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Austrian presidential election 2016 (second round) 22nd May 2016 Live Updates news key candidates,Austrian Election Results Live Updates 2016 schedule dates opinion poll candidates Austrian polls, austrian presidential elections, austria elections 2016, Federal Elections austria, far right results, Austrian presidential election polls first second round

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Austrian presidential election 2016 (second round) 22nd May 2016 Live Updates news key candidates,Austrian Election Results Live Updates 2016 schedule dates opinion poll candidates Austrian polls, austrian presidential elections, austria elections 2016, Federal Elections austria, far right results, Austrian presidential election polls first second round

Electoral System

The President of Austria is directly elected by universal adult suffrage once in every six years. The election is held under a two-round system; if no candidate receives more than 50% of votes cast in the first round, then a second ballot occurs which only those two candidates who received the greatest number of votes in the first round may stand.

Current Latest Election Results updates

  1. As per the Opinion Polls Trump of Austria Norbert Hofer has a strong support due to his Anti Immigrants stand and could be a probable winner and president of Austria.
  2. Second Round of Elections to be held on 22nd May 2016 between 1st and 2nd candidates of round 1 i.e between Norbert Hofer and Alexander Van Der Bellen and the one who receives more than 50 % votes would be the winner.
  3. In the First Round Norbert Hofer of the Freedom party(FPO) came a clear first with 36% of the vote in the first round of elections
  4. The 72-year-old independent backed by the Greens, Alexander Van Der Bellen, came in second with 21 per cent.

The constitution grants the president the power to appoint the head of the federal cabinet and, by extension, federal cabinet ministers, Supreme Court justices, military officers, and most major bureaucrats. The president may dissolve the National Council. In practice, however, the president acts, for the most part, as a ceremonial figurehead.


Candidates

Freedom Party of Austria (FPO)

Norbert Hofer, who serves as the Third President of the National Council, had been considered the most likely FPÖ candidate

Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP)former first president of the National Council Andreas Khol was announced as the ÖVP’s candidate.

The Greens – The Green AlternativeFormer Greens party leader Alexander Van der Bellen is being supported by Greens

Voter Statistics


According to the federal election commission, 6,382,507 Austrian citizens aged 16 or over are eligible to vote in the presidential election. Compared with the 2010 presidential election, the number of eligible voters increased by 26,707 – or 0.4% . There are 3,301,628 women and 3,080,879 men eligible to vote. 42,830 Austrians living abroad are also included in these numbers as being eligible to vote. 641,975 absentee ballots were issued, up from 373.902 in 2010.

Eligible voters by state: Burgenland: 232,028 Carinthia: 440,435 Lower Austria: 1,283,676 Upper Austria: 1,099,420 Salzburg: 393,583 Styria: 969,487 Tyrol: 540,132 Vorarlberg: 269,940 Vienna: 1,153,806

Opinion Polls


Austrian presidential election, 2016 Second round Opinion Poll by Gallup/Österreich
Norbert Hofer (FPO) 53
Alexander Van der Bellen (Greens) 47
Sample size 600


Here’s the Summary of the 1st Round of 2016 Austrian presidential election results

Chart of first-round vote
Candidates (nominating parties) 1st round (official results) 2nd round (22nd May)
Votes % Votes %
Norbert Hofer (Freedom Party of Austria) 14,99,971 35.1  
Alexander Van der Bellen (The Greens – nominallyindependent) 9,13,218 21.3
Irmgard Griss (independent) 8,10,641 18.9
Rudolf Hundstorfer (Social Democratic Party of Austria) 4,82,790 11.3
Andreas Khol (Austrian People’s Party) 4,75,767 11.1
Richard Lugner (independent) 96,783 2.3
Valid votes 42,79,170 100   100  
Invalid votes 92,655 2.1  
Total votes 43,71,825 68.5
Eligible voters 63,82,507  

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