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Result Of Austria’s Presidential Election Due To Be Announced Later

The result of Austria's presidential election – which is due to be announced later – could see the European Union's first far-right head of state voted in.

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One projection says the race between right-wing Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer and former Greens leader Alexander van der Bellen is too close to call.

Support for Mr Hofer's nationalist, Eurosceptic and anti-immigration party has been boosted by the migration crisis.

But the leader insists he's not fascist or racist – just a man who puts Austrians first.

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