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{{Infobox election
| country = Austria
| flag_year = state
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 2010 Austrian presidential election
| previous_year = 2010
| election_date = 24 April 2016 (first round)<br />22 May 2016 (second round, annulled)<br />{{nowrap|1=4 December 2016 (second round, re-run)}}
| next_election = 2022 Austrian presidential election
| next_year = 2022
| turnout =
| image1 = Alexander Van der Bellen 2016.jpg
| candidate1 = '''[[Alexander Van der Bellen]]'''
| party1 = [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[The Greens – The Green Alternative|Greens]])
| color1 = 88B626
| popular_vote1 = '''2,472,892'''
| percentage1 = '''53.79%'''
| map = {{Switcher
| [[File:2016 Austrian presidential election, round 2.svg|300px]]
| Second round
| [[File:2016 Austrian presidential election, round 1.svg|300px]]
| First round
}}
| title = President
| before_election = [[Heinz Fischer]]
| before_party = Independent
| after_election = [[Alexander Van der Bellen]]
| after_party = Independent ([[The Greens – The Green Alternative|Greens]])
| image2 = Norbert Hofer.jpg
| candidate2 = [[Norbert Hofer]]
| party2 = Freedom Party of Austria
| popular_vote2 = 2,124,661
| percentage2 = 46.21%
}}{{Politics of Austria}}

Presidential elections were held in [[Austria]] on 24 April 2016, with a [[Two-round system|second round]] run-off on 22 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000028904548/Termin-fuer-Wahl-des-Bundespraesidenten-naechste-Woche-fix |title=Wahltermin wird nächste Woche fixiert – Bundespräsident – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> However, the results of the second round were annulled and a re-vote took place on 4 December 2016.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="postpone">Klatzer, Jürgen, Daniela Wahl and Peter Temel, [https://kurier.at/politik/inland/hofburg-wahl-entscheidung-ueber-wahlverschiebung/220.731.631 "Hofburg-Wahl: Stichwahl auf 4.12. verschoben, Jungwähler kommen in Wählerregister" (in German)], ''kurier.at'', 12 September 2016.</ref>

Incumbent President [[Heinz Fischer]] had served two terms and was not eligible to be elected for a third successive term. In the first round of the election, [[Norbert Hofer]] of the [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ) historically received the most votes. [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], a member of the [[The Greens – The Green Alternative|Austrian Greens]] contesting as an independent, placed second, also a historic success for a member of the Greens. The candidates of the two governing parties, the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic]] and [[Austrian People's Party|Austrian People's]] parties, placed fourth and fifth respectively, behind independent [[Irmgard Griss]] in third place, which led to a government crisis and the resignation of Chancellor [[Werner Faymann]]. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, Hofer and Van der Bellen went head-to-head in the second round in May. This was the first time since the [[Second World War]] that an Austrian president had not been backed by either the People's or the Social Democratic party.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/austrian-far-right-wins-first-round-presidential-election-norbert-hofer|title=Austrian far-right party wins first round of presidential election|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 April 2016|access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref> During the run-off, Van der Bellen defeated Hofer on 23 May 2016 after the postal ballots had been counted.<ref>{{cite web|title=Austria far-right 'narrowly loses poll, electing Van der Bellen president'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36362505|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>

On 1 July, the results of the second round of voting were annulled after the results in 20 of the 117 administrative districts were challenged, and the [[Constitutional Court of Austria]] found that Austrian electoral law had been disregarded in 14 of them. The Court found that over 77,900 absentee votes were improperly counted too early, however without any indication of votes having been fraudulently manipulated.<ref name=over>{{cite news|last1=Oltermann|first1=Philip|title=Austrian presidential election result overturned and must be held again|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/austrian-presidential-election-result-overturned-and-must-be-held-again-hofer-van-der-bellen|access-date=1 July 2016|work=The Guardian|date=1 July 2016}}</ref> The second round re-vote was planned on 2 October, but was postponed to 4 December 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/austria-presidential-election-rerun-to-be-postponed-faulty-glue-ballot-papers|title=Austrian presidential election to be postponed due to faulty glue|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |language=en-GB|access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="postpone"/>

Van der Bellen ultimately won the second round re-vote with 53.8% of the vote and a voter turnout of 74.2%.<ref name=":1">''[http://wahl16.bmi.gv.at/ Österreich, vorläufiges Endergebnis inklusive Briefwahlstimmen.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523155755/http://wahl16.bmi.gv.at/ |date=23 May 2016 }} ''Bundesministerium für'' Inneres'' (in German). Retrieved 10 December 2016.</ref> Hofer conceded the race to Van der Bellen when the result had become apparent shortly after polls closed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/04/far-right-party-concedes-defeat-in-austrian-presidential-election|title=Far-right candidate concedes defeat in Austrian election|last=Oltermann|first=Philip|date=4 December 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> Van der Bellen was sworn in as the twelfth president of Austria on 26 January 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dw.com/en/van-der-bellen-takes-office-as-austrian-president/a-37282299|title=Van der Bellen takes office as Austrian president|newspaper=Deutsche Wells|access-date=7 Feb 2017}}</ref>

== Electoral system ==
The [[President of Austria]] is directly elected by universal adult suffrage once every six years. The election is held under a [[two-round system]]; if no candidate receives more than 50% of votes cast in the first round, then a second ballot occurs in which only those two candidates who received the greatest number of votes in the first round may stand. The [[Constitution of Austria|constitution]] grants the president the power to appoint the [[Chancellor of Austria|Chancellor]] and, by extension, federal cabinet ministers, Supreme Court justices, military officers, and most major bureaucrats. The president may dissolve the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]]. In practice, however, the president acts as a [[figurehead]].

