European elections, 6 – 9 June 2024, country sheet AUSTRIA
Official EE24 website: https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Europawahlen/Europawahl_2024/start.aspx
Other elections/referenda held the same day: No
Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 19/20
Current government: ÖVP (EPP) and Grüne (Greens/EFA) alliance
ELECTORAL RULES
- Obligatory vote: No
- Number of constituencies: 1
- Preferential vote: Yes
- Postal vote: Yes
- Threshold to get elected: 4 %
- Day of EE24: Sunday 9 June
- Opening time of polling stations: 07.00 CEST
- Closing time of polling stations: 17.00 CEST (at the latest)
VOTERS
- Total: 6.372.177 (provisional per 16 May)
- Minimum age: 16
CANDIDATES
- Lists (total): 7
- Candidates (total): 255
- Minimum age to stand as candidate: 18
Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)
- ÖVP – Reinhold LOPOTKA
- SPÖ – Andreas SCHIEDER
- FPÖ – Harald VILIMSKY
- Grüne – Lena SCHILLING
- NEOS – Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER
- DNA – Maria HUBMER-MOGG
- KPÖ – Günther HOPFGARTNER
MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)
ÖVP (EPP):
- Angelika WINZIG
- Alexander BERNHUBER
- Lukas MANDL
- Wolfgang PIRCHER
SPÖ (S&D):
- Andreas SCHIEDER
- Evelyn REGNER
- Günther SIDL
- Hannes HEIDE
FPÖ (ID):
- Harald VILIMSKY
- Georg MAYER
- Roman HAIDER
Grüne (Greens):
- Thomas WAITZ
RESULTS 2019
MEPs / % votes
- ÖVP / 7 / 34,55 %
- SPÖ / 5 / 23,89 %
- FPÖ / 3 / 17,20 %
- Grüne / 2 (3 after Brexit) / 14,08 %
- NEOS / 1 / 8,44 %
- KPÖ / 0 / 0,8 %
- Europa Jetzt / 0 / 1,04 %
TURNOUT 2019
- 59,8 %
Source – EU Parliament