2024 European Parliament election in Austria

2024 European Parliament election in Austria
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20 Austrian seats to the European Parliament
Opinion polls
 
Reinhold Lopatka (2012).jpg
2019 Andreas Schieder (40646215333).jpg
Harald Vilimsky - FPÖ-Neujahrstreffen 2019.JPG
Leader Reinhold Lopatka Andreas Schieder Harald Vilimsky
Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ
Alliance EPP S&D ID
Last election 34.6%, 7 seats 23.9%, 5 seats 17.2%, 3 seats
 
Lena Schilling - Buchmesse Wien 2022.JPG
Helmut Brandstätter - Buchmesse Wien 2018.JPG
Leader Lena Schilling Helmut Brandstätter
Party Greens NEOS
Alliance Greens–EFA Renew
Last election 14.1%, 3 seats 8.4%, 1 seat

The 2024 European Parliament election in Austria will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.[1] This will be the seventh European Parliament election held in Austria, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Background

The ÖVP was the winner of the previous election in 2019, while the SPÖ came in second and the FPÖ third. Trailing further behind were the Greens and NEOS. Other parties failed to win a seat in the new Parliament.

Electoral system

Compared to the last election, Austria is entitled to two more MEPs in this election: one assigned in 2020 due to the seat redistribution after Brexit, and one assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. The additional seat assigned in 2020 went to the Green Party.[2] The 20 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through D'Hondt method. The electoral threshold is set at 4%.[3]

All people who have Austrian citizenship and a main residence in Austria, Austrian citizens without residence in Austria (Austrians abroad) and other Union citizens (if their main residence is in Austria) are entitled to vote in the European elections in Austria. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 16 years old by election day at the latest and be registered in the voter register/European voter register of an Austrian municipality on the deadline date. The right to stand as a candidate in the European elections is available to all those people who are entitled to vote and have reached the age of 18 on election day.[1]

Outgoing delegation

Members of the
European Parliament
for Austria
Delegation (1995)
4th term (1996)
5th term (1999)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)

The table shows the detailed composition of the Austrian seats at the European Parliament as of early 2024.

EP Group Seats Party Seats MEPs
European People's Party
7 / 19
 Austrian People's Party 7
 
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
5 / 19
 Social Democratic Party of Austria 5
 
Identity and Democracy
3 / 19
 Freedom Party of Austria 3
 
Greens–European Free Alliance
3 / 19
 The Greens – The Green Alternative 3
 
Renew Europe
1 / 19
 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum 1
 
Total 19
Source: European Parliament

Parties running for election

Any party which intends to be on the ballot for the election either needs to submit the signature of 1 member of the European Parliament, or 3 members of the Austrian National Council, or 2.600 valid petition signatures of eligible Austrian voters by April 26, 2024 at 5pm at the Austrian Interior Ministry.

The following parties running in the European elections are represented in the National Council and the European Parliament:

Party European Party Group 2019 result Top candidate
ÖVP Austrian People's Party EPP EPP 34.6 Reinhold Lopatka[4]
SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria PES S&D 23.9 Andreas Schieder[5]
FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria ID ID 17.2 Harald Vilimsky[6]
GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative EGP Greens/EFA 14.1 Lena Schilling[7]
NEOS NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum ALDE Renew 8.4 Helmut Brandstätter[8]

The following other parties have announced their candidacy, but are currently not represented in the National Council or in the European Parliament:

Party European Party Group 2019 result Top candidate
KPÖ Communist Party of Austria PEL GUE/NGL 0.8[a] Günther Hopfgartner[9]
VOLT Volt Austria Volt Greens/EFA — Nini Tsiklauri & Alexander Harrer[10]
BESTE Best Austria
Bestes Österreich 		unknown unknown — David Packer[11]
DNA Democratic, Neutral, Authentic
Demokratisch, Neutral, Authentisch 		unknown unknown — Maria Hubmer-Mogg[12]
ÖXIT EU-Exit for Austria
EU-Austritt für Österreich 		unknown unknown[b] — Christian Ebner[12]
EUAUS EU-Exit Party
EU-Austrittspartei 		unknown unknown — Robert Marschall[14]
OMA Clean Politics starts here
Saubere Politik beginnt hier 		unknown unknown — Julian Gredinger[15]
  1. ^ With the electoral alliance KPÖ Plus
  2. ^ The Christian Party of Austria, which is involved in the list, is a member of the ECPM.[13]