==Candidates==
===Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)===
The most likely candidate of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party]] was considered to be Labour Minister [[Rudolf Hundstorfer]], though President of the National Council [[Doris Bures]], former Chancellor [[Franz Vranitzky]] and former undersecretary for EU affairs {{Interlanguage link multi|Brigitte Ederer|de}} were also mentioned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Duell-um-die-Hofburg/218771863 |title=Duell um die Hofburg |website=Oe24.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/politik/inland/das-jahr-2016-bringt-neues-spitzenpersonal/172.518.058 |title=Das Jahr 2016 bringt neues Spitzenpersonal |website=Kurier.At |date=1 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> On 15 January 2016, Hundstorfer was officially announced as the SPÖ's candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000029105205/SPOe-gibt-Praesidentschaftskandidaten-bekannt |title=SPÖ-Kandidat Hundstorfer betont nötigen Zusammenhalt in Flüchtlingsfrage – Bundespräsident – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

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[[File:Logo SPÖ.svg|50px|center|link=Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party of Austria]]
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! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#ce000c ; width:200px;"| [[Rudolf Hundstorfer|{{color|white|Rudolf Hundstorfer}}]]
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| [[File:Rudolf hundstorfer spoe 2016 1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|center|200x200px]]
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| [[Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection|Minister of Social Affairs]]<br />{{small|(2008–2016)}}
|}

===Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)===
Justice Minister [[Wolfgang Brandstetter]] declined to stand on 26 December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.at/a/brandstetter-bundespraesident-wahl-keine-kandidatur |title=Brandstetter tritt nicht an • |website=News.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> On 7 January 2016, ÖVP leader [[Reinhold Mitterlehner]] announced that [[Erwin Pröll]], the ''[[Landeshauptmann]]'' of Lower Austria, would not be running.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000028654762/Erwin-Proell-tritt-nicht-zur-Praesidentenwahl-2016-an |title=Pröll: "Man muss wissen, wo man hingehört" – Bundespräsident – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |date=8 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Josef Pühringer]], ''Landeshauptmann'' of Upper Austria declined to stand on 8 January 2016,{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--> as did former European Commissioner [[Franz Fischler]] and Member of the European Parliament [[Othmar Karas]]. President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber [[Christoph Leitl]] only said he would not comment before the announcement by the party leadership on 10 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4900219/Wer-wird-OVPKandidat-Wurde-nicht-angerufen |title=Wer wird ÖVP-Kandidat? "Wurde nicht angerufen" " |publisher=Diepresse.com |date=30 October 2015 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Controversial former chancellor [[Wolfgang Schüssel]] was briefly considered as a candidate, but he also declined.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/politik/inland/hofburg-wahl-auch-schuessel-wurde-als-oevp-kandidat-angefragt/175.257.568 |title=Hofburg-Wahl: Auch Schüssel wurde als ÖVP-Kandidat angefragt |website=Kurier.At |date=16 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Other names mentioned were former Science Minister and university professor {{Interlanguage link multi|Karlheinz Töchterle|de}}, former Foreign Minister [[Ursula Plassnik]] and former Raiffeisen Zentralbank manager {{Interlanguage link multi|Christian Konrad|de}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000028672230/Die-moeglichen-Kandidaten-fuer-die-Praesidentenwahl |title=Präsidentenwahl: Berichte über Kandidatur von Khol – ÖVP – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |date=8 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2317888/2317889/ |title=Spekulationen über Kandidatur von Khol – news.ORF.at |website=Orf.at |date=8 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Rainer Nowak|author2=Thomas Prior|author3=Hedi Schneid |url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4900484/Hofburg_Khol-als-Plan-B-nach-ProllAbsage |title=Hofburg: Khol als Plan B nach Pröll-Absage « |publisher=Diepresse.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> On 10 January 2016, former first president of the National Council [[Andreas Khol]] was announced as the ÖVP's candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000028780586/OeVP-Kandidat-Khol-als-Ansage-in-Richtung-FPOe-Waehler |title=Khol ist ÖVP-Kandidat – Bundespräsident – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

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[[File:ÖVP Logo.svg|50px|center|link=Austrian People's Party|Austrian People's Party]]
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! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:black ; width:200px;"| [[Andreas Khol|{{color|white|Andreas Khol}}]]
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| [[File:Andreas Khol September 2006 (cropped).jpg|center|200x200px]]
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| [[President of the National Council (Austria)|President of the National Council]]<br />{{small|(2002–2006)}}
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===Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)===
[[Norbert Hofer]], who serves as the [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Austria|Third President of the National Council]], had been considered the most likely [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ) candidate. On 28 December 2015 he said that he considered himself too young for the office and that he would prefer his party to pick someone else as its candidate.<ref>[https://neuwal.com/2015/12/28/norbert-hofer-im-zib2-gespraech-zum-jahreswechsel-transkript/ Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) im #zib2 Gespräch zum Jahreswechsel #transkript] Neuwal, 28 December 2015.</ref> Other possible candidates included President of the Austrian Court of Audit Josef Moser, former Mayor of Vienna's 1st district [[Ursula Stenzel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/s/politik/innenpolitik/4901018/FPOEntscheidung-fur-HofburgKandidaten-noch-vollig-offen |title=FPÖ-Entscheidung für Hofburg-Kandidaten noch "völlig offen" > Kleine Zeitung |website=Kleinezeitung.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> ombudsman Peter Fichtenbauer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/politik/innenpolitik/Der-lange-Schatten-der-Hofburg-Wahl;art385,1938622 |title=Der lange Schatten der Hofburg-Wahl |website=Nachrichten.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> and possibly party leader [[Heinz-Christian Strache]] himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobil.derstandard.at/2000028792104/Schwarze-fuerchten-sich-vor-dem-blauen-Mann |title=Gerüchte über Strache-Kandidatur bei Präsidentenwahl – Bundespräsident – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Mobil.derstandard.at |date=4 March 2000 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> As of 11 January 2016, Fichtenbauer, Moser and Stenzel continued to be the most likely candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000028837158/Hofer-Strache-als-blauer-Hofburg-Kandidat-unwahrscheinlich |title=Hofer: Strache als blauer Hofburg-Kandidat "unwahrscheinlich" – Bundespräsident – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Strache announced on 13 January 2016 that he would not be running himself, and that it was still open whether the FPÖ would nominate anyone at all.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/politik/innenpolitik/Strache-will-nicht-Bundespraesident-werden;art385,2084039 |title=Strache will nicht Bundespräsident werden |website=Nachrichten.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> In mid-January, Vienna Vice-Mayor Johann Gudenus and former FPÖ leader and former Vice-Chancellor [[Norbert Steger]] were also mentioned as possible candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Gudenus-und-Stenzel-als-FPOe-Favoriten/220275335 |title=Gudenus und Stenzel als FPÖ-Favoriten |website=Oe24.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> On 19 January 2016, author and Middle East/migration pundit [[Karin Kneissl]] was mentioned as being recruited by the FPÖ to run,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heute.at/news/politik/art23660,1251207 |title="Anfrage von der FPÖ": Hofburg-Wahl: Nahost-Expertin Kneissl lehnt Angebot ab |website=Heute.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> which she quickly declined.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kkneissl.com/de |title=AKTUELLES – Deutsch |language=de|publisher=Kkneissl.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

