2nd LD Writethru: Austrian presidential run-off too close to call: latest poll

Austria's presidential election is becoming quite intense on Sunday, as the right wing candidate got 49.9 percent votes, turning slightly lower than his rival the independent candidate, who got 50.1 percent votes, the second official poll shows.

It's hard to say who is going to win the election, and the votes counting are partially finished in many cities, especially in Vienna.

Earlier polls showed the right wing candidate's votes are slightly higher.

No matter who is becoming the president, this will be the first time since the Second World War that an Austrian president has not been backed by main stream ruling parties. If the right wing party won the election, it could be a new wave of the rise of the right in Europe, which could change the political map of Austria or even Europe.

The presidential election's influence is already far beyond Austria, a small central European state with about 8.5 million population, but carefully monitored by other EU states, even by the world.

Norbert Hofer, the youngest candidate of the election from right wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPO), the leading runner in the first round of election, is faced with his rival Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent candidate, also a Russian descendant, backed by the Green Party. Endit