Austrian Social Democrats Announce Wrong Leader Due to Spreadsheet Error
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Financial Times
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.