On 20 January 2016, media reported that Gudenus had been internally selected as the FPÖ's candidate;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Hofburg-FPOe-setzt-voll-auf-Gudenus/220701618 |title=Hofburg: FPÖ setzt voll auf Gudenus |website=Oe24.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> on 26 January 2016, reports claimed Stenzel would be announced on 28 January 2016 as the FPÖ's candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trend.at/politik/stenzel-fpoe-kandidatin-bundespraesidentenwahl-6206905 |title=Stenzel als FPÖ-Kandidatin für Bundespräsidentenwahl praktisch fix |website=Trend.at |date=26 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Amid strong FPÖ-internal dissent, there were rumours the party leadership had been forced to reconsider, and that Hofer was now the most likely option, after all,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/politik/inland/nun-schlittert-auch-fpoe-in-hofburg-chaos-stenzel-durch-shitstorm-verhindert/177.512.736 |title=Basis-Aufstand gegen Straches Hofburg-Kandidatin Stenzel |website=Kurier.At |date=27 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> with Gudenus also still in play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tt.com/politik/11050726-91/blauer-spannungsbogen-entlang-der-hofburg-wahl.csp |title=Blauer Spannungsbogen entlang der Hofburg-Wahl &#124; Tiroler Tageszeitung Online – Nachrichten von jetzt! |publisher=Tt.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Commentators opined that the backtracking was a notable defeat for Strache.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/politik/inland/strache-verliert-schon-die-vorwahl-fuer-die-hofburg/177.644.586 |title=Strache verliert schon die Vorwahl für die Hofburg |website=Kurier.At |date=28 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Von Ulrike Weiser |author2=Thomas Prior |url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4913437/Praesidentenwahl-treibt-tiefen-Keil-in-die-FPO |title=Präsidentenwahl treibt tiefen Keil in die FPÖ  |publisher=Diepresse.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Hofer was announced as the FPÖ's candidate on 28 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000029915296/FPOe-praesentiert-um-11-Uhr-ihren-Hofburgkandidaten |title=Kein Fairnessabkommen mit Norbert Hofer – Bundespräsident – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

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[[File:FPO Political Logo.png|100px|center|link=Freedom Party of Austria|Freedom Party of Austria]]
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! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#0056A2 ; width:200px;"| [[Norbert Hofer|{{color|white|Norbert Hofer}}]]
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| [[File:Norbert Hofer.jpg|center|200x200px]]
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| [[Third President of the National Council (Austria)|Third President of the National Council]]<br />{{small|(2013–2017)}}
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===The Greens – The Green Alternative===
In early January 2016, it was announced that former [[The Greens – The Green Alternative|Greens]] party leader [[Alexander Van der Bellen]] would not be running as the official Greens' candidate, as that would have required a party convention decision; this was also framed as an attempt to put personality above party politics in the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2317681/ |title=Bundespräsident: Van der Bellen nicht grüner Parteikandidat – news.ORF.at |website=Orf.at |date=7 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Van der Bellen announced his candidacy on 8 January 2016 in a YouTube video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4900153/Van-der-Bellen-tritt-bei-BundespraesidentenWahl-an- |title=Bundespräsidenten-Wahl: Van der Bellen tritt an « |publisher=Diepresse.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum]] leader Strolz stated that they would consider giving him the same support as Griss, depending on the same kind of hearing she went through.<ref>{{cite web|author=Iris Bonavida |url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4900716/Neos_Grosse-Sympathien-fur-Van-der-Bellen |title=Neos: "Große Sympathien" für Van der Bellen « |publisher=Diepresse.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

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[[File:Logo Die Gruenen 2.svg|100px|center|link=The Greens – The Green Alternative|The Greens – The Green Alternative]]
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! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#88B626 ; width:200px;"| [[Alexander Van der Bellen|{{color|white|Alexander Van der Bellen}}]]
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| [[File:Alexander Van der Bellen 2016.jpg|center|200x200px]]
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| [[Spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party|Spokesperson of the Green Party]]<br />{{small|(1997–2008)}}
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===Other candidates===
Independent candidate [[Irmgard Griss]], a former [[Supreme Court of Justice (Austria)|Supreme Court of Justice]] judge and its president, declared her candidacy on 17 December 2015. She presented her candidacy to the [[Freedom Party of Austria]] and [[NEOS – The New Austria|NEOS]], but both declined to endorse her.<ref>[http://derstandard.at/2000027683882/Erste-Grossspende-fuer-Griss-Praesidentschaftskampagne 100.000 Euro: Erste Großspende für Griss' Kampagne] Der Standard, 18 December 2015 {{in lang|de}}</ref> NEOS said they would support Griss and any other independent candidates indirectly, and voiced their concerns over the strong partisan politicization of the presidential office and the election campaign.<ref>[http://www.vienna.at/neos-begruessen-griss-kandidatur-zur-bundespraesidentin-ausserordentlich/4555134 NEOS begrüßen Griss Kandidatur zur Bundespräsidentin “außerordentlich”] Vienna Online, 18 December 2015</ref> NEOS leader [[Matthias Strolz]] stated on 9 February 2016 that NEOS might also support Van der Bellen, voicing his preference for a run-off election between Griss and Van der Bellen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/politik/innenpolitik/Neos-wollen-Griss-und-Van-der-Bellen-unterstuetzen;art385,2118162 |title=Neos wollen Griss und Van der Bellen unterstützen |website=Nachrichten.at |date=2 January 2015 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

