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Austria's presidential election re-run set for Dec. 4: OVP spokesperson

Xinhua, September 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Austria's political parties have agreed that the re-run of the 2016 Austrian presidential election will be held on Dec. 4, a spokesperson of Austrian People's Party (OVP) told Xinhua on Monday.

The spokesperson said all parties in the Austrian parliament agreed on the date of the presidential vote.

The country's interior minister earlier the day said the president election is likely to be held on Nov. 27 or Dec. 4, as the faulty seals on ballot papers are not resolved yet.

Although the minister said himself would prefer Nov. 27, as there will be fewer festivals at the time, parties in the parliament agreed on Dec. 4, probably buying time for the legislation concerning the amendment of the electoral law.

The decision has not been officially announced by the government, with the interior ministry saying time is still needed.

The parliament would soon convene to work on the electoral law this week.

Austria's Constitutional Court overturned the results of the country presidential election earlier this year, citing irregularities of the postal ballots. The postal cards played an important role in the vote, helping the independent candidate Alexander Van Der Bellen beat the right-wing Freedom Party (FPO) candidate Norbert Hofer.

Hofer lost the vote to Van Der Bellen by less than one percentage point, and the FPO challenged the result of the vote. Enditem