Austrian president wins re-election with wide majority

Final poll results showed incumbent President Heinz Fischer as the winner in Austrian presidential elections on the 25 April 2010. The Social Democrat's victory is not a surprise, but the elections were seen as a gauge of the far-right's popularity.

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