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File:Irmgard Griss (cropped).jpg|Former [[List of presidents of the Supreme Court of Justice (Austria)|President of the Supreme Court]] '''[[Irmgard Griss]]''', Independent 
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[[Richard Lugner]], society figure, businessman and candidate for president in [[1998 Austrian presidential election|1998]], was reported to be considering running again,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2316164/2316163/ |title=Politjahr im Zeichen der Hofburg-Wahl – news.ORF.at |website=Orf.at |date=2 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> and stated on 8 February 2016 that he would very likely be running.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20160208_OTS0163/lugner-in-oesterreich-trete-vermutlich-an |title=Lugner in ÖSTERREICH: "Trete vermutlich an" &#124; Mediengruppe "Österreich" GmbH, 08.02.2016 |language=de|website=Ots.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> He announced his candidacy on 10 February 2016, citing a poll carried out for him by the Humaninstitut which showed him on 10% (behind Van der Bellen on 27%, Hundstorfer on 18%, Hofer on 17%, Griss at 15% and Khol on 13%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4922748/ |title=Hofburg-Wahl: Lugner tritt an « |publisher=Diepresse.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

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File:Gassenhuber lugner (cropped).jpg|Entrepreneur '''[[Richard Lugner]]''', Independent 
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[[Martin Wabl]], who had attempted to run in 1998, 2004 and 2010, but failed to gather the necessary number of signatures of support, said he would try to run again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000020654780/Martin-Wabl-will-fuer-Bundespraesidentenwahl-kandidieren |title=Martin Wabl will bei Bundespräsidentenwahl kandidieren – Inland – derStandard.at › Inland |website=Derstandard.at |date=13 August 2015 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen]], whose initiative to repeal the so-called Habsburg Paragraph, which had precluded members of the former ruling house from running for president, proved successful in 2011, stated he would like to run for president, but only if a political party decided to support him.<ref>{{cite web|author=Von Regina Essl |url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4891911/Habsburg-fur-Griss-wenn-er-nicht-selbst-antritt |title=Habsburg für Griss – wenn er nicht selbst antritt |website=Diepresse |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Adrien Jean-Pierre Luxemburg-Wellenstein]] announced on 8 December 2015 he would run for president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2316164/2316163/ |title=Politjahr im Zeichen der Hofburg-Wahl – news.ORF.at |publisher=Orf.at |date=2 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Author {{Interlanguage link multi|El Awadalla|de}} announced her run on 12 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|author=von Dieter Zirnig |url=https://neuwal.com/2016/01/12/neue-kandidatin-el-awadalla-bestaetigt-kandidaturversuch/ |title=Neue Kandidatin: El Awadalla bestätigt Kandidaturversuch |publisher=Neuwal.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Krems an der Donau|Krems]] activist [[Franz Stieger]] announced his candidacy on 13 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tips.at/news/krems-an-der-donau/land-leute/335104-stieger-will-bundespraesident-werden |title=Stieger will Bundespräsident werden |website=Tips.at |date=13 January 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Further independent candidates who announced their runs were [[Gustav Jobstmann]],<ref>{{cite web|author=von Gustav Jobstmann |url=http://www.jobstmann2016.at/ |title=Gustav Jobstmann |website=Jobstmann2016.at |date=28 December 2015 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Thomas Unden]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Unden |first=Thomas |url=http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/Asyl-Arzt-will-Bundespraesident-werden/219940076 |title="Asyl-Arzt" will Bundespräsident werden |website=Oe24.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Gernot Pointner]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Gernot Pointner |url=http://www.gernotpointner.at/ |title=Gernot Pointner 2k16 |website=Gernotpointner.at |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414183451/http://www.gernotpointner.at/ |archive-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Alois Merz]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundespraesidentschaftswahl.at/sonstige-kandidaten-2016.html |title=Bundespräsidentschaftskandidaten 2016: sonstige Kandidaten |website=Bundespraesidentschaftswahl.at |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Georg Zakrajsek]] of the ''[[Interessengemeinschaft Liberales Waffenrecht Österreich]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.querschuesse.at/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2428:ich-trete-an&catid=93:politik&Itemid=102 |title=Ich trete an! |website=Querschuesse.at |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131001000/http://www.querschuesse.at/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2428:ich-trete-an&catid=93:politik&Itemid=102 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Karin Kolland]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://karinkolland.at/ |title=karin kolland Initiative Volksparlament – Karin Kolland |website=Karinkolland.at |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330020828/http://karinkolland.at/ |archive-date=30 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{Interlanguage link multi|Robert Marschall|de}} of the [[EU Exit Party]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Robert Marschall |url=http://www.marschall2016.at/ |title=Robert Marschall, Kandidat der Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 in Österreich |website=Marschall2016.at |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403211435/http://www.marschall2016.at/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Thomas Reitmayer]] of the Austrian version of the [[List of frivolous political parties|satirical political party]] [[Die PARTEI]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://die-partei.at/wahl-2016/ |title = WAHL 2016 {{!}} Die PARTEI Österreich  |access-date=27 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202160649/https://die-partei.at/wahl-2016/ |archive-date=2 February 2016 }}</ref> [[Erich Körner-Lakatos]] and [[Peter Fetz]].

