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The Social Democrats of Austria were caught in a leadership mix-up when they incorrectly announced Hans Peter Doskozil as the winner of the leadership contest, due to a spreadsheet mix-up.

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BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s main center-left opposition party on Monday reversed the result of its weekend leadership election, announcing that a computer error originally led to the wrong candidate being declared the winner. Andreas Babler, the mayor of the town of Traiskirchen, outside Vienna, becomes the Social Democrats’ new leader as the party tries to […]

Party officials say Andreas Babler won race, not Hans Peter Doskozil as previously declared due to Excel error

Party officials discovered that the number of votes ‘was reversed’ on Saturday due to a spreadsheet error.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Social Democrats celebrated Hans Peter Doskozil as their new leader at a party conference on Saturday after a ballot of delegates - only for faces to turn red two days later when it emerged that his opponent had actually won. | 01:46pm

The Social Democrats admitted that Peter Doskozil had wrongly been declared the winner at the expense of Andreas Babler.

Austria’s main center-left opposition party has reversed the result of its weekend leadership election, announcing that a computer error originally led to the wrong candidate being declared the winner.

Austria's Social Democrats celebrated Hans Peter Doskozil as their new leader at a party conference on Saturday after a ballot of delegates - only for faces to turn red two days later when it emerged that his opponent had actually won.

Party announces one winner on Saturday, and another on Monday.