Faymann resigned on Monday in the wake of a devastating defeat

The candidate for the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), running on an anti-Islam and eurosceptic platform, won more than a third of the votes, heading into a run-off for the largely ceremonial role with a former Green Party leader on May 22.

The FPO regularly attracts more than 30 percent in opinion polls for parliamentary elections, ahead of the ruling centrist parties, whose term as a coalition is set to run out in 2018 at the latest.

Such polls suggest the Social Democrats and OVP might only be able to stay in power if they switch to working with the FPO.

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