At the half-way point for collecting signatures, it appeared that only the five major candidates and possibly Lugner and Awadalla had a chance of making the ballot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/politik/innenpolitik/Hofburg-Wahl-Noch-kein-Kandidat-fix-zur-Halbzeit;art385%2C2169311 |title=Hofburg-Wahl: Noch kein Kandidat fix zur Halbzeit |website=Nachrichten.at |date=2 January 2015 |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073441/http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/politik/innenpolitik/Hofburg-Wahl-Noch-kein-Kandidat-fix-zur-Halbzeit;art385,2169311 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Signatures==
Griss was the first candidate to submit the necessary number of signatures (6,000) at the Interior Ministry, submitting 7,851 on 8 March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/politik/inland/bundespraesidentenwahl-irmgard-griss-hat-6000-unterstuetzungen-geschafft/185.580.742 |title=Bundespräsidentenwahl: Irmgard Griss hat 6000 Unterstützungen geschafft |website=Kurier.At |date=8 March 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> By 11 March 2016, she had collected over 10,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2329272/ |title=Griss hat 10.000 Unterschriften und peilt jetzt 12.000 an – news.ORF.at |website=Orf.at |date=11 March 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> By 16 March 2016, two days before the deadline, the five main candidates had submitted their signatures, with Awadalla still having outside chances to make it and Lugner likely to fall short.<ref>{{cite web |author=Dieter Zirnig |url=https://neuwal.com/wahlumfragen/unterstutzungserklaerungen-status-bpw16.php |title=neuwal WAHLUMFRAGEN |publisher=Neuwal.com |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324214618/https://neuwal.com/wahlumfragen/unterstutzungserklaerungen-status-bpw16.php |archive-date=24 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Surprising many observers, Marschall announced on 17 March 2016 that he had gathered the required number of signatures,<ref>{{cite web|author=von Dieter Zirnig |url=https://neuwal.com/2016/03/17/robert-marschall-kandidert/ |title=Robert Marschall kandidert? |publisher=Neuwal.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> though it was unclear whether he would be using the grace period of three days to reach the required number; Lugner also submitted his bid, but falling short of the required signatures, promising to submit the remaining number within the grace period. Besides these two, only the five main candidates submitted successful bids.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20160318_OTS0234/bundespraesidentenwahl-2016-einbringung-der-wahlvorschlaege |title=Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016: Einbringung der Wahlvorschläge &#124; Bundesministerium für Inneres, 18.03.2016 |language=de|website=Ots.at |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> On 19 March 2016, it was announced that the five main candidates had submitted the necessary number of signatures, and that neither Lugner nor Marschall had (so far).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/#/stories/2330393/ |title = news.ORF.at  |access-date=20 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301051602/http://orf.at/ |archive-date=1 March 2016 }}</ref> As expected by many analysts, Lugner claimed on 22 March 2016 to have made up the deficit, with Marschall clearly failing,<ref>{{cite web|author=Philipp Aichinger |url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/bpwahl/4951732/Unterschriften_Auch-Lugner-will-nun-genug-haben |title=Unterschriften: Auch Lugner will nun genug haben « |publisher=Diepresse.com |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> having gathered only 1,150 signatures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orf.at//stories/2330895/ |title=Hofburg-Wahl: Marschall schaffte nur 1.150 Unterschriften – news.ORF.at |website=Orf.at |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

==Voter statistics==
[[File:Ballot paper - Austrian presidential election 2016 (first ballot).png|thumb|right|180px|Official ballot paper for the first round of voting]]
According to the federal election commission, 6,382,507 Austrian citizens aged 16 or over are eligible to vote in the presidential election. Compared with the 2010 presidential election, the number of eligible voters increased by 26,707 – or 0.4%&nbsp;. There are 3,301,628 women and 3,080,879 men eligible to vote. 42,830 Austrians living abroad are also included in these numbers as being eligible to vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2016/Wahlberechtigte.aspx |title=Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 – Endgültige Zahl der Wahlberechtigten |website=bmi.gv.at |date=12 April 2016 |access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref> In the first round of voting, 641,975 absentee ballots were issued – up from 373,902 in 2010. For the runoff, a record number of 885,437 absentee ballots were issued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2016/Wahlkarten.aspx |title=Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 – Zahl der ausgestellten Wahlkarten |website=bmi.gv.at |date=22 April 2016 |access-date=23 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2016/Wahlkarten_2WG.aspx |title=Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 – Zahl der ausgestellten Wahlkarten für den zweiten Wahlgang |website=bmi.gv.at |date=20 May 2016 |access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref>

Eligible voters by state:

* Burgenland: 232,028
* Carinthia: 440,435
* Lower Austria: 1,283,676
* Upper Austria: 1,099,420
* Salzburg: 393,583
* Styria: 969,487
* Tyrol: 540,132
* Vorarlberg: 269,940
* Vienna: 1,153,806

==Opinion polls==
{{Main|Opinion polling for the Austrian presidential election, 2016}}

==Results==
[[File:VfGH - Verhandlung Wahlanfechtung 1+2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Constitutional Court hearings on the FPÖ's election challenge (20–23 June)]]
Hofer, the Freedom Party candidate, led in the first round of the election on 24 April with an unexpectedly strong 35 percent of the vote.<ref name="ft04-24">{{cite news|url= https://next.ft.com/content/a9d48cea-0a27-11e6-b0f1-61f222853ff3|title= Far-right Freedom party wins first round of Austria's presidential poll|newspaper= [[Financial Times]]|date= 24 April 2016|access-date= 26 April 2016}}</ref> Van der Bellen came second with 21 percent, and since Hofer failed to gain an [[Majority|absolute majority]] the election proceeded to a run-off vote between the two, scheduled for 22 May. Independent Irmgard Griss came third with 19 percent, while Khol and Hundstorfer, representing the two governing parties, polled 11 percent each. Johannes Pollak described the result as a "political earthquake"<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/25/austrian-far-right-partys-triumph-presidential-poll-turmoil-norbert-hofer|title= Austrian far-right party's triumph in presidential poll could spell turmoil|newspaper= [[The Guardian]]|date= 25 April 2016|access-date= 26 April 2016 | quote = Johannes Pollak, a political scientist at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna, said Van der Bellen was a marginal favourite to win. 'The established parties will do their best to stop a rightwing populist from coming to power. But after this political earthquake, it is hard to make a certain prognosis.'}}</ref> and the ''Financial Times'' reported an "historic upset".<ref name="ft04-24" />{{qn|date=August 2016}}

