Van der Bellen beat Hofer of the anti-immigrant, populist Freedom Party with 50.3 per cent to 49.7 per cent -- "a difference of 31,026 votes," Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said during an official announcement in Vienna.
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First Published: May 23 2016 | 8:43 PM IST