The second exit poll showed Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) candidate Norbert Hofer was leading in the first round of the Austrian presidential election on Sunday.

The second exit poll showed that Hofer was the leading runner of the presidential election with 36.6 percent of the votes and is to enter the runoff on May 22.

But it was still not clear who is to get the second place in the first round of the tight competition.

The poll showed that the Green party-backed Alexander van der Bellen got 19.8 percent of votes and the only female candidate Irmgard Griss won 18.7 percent of the votes.

Source: XINHUA