The law-and-order candidate of Austria's right-wing party swept the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, winning over 36 percent of the vote for the party's best ever result. Government coalition contenders were among the five losers, signaling deep voter rejection and political uncertainty ahead. Presidential candidate Norbert Hofer, campaigning on an anti-immigration, anti-Europe platform, will still face a run-off ballot next month, however, having failed to win a majority of first round votes.
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