BREAKING #NEWS: #Austria's Far-Right presidential candidate LOSES his bid to become #EU's first anti-immigrant leader as postal votes swing the election against him

Austria's Far-Right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer has conceded defeat in his election bid to become the EU's first anti-immigrant leader.
Europe had been on tenterhooks this morning as Austria waited to see whether Hofer had won an election run-off against Independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen.
Projected results last night had put both Hofer, presented as the friendly and moderate face of the populist Freedom Party (FPOe), and Van der Bellen, former head of the Greens, neck-and-neck on 50 percent.
But after the final 700,000 postal votes were counted, Van der Bellen this afternoon emerged as the winner. Only a little more than 31,000 votes separated the two, out of more than 4.6 million ballots cast.

Hofer wrote on his Facebook page: 'Of course I am sad today. I would have liked to take care of our wonderful country for you as president.'

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