2024 European Parliament election in Austria

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20 Austrian seats to the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Leader Reinhold Lopatka Andreas Schieder Lena Schilling Party ÖVP SPÖ Greens Alliance EPP S&D Greens–EFA Last election 34.6%, 7 seats 23.9%, 5 seats 14.1%, 3 seats   Leader Harald Vilimsky TBA Party FPÖ NEOS Alliance ID Renew Last election 17.2%, 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 sixth European Parliament election held in Austria, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Background

Green President Alexander Van der Bellen was re-elected in the 2022 Austrian presidential election.^[2]

Electoral system

Compared to last election, Austria is entitled to two more MEPs in this election: one assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit, and one assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures.^[3] 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%, but due to the seat allocation procedure, at least one seat is only guaranteed from a vote share of 4.76%.^[4]

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

The table shows the detailed composition of the Austrian seats at the European Parliament as of 23 January 2024.

Parties campaigning for election

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

The following other parties have announced their candidature but are currently not represented in the National Council or (for Austria) in the European Parliament:

Opinion polling