The provisional result on 22 May gave Hofer 51.9% of the votes, not counting the absentee ballots, which were expected{{by whom|date=August 2016}} to favour Van der Bellen. Hence the outcome remained unclear pending the counting of absentee ballots on Monday 23 May.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://orf.at/stories/2340500/2340505/|title= Entscheidung vertagt|date= 22 May 2016|publisher= ORF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= LIVE-Ticker: Van der Bellen ist Bundespräsident (German)|url= http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/LIVE-Ticker-Erste-Wahlkarten-sind-ausgezaehlt/236731343|website= OE24}}</ref> The final result, including absentee ballots, gave Van der Bellen 50.3%. He was to succeed Heinz Fischer as president on 8 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://orf.at/stories/2340556/2340559/|title= Fischer bereitet Übergabe vor|date= 23 May 2016|publisher= ORF}}</ref> This was the first time a phenomenon akin to [[blue shift (politics)|blue shift]] was widely discussed publicly in an Austrian election.

The ''[[Kronen Zeitung]]'' reported some election irregularities, such as a 146.9% turnout in [[Waidhofen an der Ybbs]] and another impossible result in [[Linz]].<ref name="Krone.at">{{cite news|url= http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/146.9_Prozent_Wahlbeteiligung_in_WaidhofenYbbs-Ministeriumspanne-Story-511598|title= 146,9 Prozent Wahlbeteiligung in Waidhofen/Ybbs|date= 24 May 2016|work= Kronen Zeitung}}</ref> According to the head of the Interior Ministry's election department, Robert Stein, the results (which were simply a reporting error) were to be corrected in the official results.<ref name="Krone.at" /> FPÖ officials highlighted the discrepancies, but Hofer dismissed any suggestion of electoral fraud.<ref>{{cite news|last1= Oltermann|first1= Philip|title= Far-right Austrian presidential candidate dismisses voter fraud claims|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/24/austria-far-right-freedom-party-cries-foul-presidential-election-defeat|access-date= 27 May 2016|work= The Guardian|date= 24 May 2016}}</ref>

On 8 June the FPÖ announced that they would contest the outcome in the [[Constitutional Court of Austria|Constitutional Court]]. Between 20 and 23 June the Constitutional Court questioned some 90 witnesses, mostly election officials from district election commissions.<ref>{{cite news|title= Austria Might Stage Another Vote Much Sooner Than You Think: Q&A|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-21/austrian-presidential-victor-now-a-question-for-the-courts-q-a|access-date= 24 June 2016|work= Bloomberg|date= 21 June 2016}}</ref> A ruling by the Constitutional Court was expected before 8 July, determining whether to organize a repeat vote in certain regions. Because of the complexity of the FPÖ's lawsuit, it also had been possible that ruling could come after 8 July. As a consequence, Alexander Van der Bellen's inauguration was to be postponed until a later date.<ref name=guardian8jun/>

On 1 July the Constitutional Court declared the second round of the election annulled, requiring a repeat of the election.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/5040400/Live_VfGH-ordnet-Wiederholung-der-Stichwahl-in-ganz-Osterreich-an|title= Live: VfGH ordnet Wiederholung der Stichwahl in ganz Österreich an|date= 1 July 2016}}</ref> The three presidents of the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]] (Doris Bures – SPÖ, Karlheinz Kopf – ÖVP, Norbert Hofer – FPÖ) were designated to collectively serve as Acting presidents of Austria, starting after President Heinz Fischer's term ended on 8 July and until the inauguration of the new President.<ref name=guardian8jun>{{cite news|title= Austrian far-right party challenges presidential election results|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/08/austrias-far-right-freedom-party-challenges-presidential-election-reults|access-date= 8 June 2016|work= The Guardian|date= 8 June 2016}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
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| value1 =35.1
| color1 ={{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}
| label2 =Van der Bellen
| value2 =21.3
| color2 ={{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}
| label3 =Griss
| value3 =18.9
| color3 ={{party color|Independent (politician)}}
| label4 =Hundstorfer 
| value4 =11.3
| color4 ={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}
| label5 =Khol
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| label6 =Lugner
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right
|-
!colspan=2 rowspan=2 |Candidate
!rowspan=2|Party
!colspan=2|First round
!colspan=2|Second round (annulled)
!colspan=2|Second round (re-run)
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}| ||align=left|[[Norbert Hofer]]||align=left|[[Freedom Party of Austria]]||1,499,971||35.05||2,220,654||49.65||2,124,661||46.21
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}| ||align=left|[[Alexander Van der Bellen]]||align=left|[[The Greens – The Green Alternative|The Greens]]||913,218||21.34||2,251,517||50.35||2,472,892||53.79
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| ||align=left|[[Irmgard Griss]]||align=left|Independent||810,641||18.94||colspan=4 rowspan=4|
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}| ||align=left|[[Rudolf Hundstorfer]]||align=left|[[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]|||482,790|||11.28
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Austrian People's Party}}| ||align=left|[[Andreas Khol]]||align=left|[[Austrian People's Party]]|||475,767||11.12
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| ||align=left|[[Richard Lugner]]||align=left|Independent|||96,783|||2.26
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left colspan=3|'''Total'''||'''4,279,170'''||'''100.00'''||'''4,472,171'''||'''100.00'''||'''4,597,553'''||'''100.00'''
|- class=sortbottom
!colspan=9|
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left colspan=3|Valid votes||4,279,170||97.88||4,472,171||96.44||4,597,553||96.80
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||92,655||2.12||164,875||3.56||151,851||3.20
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left colspan=3|'''Total votes'''||'''4,371,825'''||'''100.00'''||'''4,637,046'''||'''100.00'''||'''4,749,404'''||'''100.00'''
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout||6,382,507||68.50||6,382,507||72.65||6,399,572||74.21
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left colspan=9|Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160523155755/http://wahl16.bmi.gv.at/ Bundesministerium für Inneres] 
|}

