European elections in Austria 1996

European elections in Austria 19961999 →

(in %)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

29.65

29.15

27.53

6.81

4.26

1.28

0.86

0.47

ÖVP

SPÖ

FPÖ

GREEN

LIF

N

FH

KPÖ

Austrian seats in the European Parliament

     

A total of 21 seats

• SPÖ : 6
• GREEN : 1
• LIF : 1
• ÖVP : 7
• FPÖ : 6

Distribution of seats according to parliamentary groups

The European elections in Austria in 1996 were the first elections for Austrian members of the European Parliament . It took place on October 13, 1996 during the current legislative period 1994–1999 after Austria joined the European Union on January 1, 1995 . Eight parties applied for the 21 mandates.

Result

Political party		be right	percent	Mandates	Group in the EP
	ÖVP	1,124,921	29.65%	7th	EPP / ED
	SPÖ	1.105.910	29.15%	6th	SPE
	FPÖ	1,044,604	27.53%	6th	Non-attached
	GREEN	258.250	6.81%	1	Green
	LIF	161,583	4.26%	1	LDR
	N	48,600	1.28%	0	-
	Forum handicap	32,621	0.86%	0	-
	KPÖ	17,656	0.47%	0	-
	Valid votes	3,794,145	96.58%	21st
Invalid / blank ballot papers		134.393	3.42%
total		3,928,538	100.00%
Eligible voters		5,800,377
voter turnout		67.73%

MPs

• List of Austrian members of the EU Parliament (1996–1999)
• List of Austrian members of the EU Parliament (1995–1996)

Individual evidence

Commons : European elections in Austria 1996  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

1. ↑ bmi.gv.at