Forecasts converted more than 90 percent. votes. Draw in the race for president of Austria – BBC

Forecasts post-election institute opinion Sora, relied on by the Austrian television ORF, that it is too early to talk the victory of any candidate in the election. The margin of error is 1.6 percentage points.

Earlier polls exit polls suggested a first success Hofer, then Van der Bellen.

The first round of voting on April 24 won with a score of 35.05 percent. Votes Norbert Hofer. He went before the second round along with derived from the Green Party Alexander Van der Bellen, who won 21.34 percent. votes.

On the other hand, candidates forming the current “grand coalition” government of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (Speu) and the Austrian People’s Party (OeVP) received a total of only 22.4 percent. votes.

High attendance

In the first round voted 68.5 per cent. authorized, while the re-election of the current president Heinz Fischer in 2010 occurred in the first round with a turnout of only 53.6 percent. Second round of presidential elections was not in Austria since 1992.

The main reasons for the success of Hofer is considered dissatisfaction with the work of the current government and the decline of political credibility “grand coalition”, which does not present convincing ideas for solving the two most severe problems currently Austria – a record high unemployment and the migration crisis.

The resignation of Chancellor

The result of the first round decided the fate of directing the government over seven years Social Democratic Chancellor Werner Faymann, who on May 9 resigned, which justified the absence of unequivocal support in their own grouping . – Hofer did not even being president – commented the Chancellor’s resignation FPOe spokesman. Opinions about the inevitability of early parliamentary elections in Austria are getting louder.

FPOe long been far ahead in the polls other parties, enjoying the support of 34 percent currently. electorate.

If – as widely expected – 45-year-old Hofer, Aviation mechanic by profession beat his rival, 72-year-old retired university professor of economics Van der Bellen, will be the youngest president in the history of the Republic of Austria.

Hofer, currently the second deputy chairman of the National Council, the First Chamber of the Austrian Parliament, is one of the main ideologues of the FPOe. He is also the party spokesperson disabled as a victim suffered an accident in 2003 on a paraglider, a consequent continuing today difficulty walking and the need to use from time to time cane.

against the EU

In a referendum in 1994, Hofer voted against the entrance of Austria to the European Union and as the leader of the FPOe, Heinz-Christian Strache in favor of Europe as a community homelands. He says that the president does not zaprzysiągłby minister wearing a headscarf which is considered a symbol of humiliation of women.

The former leader of the Austrian Green Van der Bellen officially applied for president as an independent candidate. The first round started with the opinion of the favorite and overtake him by Hofer nearly 14 percentage points was a big surprise. Both participants of the second round are divided primarily views on the future of European integration.

In response to the declaration Van der Bellen that block the formation of any government, in which the chancellor would Strache, Hofer publicly called his rival “green fascist dictator.”