===First round results by state, district and municipality===

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{{Col-break}}
{{Legend|#0E428E|Norbert Hofer}}
{{Legend|#6BA325|Alexander Van der Bellen}}
{{Legend|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|Irmgard Griss}}
{{Col-break|gap=1em}}
{{Legend|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}|Rudolf Hundstorfer}}
{{Legend|{{party color|Austrian People's Party}}|Andreas Khol}}
{{Col-end}}
}}
{{Clear}}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+Results by state<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2016/Ergebnis.aspx|title=Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 – Gesamtergebnis inklusive Verlautbarung der Bundeswahlbehörde|website=Bundesministerium für Inneres|language=de|date=2 May 2016|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>
!rowspan="2"|[[States of Austria|State]]
!colspan="2"|[[Irmgard Griss|Griss]]
!colspan="2"|[[Norbert Hofer|Hofer]]
!colspan="2"|[[Rudolf Hundstorfer|Hundstorfer]]
!colspan="2"|[[Andreas Khol|Khol]]
!colspan="2"|[[Richard Lugner|Lugner]]
!colspan="2"|[[Alexander Van der Bellen|Van der Bellen]]
!|Valid<br />votes
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Total
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Burgenland}}||21,870||12.44||'''73,676'''||'''41.90'''||30,802||17.52||22,910||13.03||3,317||1.89||23,278||13.24||175,853
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Carinthia}}||65,400||22.92||'''110,776'''||'''38.83'''||38,714||13.57||19,782||6.93||9,704||3.40||40,934||14.35||285,310
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Lower Austria}}||168,148||17.47||'''342,568'''||'''35.59'''||114,577||11.90||136,697||14.20||26,064||2.71||174,569||18.13||962,623
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Salzburg}}||47,856||17.97||'''99,476'''||'''37.35'''||26,200||9.84||35,038||13.15||6,054||2.27||51,735||19.42||266,359
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Styria}}||143,176||21.76||'''255,552'''||'''38.84'''||67,945||10.33||63,866||9.71||13,511||2.05||113,877||17.31||657,927
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Tyrol}}||59,372||19.24||'''109,552'''||'''35.51'''||18,796||6.09||38,969||12.63||6,660||2.16||75,190||24.37||308,539
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Upper Austria}}||131,013||17.47||'''263,487'''||'''35.13'''||88,419||11.79||99,432||13.26||14,259||1.90||153,436||20.46||750,046
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Vienna}}||138,577||19.09||200,933||27.67||91,030||12.54||43,627||6.01||14,131||1.95||'''237,765'''||'''32.75'''||726,063
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Vorarlberg}}||35,229||24.06||'''43,951'''||'''30.01'''||6,307||4.31||15,446||10.55||3,083||2.11||42,434||28.98||146,450
|-
!style="text-align:left"|Total valid!!style="text-align:right"|810,641!!style="text-align:right"|18.94!!style="text-align:right"|1,499,971!!style="text-align:right"|35.05!!style="text-align:right"|482,790!!style="text-align:right"|11.28!!style="text-align:right"|475,767!!style="text-align:right"|11.12!!style="text-align:right"|96,783!!style="text-align:right"|2.26!!style="text-align:right"|913,218!!style="text-align:right"|21.34!!style="text-align:right"|4,279,170
|}

===Second round results by state, district and municipality (annulled)===
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 | footer            = Results of the second round of the election by state ''(left)'', district ''(centre)'' and municipality ''(right)'':
{{Legend|#0E428E|Norbert Hofer}}
{{Legend|#6BA325|Alexander Van der Bellen}}
}}
{{Clear}}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+Results by state of the second election on 22 May 2016 (annulled)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2016/Ergebnis_2WG.aspx|title=Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 – 2. Wahlgang – Vorläufiges Gesamtergebnis inklusive Briefwahlstimmen|website=Bundesministerium für Inneres|language=de|date=23 May 2016|access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref>
!rowspan="2"|State
!colspan="2"|[[Norbert Hofer|Hofer]]
!colspan="2"|[[Alexander Van der Bellen|Van der Bellen]]
!Valid<br />votes
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Total
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Burgenland}}||'''<s>107,128</s>'''||'''<s>61.43</s>'''||<s>67,249</s>||<s>38.57</s>||<s>174,377</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Carinthia}}||'''<s>169,564</s>'''||'''<s>58.10</s>'''||<s>122,299</s>||<s>41.90</s>||<s>291,863</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Lower Austria}}||'''<s>511,010</s>'''||'''<s>52.65</s>'''||<s>459,655</s>||<s>47.35</s>||<s>970,665</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Salzburg}}||'''<s>144,938</s>'''||'''<s>52.80</s>'''||<s>129,569</s>||<s>47.20</s>||<s>274,507</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Styria}}||'''<s>381,955</s>'''||'''<s>56.22</s>'''||<s>297,400</s>||<s>43.78</s>||<s>679,355</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Tyrol}}||<s>169,587</s>||<s>48.61</s>||'''<s>179,281</s>'''||'''<s>51.39</s>'''||<s>348,868</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Upper Austria}}||<s>376,647</s>||<s>48.68</s>||'''<s>397,119</s>'''||'''<s>51.32</s>'''||<s>773,766</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Vienna}}||<s>288,608</s>||<s>36.68</s>||'''<s>498,168</s>'''||'''<s>63.32</s>'''||<s>786,776</s>
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Vorarlberg}}||<s>71,217</s>||<s>41.41</s>||'''<s>100,777</s>'''||'''<s>58.59</s>'''||<s>171,994</s>
|-
!style="text-align:left"|Total valid!!style="text-align:right"|<s>2,220,654</s>!!style="text-align:right"|<s>49.65</s>!!style="text-align:right"|<s>2,251,517</s>!!style="text-align:right"|<s>50.35</s>!!style="text-align:right"|<s>4,472,171</s>
|}

