Austria's far-right Freedom Party candidate has come top in the first round of presidential elections, preliminary results show. 
Norbert Hofer has about 36% of the votes for the mostly ceremonial role - not enough to avoid a run-off in May, according to the (BBC). 
He is likely to face Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent contender backed by the Greens, who is polling 20%. 
For the first time since World War Two, the candidates from Austria's two main parties did not make it to the run-off. 
Rudolf Hundstorfer from the Social Democrats and the centre-right People's Party Andreas Kohl are each thought to have taken about 11% of the vote. 
Both parties have governed Austria for decades - either alone or in coalition. 
This is a big shake-up in Austrian politics as the country has had a president from the centre-left or centre-right since 1945. 
If no candidate secures a majority of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections, the run-off will be held on 22 May.

Source" QNA