Muslim women clutching their children's hands looked on nervously as a far-Right candidate on the verge of the Austrian presidency brought his campaign to one of Vienna’s most diverse neighbourhoods on Friday.

Supporters chanted Norbert Hofer’s name and loudspeakers blared his election anthem, “Austria forever”, as immigrant shopkeepers looked on.

“I will not only be president of Austria, I will be a president for Austrians,” Mr Hofer, the Freedom Party (FPÖ) candidate, told his final rally before Sunday’s vote.

His opponent, Alexander van der Bellen, ended his campaign with a subtly different promise to the country where 21 per cent have an immigrant background, pledging to be a “president for everyone who lives in Austria”.

The election for the country’s largely ceremonial presidency has left Austria deeply divided and in political crisis.

Earlier this week, a small crowd of protesters gathered outside the president’s official residence at the Hofburg palace, beneath the balcony where a victorious Hitler addressed crowds celebrating the Anschluss with Germany in 1938.

“No Nazis in the Hofburg,” the banners they carried read.