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.

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2024 European Parliament election in Austria

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20 Austrian seats to the European Parliament
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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   Leader Lena Schilling Helmut Brandstätter Party Greens NEOS Alliance Greens–EFA Renew Last election 14.1%, 3 seats 8.4%, 1 seat

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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.

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]

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

According to updated preliminary numbers, 6.372.177 people are eligible to vote in the election, including 45.756 Austrian citizens with their main residence abroad and 45.144 EU citizens with their main residence in Austria.

Compared to the 2019 election, the total number of eligible voters decreased by 44.000, the number of Austrian citizens with their main residence abroad increased by 1.033 and the number of EU citizens with their main residence in Austria increased by 6.472.

The final number of eligible voters will be published on 7 June 2024.^[4]

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:

The following other parties have announced their candidacy, are currently not represented in the National Council or in the European Parliament, but submitted the necessary amount of petition signatures to be placed on the ballot:^[10]

• Günther Hopfgartner
  (KPÖ)
• Maria Hubmer-Mogg
  (DNA)

The following other parties have announced their candidacy, but failed to submit the necessary amount of petition signatures by the end of the deadline:

Projected turnout:

According to the OGM poll for the "Kurier" newspaper (May 7-8, 2024), a total of 66% of those surveyed said they are "certain" to vote. This would represent an increase of more than 6% compared to the 2019 election, which had 59.8% turnout. It would also be the highest turnout since the first EU parliament election in Austria in 1996, when turnout was 67.7%.

Other pollsters like the Lazarsfeld Society or Spectra are estimating turnout at between 52% to 63%.