Ex leader of the Greens, Alexander Van Der Bellen has won the Austrian presidential elections.
He gained more than 7.6 percent of the votes than his opponent, Norbert Hofer.
Green backed Van der Bellen and far right Freedom Party candidate Hofer were in the contest for Austrian presidential elections.
Alexander Van Der Bellen was declared the winner with 60.4 percent of the ballots as against 39.5 percent received by his rival.
Austrian Election Commission finished counting the votes and confirmed Alexander Van Der Bellen’s victory.
A total of 2,472,892 people (53.8 percent) voted for Van der Bellen, while 2,124,661 person (46.2 percent) voted for Hofer.
Austria- Officially the Republic of Austria.
- Federal republic and landlocked country.
- Population: 8.7 million
- Location: Central Europe
- Territory: 83,879 square kilometres
- Highest point: 3798m
- Languages: Austrian German, Bavarian dialects of German.
