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Norbert Hofer of Freedom Party won 36.7% of vote followed by Alexander van der Bellen backed by Greens on 19.7%
Candidates from Austria's two mainstream governing parties have failed to even make it into a run-off next month
It comes as police and protesters clashed during rally against plans re-introduction border controls at Brenner Pass
Austria's far right is on the verge of taking the country's presidency after winning more than a third of the vote in elections on Sunday.
The Freedom Party will face an independent in next month's run-off after dumping out the nation's two main parties for the first ever time.
Their success follows a campaign that focused on the impact of the migrant crisis, which has seen around 100,000 asylum seekers arrive in Austria since last summer.
Norbert Hofer, who ran on an anti-immigrant and anti-Europe platform, won 36.4 per cent of the vote to become head of state.
He will face Alexander van der Bellen, a former Green Party figurehead, who won 20.4 per cent, according to official preliminary results.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555916/Mainstream-hopefuls-lag-Austrians-vote-new-president.html#ixzz46pNBxesc
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Candidates from Austria's two mainstream governing parties have failed to even make it into a run-off next month
It comes as police and protesters clashed during rally against plans re-introduction border controls at Brenner Pass
Austria's far right is on the verge of taking the country's presidency after winning more than a third of the vote in elections on Sunday.
The Freedom Party will face an independent in next month's run-off after dumping out the nation's two main parties for the first ever time.
Their success follows a campaign that focused on the impact of the migrant crisis, which has seen around 100,000 asylum seekers arrive in Austria since last summer.
Norbert Hofer, who ran on an anti-immigrant and anti-Europe platform, won 36.4 per cent of the vote to become head of state.
He will face Alexander van der Bellen, a former Green Party figurehead, who won 20.4 per cent, according to official preliminary results.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555916/Mainstream-hopefuls-lag-Austrians-vote-new-president.html#ixzz46pNBxesc
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