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Austria: Austrian Victor Rejects Far-Right, BBC News (2006)

The surprise winner of Austria's election is considering how to form a governing coalition, but says he has ruled out allying with the far-right.

Austria: Socialists Win Surprise Victory in Austria Election, Deutsche Welle (2006)

Austria's Social Democrats scored a narrow upset victory over the ruling conservatives in a national election on Sunday that also brought a surge of rightist parties demanding a crackdown on immigrants.

Austria: Social Democrats Win in Austria, The Guardian (2006)

Austria's Social Democrats last night celebrated an unexpected, if narrow, general election victory, evicting the Christian Democrat chancellor, Wolfgang Schüssel, from office after six years in power.

Austria: OSCE to monitor presidential election, Austrian Independent (2010)

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will send election observers to Austria for the first time since World War II to monitor next month’s presidential elections. The team would stay in Austria until around one week after the election set to be held on 25 April.

Austria: Experts fear low participation in presidential election, Austrian Times (2010)

Political scientists have warned of record-low turnout in the presidential election taking place later this month, that up to 50 per cent of those eligible to vote on 25 April could stay at home.

Austria: Political scientist slams 'invalid voting' appeals, Austrian Times (2010)

Political scientist Ferdinand Karlhofer said in a TV interview on 12 April, that appeals to vote invalid at the 25 April presidential elections would not indicate democratic maturity.

Austria: Fischer 'satisfied' with first term as election nears, Austrian Times (2010)

President Heinz Fischer said he was "satisfied" with his first term in office as Austrians head to the polling booths next Sunday (25 April). Fischer is up against the Freedom Party’s (FPÖ) Barbara Rosenkranz and Rudolf Gehring, head of the non-parliament Christians Party (CPÖ) in the upcoming election. He took office in 2004 and decided last year to run for a second term.

Austria: 'Jelly politics' attack as Kogler named Styrian Greens front runner. Austrian Times (2010)

Greens Graz Vice Mayor Lisa Rücker claimed the big two parties would make "wobbly jelly politics" as her party named Werner Kogler front runner for autumn’s provincial election.

Austrian President on Way to Landslide Victory, New York Times (2010)

President Heinz Fischer of Austria appeared to be heading for a landslide victory in his bid for a second term on Sunday, winning nearly 80 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results that were not expected to change.

Austria: Use of electronic voting and upholding existing election standards focus of OSCE expert meeting, APA.az (2010)

This article reports on the expert meeting on the use of electronic voting in OSCE participating States started in Vienna yesterday. The meeting brings together officials from national election authorities, international experts and civil society representatives. The main discussion topic will be the problems associated with the use of electronic voting machines and the introduction of new technological solutions.

Austria’s far-right gains in elections, The Financial Times (2010)

This article reports on the rise of the far-right Freedom Party in Austria. The recent municipal elections in Vienna show that the party is gaining popularity: the incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) won 44.2% (losing the absolute majority), while the FPÖ won 27.2% of the votes. Vienna used to be a SPÖ stronghold, and many expert believe that this is an anticipation of the next federal elections.