**The Austrian President, Heinz Fischer, has won a second six-year term in office in a landslide election.**The veteran Social Democrat politician gained almost 79% of votes cast for the largely ceremonial post, according to preliminary official results.
The controversial far-right candidate Barbara Rosenkranz won 15% of the vote while Rudolf Gehring of the small Christian Party was third with 5.44%.
Turn-out was low by Austrian standards at just under 49%.
That figure was expected to rise slightly once postal votes were counted.
Mrs Rozenkranz, who is married to a man who was a member of a banned far right-wing party, was never expected to win this election.
But many Austrians were outraged at her nomination. In the past, she has criticised Austria’s anti-Nazi laws, saying they go against the freedom of speech.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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