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample size ÖVP
EPP 		SPÖ
S&D 		FPÖ
ID 		Grüne
G/EFA 		NEOS
Renew 		KPÖ
Left 		Others Lead
Ipsos 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 1,000 21.0
4 		22.0
5 		28.2
6 		13.0
3 		11.8
2 		2.1
0 		1.9
0 		6.2
Lazarsfeld Society 26–28 Feb 2024 1,000 20
4 		22
4 		26
5 		14
3 		16
3 		2
0 		— 4
Market 5–7 Feb 2024 800 24
5 		23
5 		27
6 		11
2 		12
2 		2
0 		1
0 		3
Lazarsfeld Society 29–31 Jan 2024 1,000 24
5 		20
4 		27
6 		13
2 		14
3 		2
0 		— 3
OGM 22–31 Jan 2024 2,076 22
5 		21
4 		26
6 		14
3 		12
2 		2
0 		3
0 		4
IFDD 25–28 Jan 2024 1,000 21
4 		24
5 		27
6 		14
3 		9
2 		3
0 		2
0 		3
Lazarsfeld Society 11–13 Dec 2023 1,000 22
5 		22
5 		30
6 		13
2 		9
2 		2
0 		2
0 		8
Peter Hajek 22–29 Nov 2023 1,600 23
5 		24
5 		30
7 		12
2 		7
1 		3
0 		1
0 		6
IFDD 1–4 Oct 2023 837 25
5/6 		25
5/6 		25
5/6 		14
3 		8
1 		3
0 		Tie
2019 legislative election 29 Sep 2019 – 37.5
8 		21.2
5 		16.2
3 		13.9
3 		8.1
1 		0.7
0 		2.5
0 		16.3
2019 European election 26 May 2019 – 34.6
7 		23.9
5 		17.2
3 		14.1
3 		8.4
1 		0.8
0 		1.0
0 		9.7

References

  1. ^ a b "How to vote in Austria". European Parliament.
  2. ^ "2024 European elections: 15 additional seats divided between 12 countries | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ^ Oelbermann, Kai Friederike; Pukelsheim, Friedrich (July 2020). "The European Elections of May 2019" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Lopatka geht als ÖVP-Spitzenkandidat in die EU-Wahl". Austria Press Agency (in German). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Andreas Schieder mit 89,8 Prozent EU-Spitzenkandidat". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  6. ^ "FPÖ: Harald Vilimsky als Spitzenkandidat für EU-Wahl am 9. Juni 2024 fixiert". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  7. ^ red, ORF at (2024-01-22). "EU-Wahl: Lena Schilling wird grüne Spitzenkandidatin". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  8. ^ red, ORF.at/Agenturen (2024-01-27). "EU-WAHL: NEOS geht mit Brandstätter ins Rennen". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  9. ^ red, ORF.at/Agenturen (2024-01-24). "KPÖ will mit Hopfgartner bei Wahl antreten". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  10. ^ "Europawahl 2024: Volt Österreich setzt auf Nini Tsiklauri". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  11. ^ krone.at (2024-01-02). "„Parteien sind Virus innerhalb des Systems"". Kronen Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  12. ^ a b red, ORF at/Agenturen (2024-02-29). "Austrittsbündnis Öxit will bei EU-Wahl antreten". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  13. ^ "Election advertising of the Christian Party of Austria" (PDF) (in German).
  14. ^ "EU-Austrittspartei (EUAUS) - für Österreich 2024". www.euaustrittspartei.at. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  15. ^ "Liste OMA: ÖH-Mandatar will bei EU-Wahl ins Europäische Parlament". vienna.at. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
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