forecasts, this should ultimately amount to 65.9 (ARGE and SORA) (1st voting round 2016: 68.5 percent).
Source: Krone
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