Austria Presidential election 2016 — Results
First round: April 24, 2016
Re-run run-off: December 4, 2016
- Alexander Van der Bellen: 53.79%
- Norbert Hofer: 46.21%
About this election
The political system
The President of Austria (Bundespräsident) is directly elected for a six-year term (renewable once) by a two-round system: if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round, the top two contest a run-off. Though largely ceremonial, the presidency carries significant reserve powers — appointing and dismissing the Chancellor and government and dissolving the National Council. For decades the office had alternated between candidates of the two large parties; 2016 shattered that pattern, as for the first time neither the ÖVP nor the SPÖ candidate reached the run-off.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
Understanding this election
- Why Official Results Sometimes Take Weeks — the stages between the count and the legal result
- Why Election Maps Look Different From the Popular Vote — why a map can look one-sided when the vote was close
- How a Constituency Map Gets Built — what happens when no boundary file matches the districts