===Second round (re-run) results by state, district and municipality===

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 | footer            = Results of the re-run of the second round of the election by state ''(left)'', district ''(centre)'' and municipality ''(right)'':
{{Legend|#0E428E|Norbert Hofer}}
{{Legend|#6BA325|Alexander Van der Bellen}}
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{{Clear}}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+Results by state of the second election on 4 December 2016<ref name=":1" />
!rowspan="2"|State
!colspan="2"|[[Norbert Hofer|Hofer]]
!colspan="2"|[[Alexander Van der Bellen|Van der Bellen]]
!Valid<br />votes
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!Total
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Burgenland}}||'''102,147'''||'''58.13'''||73,581||41.87||175,728
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Carinthia}}||'''167,425'''||'''54.59'''||139,276||45.41||306,701
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Lower Austria}}||485,874||49.34||'''498,849'''||'''50.66'''||984,723
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Salzburg}}||135,483||48.03||'''146,616'''||'''51.97'''||282,099
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Styria}}||'''363,778'''||'''52.74'''||325,960||47.26||689,738
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Tyrol}}||166,650||45.31||'''201,160'''||'''54.69'''||367,810
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Upper Austria}}||356,619||44.73||'''440,631'''||'''55.27'''||797,250
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Vienna}}||278,894||34.32||'''533,697'''||'''65.68'''||812,591
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Vorarlberg}}||67,791||37.45||'''113,122'''||'''62.53'''||180,913
|-
!style="text-align:left"|Total valid!!style="text-align:right"|2,124,661 !!style="text-align:right"|46.21 !!style="text-align:right"|2,472,892 !!style="text-align:right"|53.79 !!style="text-align:right"|4,597,553
|}

==Result cancelled==

On 8 June, FPÖ chairman [[Heinz-Christian Strache]] brought a 152-page appeal to the [[Constitutional Court (Austria)|Constitutional Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/home/nachrichten/oesterreich/5005805/FPOWahlanfechtung-eingebracht-HC-Strache_Hofer-haette-Praesident|title=FPÖ-Wahlanfechtung eingebracht – HC Strache: Hofer hätte Präsident werden können|work=wirtschaftsblatt.at}}</ref> Strache claimed that more than 30,000 votes had been prematurely tallied, more than 50,000 votes had been counted by unauthorized personnel, and over 500,000 ballots were invalid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.at/politik/inland/faktencheck-wie-lauten-die-fpoe-vorwuerfe-und-was-ist-dran/203.584.185|title=Faktencheck: Wie lauten die FPÖ-Vorwürfe und was ist dran?|work=kurier.at}}</ref> Other charges included minors and non-citizens having been allowed to vote.<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite news|title=Austria presidential poll result overturned|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36681475|date=1 July 2016|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref> The [[Austrian Interior Ministry]] acknowledged some irregularities but said that the number of votes affected was not enough to overturn the results. "There was sloppiness", said Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka.<ref name="reuters">{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-austria-election/austrian-far-right-gets-second-chance-at-presidency-with-vote-re-run-idUKKCN0ZH4K3|title=Austrian far right gets second chance at presidency with vote re-run|access-date=1 July 2016|work=Reuters}}</ref>

Counsel for Van der Bellen argued that the irregularities would have had only an "insignificant" impact on results, while lawyers for the FPÖ said they could have affected the results of the election.<ref name = "irishtimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/austrian-presidential-election-must-be-held-again-court-rules-1.2706682|title=Austrian presidential election must be held again, court rules|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> But on 1 July, since Hofer had lost to Van der Bellen by 30,863 votes and the Court found that more than twice that number (77,926<ref name="irishtimes.com"/>) had been affected by breaches of the electoral code,<ref name="reuters"/> The Constitutional Court ordered that the second round be held again.<ref name="bbc.com"/> Noting the irregularities, the Court said in a statement: "It is completely clear to the Constitutional Court that laws regulating an election must be rigorously applied ... This must rule out abuse and manipulations."<ref name="WSJRerun">{{cite web|last=Troianovski|first=Anton|author-link=Anton Troianovski|date=1 July 2016|title=Austrian Court Orders Rerun of Presidential Vote|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/austrian-court-orders-rerun-of-presidential-vote-1467369788|url-access=subscription|website=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|location=Berlin}}</ref>

Before the Court's ruling, Van der Bellen was scheduled to be sworn in as president on 9 July. Elections were set for 2 October 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36714480|title=Austria to re-run overturned presidential poll in October – BBC News|work=BBC News |date=5 July 2016 }}</ref> Until then, outgoing Austrian president [[Heinz Fischer]] would be replaced on an interim basis by the three presidents of the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]], a "National President Council", of which Hofer is the third member.<ref name="irishtimes.com"/> Van der Bellen said that Austrians were "shocked and unsettled" by the Court's ruling, but that he expected to win a second time.<ref name="WSJRerun"/>

On 12 September the Federal Minister of the Interior, Wolfgang Sobotka, announced that due to faulty glue in the voting envelopes, the rerun of the second round was postponed until 4 December 2016.<ref name="postpone"/><ref name="BBC postpone">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37336947|title=Austria presidential election: Faulty envelope glue delays re-run|date=12 September 2016|publisher=BBC}}</ref> He also said that Austrian law allowed the election to be postponed only in case of death of a candidate, therefore the decision had to be made by parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Repeat of Austria's Presidential Runoff Faces a Delay (see video)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/world/europe/austria-president-election.html|website=The New York Times|date=12 September 2016}}</ref> The delay also allowed for some young Austrians who turned 16 after May to vote in the rerun.<ref name="BBC postpone"/> FPÖ Chairman Heinz-Christian Strache criticized postponing the elections, claiming it was done by political opponents because Hofer was doing well in the polls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37336947|title=Austria presidential election: Faulty envelope glue delays re-run|first=Kate|last=Connolly|date=12 September 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of annulled elections]]
*[[Blue shift (politics)]] an effect observed in the first runoff

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Presidential election in Austria, 2016}}

{{Elections in Austria}}
{{Austrian presidential elections}}
{{Portal bar|Austria|Politics}}

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