Electoral record
Norbert Hofer
Austrian presidential candidate who lost the May 2016 run-off and challenged it before the Constitutional Court. His challenge succeeded on procedure: the Court annulled the run-off over how postal ballots had been handled, while expressly finding no evidence that the result had been altered. He lost the December re-run by a wider margin and accepted it.
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Electoral record
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- 2016RecordedCandidacy
Lost the May 2016 presidential run-off by a very narrow margin.
Elections in Austria — election observation reports — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - 2016Disputed resultAction
Challenged the run-off before the Constitutional Court, arguing that postal ballots had been handled in breach of the rules.
Elections in Austria — election observation reports — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - 2016Upheld resultRuling
The Court upheld the procedural challenge and annulled the run-off, while finding no evidence that the count was wrong or the outcome altered.
Elections in Austria — election observation reports — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - 2016Upheld resultCandidacy
Lost the court-ordered re-run in December by a wider margin and conceded.
Elections in Austria — election observation reports — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Linked cases
Sources
- Elections in Austria — election observation reports— OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights