Mon. Dec 23rd, 2024

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

 

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