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Austrian Social Democrats Announce Wrong Leader Due to Spreadsheet Error

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Source: Financial Times
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The Austrian centre-left party has reversed the result of its leadership contest after it emerged that the winner had been declared in error due to a misreading of a spreadsheet. The party said that the winner, Michael Ludwig, had actually lost to challenger Andreas Schieder by 20 votes. Ludwig had been declared the winner by a margin of 31 votes.

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