2024 European Parliament election in Austria

Austria component of the 2024 European Parliament election
2024 European Parliament election in Austria

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20 Austrian seats to the European Parliament
Opinion polls
 
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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
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The table shows the detailed composition of the Austrian seats at the European Parliament as of 23 January 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 campaigning for election

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 candidature but are currently not represented in the National Council or (for Austria) 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]
  1. ^ With the electoral alliance KPÖ Plus

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 Feb5 Mar 2024 1,000 21.0 22.0 28.2 13.0 11.8 2.1 1.9 6.2
Lazarsfeld Society 26–28 Feb 2024 1,000 20 22 26 14 16 2 4
Market 5–7 Feb 2024 800 24 23 27 11 12 2 1 3
Lazarsfeld Society 29–31 Jan 2024 1,000 24 20 27 13 14 2 3
OGM 22–31 Jan 2024 2,076 22 21 26 14 12 2 3 4
IFDD 25–28 Jan 2024 1,000 21 24 27 14 9 3 2 3
Lazarsfeld Society 11–13 Dec 2023 1,000 22 22 30 13 9 2 2 8
Peter Hajek 22–29 Nov 2023 1,600 23 24 30 12 7 3 1 6
IFDD 1–4 Oct 2023 837 25 25 25 14 8 3 Tie
2019 legislative election 29 Sep 2019 37.5 21.2 16.2 13.9 8.1 0.7 2.5 16.3
2019 European election 26 May 2019 34.6 23.9 17.2 14.1 8.4 0.8 1.0 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.
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