Yay! That was close. Far right candidate narrowly defeated in Austria

[cali]

Independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen has narrowly beaten far-right candidate Norbert Hofer to become Austria's next president in a tightly fought contest decided by mail-in votes.

His victory Monday prevented Hofer, of Austria's Freedom Party, from becoming the European Union's first far-right head of state.
Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka announced the results Monday in Vienna, revealing that Van der Bellen had won 50.3% of the ballot (2,254,484 votes) to Hofer's 49.7% (2,223,458 votes).

Van der Bellen, a 72-year-old economist, ran as an independent, although the Green Party, of which he was a former leader, financially backed his campaign.

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/europe/austria-presidential-election/