European elections in Austria 2019
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The European elections in Austria 2019 for the election of the Austrian members of the European Parliament took place as part of the European elections 2019 on May 26, 2019. Of the total of 751 mandates to be awarded in the 28 member states of the European Union , which remained unchanged on election day , 18 were in Austria. Since the UK's exit from the European Union was initially postponed to October 31, 2019 by the European Council , the country still had to take part in the election. With the so-called “ Brexit ” on January 31, 2020, the number of mandates assigned to each member country changed and the number of Austrian seats increased to 19 places. The Greens received the additional mandate.
Starting position
European elections 2014
In the 2014 European elections , five parties from Austria entered the European Parliament. Despite losses, the conservative ÖVP became the strongest party, just ahead of the social democratic SPÖ - both coalition parties in the federal government at the time. The right-wing populist FPÖ was able to win and double its mandates from two to four. The Greens easily gained votes and a mandate, the liberal NEOS entered parliament for the first time. EUSTOP (2.76%), Europa Anders (2.14%), REKOS (1.18%) and BZÖ - List Mag. Wertmann (0.47%) did not manage to move in.
The list of Dr. Martin , the 2009 still nearly 18% of the votes received, has not raced for more.
Formation of parliamentary groups in the FPÖ
Before the 2014 election, the FPÖ had formed an alliance with the French Front National , the Italian Lega Nord and the Dutch PVV , among others . The aim of the alliance was to form a parliamentary group in the European Parliament. The parliamentary group did not come into being after the election because the parliamentary group did not have MEPs from seven member countries, as was necessary. It was not until June 15, 2017 that the Europe of Nations and Freedom Group was founded with the help of a former UKIP MP .
National Council election 2017
In the early National Council elections in 2017 , the ÖVP, under the name of Liste Sebastian Kurz - The New People's Party , became the strongest party. As a result, a turquoise-blue coalition was formed with Sebastian Kurz as Chancellor, which replaced the previous grand coalition .
In the election, the Greens left the National Council and the newly established Pilz list moved into the National Council.
Government crisis May 2019
Shortly before the election date, a secretly recorded video was made public that shows Heinz-Christian Strache and the FPÖ club chairman Johann Gudenus in talks with a supposed Russian oligarch's niece and both politicians are heavily burdened. The video was published on May 17, 2019 at 6 p.m. by the German media Spiegel and SZ . The affair led to national and international outrage, the resignation of both of them from all functions, the break of the turquoise-blue coalition at the federal level and the announcement of new elections .
Suffrage
In the European elections in Austria, all persons who have Austrian citizenship and have their main residence in Austria, Austrian citizens without a residence in Austria (Austrians abroad) and other Union citizens if they have their main residence in Austria are eligible to vote . In addition, those eligible to vote must be 16 years of age at the latest on election day and be entered in the voter register / European voter register of an Austrian municipality on the key date (that was March 12, 2019). In the European elections, all those persons who are entitled to vote themselves and who have reached the age of 18 on election day have the right to stand for election.
The final number of people eligible to vote in the European elections was 6,416,202, an increase of 5,600 compared to the 2014 election. 44,718 Austrians abroad and 38,668 EU citizens with their main residence in Austria were included. The final number of eligible voters was published on May 6, 2019 after an appeal phase.
For the election, 686,249 voting cards were requested, the highest number in an Austrian EU election. Compared to the 2014 election, for which 444,057 voting cards were issued, the number rose by 55%. The strongest increase was in Tyrol with 89%, the lowest in Vienna with 38%.
In Austria, as with the National Council election, there is an explicit threshold clause of four percent. However, due to the seat allocation used according to the D'Hondt procedure , the implicit threshold clause can be higher; from a vote share of 5.27%, a mandate win is certain.
Electoral parties and candidates
Lists to choose from
In order to stand for election, electoral parties had to submit the supporting signature of a member of the European Parliament, three members of the National Council or 2,600 eligible voters. Collecting the signatures was possible from March 12 to April 12, 2019.
The parties that stood for election (according to the ranking on the ballot) and their top candidates:
- The ÖVP led a preferential vote election campaign, the previous head of the delegation, Othmar Karas, was elected as the top candidate by the ÖVP federal party executive.
- The SPÖ entered the race with ex- club chairman Andreas Schieder .
- Harald Vilimsky ran again for the FPÖ .
- For the Greens , their national spokesman Werner Kogler went into the election.
- For NEOS joined Claudia Gamon as a list first.
- The Greek Katerina Anastasiou, who lives in Vienna, ran for the alliance of the KPÖ and the European Left , which had chosen the KPÖ Plus - European Left, open list .
- The former Green MEP Johannes Voggenhuber stood as the lead candidate of the Alliance Initiative 1 Europe with the Now - List Pilz as a formally independent electoral party EUROPA Now - Initiative Johannes Voggenhuber .
The following electoral parties competed in the European elections:
| list | Electoral party | Order code drawing |
Top candidate | European party |
Group in the EP |
Mandates EU election 2014 1) |
Mandates EU election 2019 2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austrian People's Party | ÖVP | Othmar Karas | EPP | EPP | 5 | 7th |
| 2 | Social Democratic Party of Austria | SPÖ | Andreas Schieder | SPE | S&D | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) - The Freedom Party | FPÖ | Harald Vilimsky | MENL | ENF | 4th | 3 |
| 4th | The Greens - Green Alternative 3) | GREEN | Werner Kogler | EGP | Greens / EFA | 3 | 2 3) |
| 5 | NEOS - The New Europe | NEOS | Claudia Gamon | ALDE | ALDE | 1 | 1 |
| 6th | KPÖ Plus - European Left , open list 4) | KPÖ | Katerina Anastasiou | Tbsp | - | - 4) | 0 |
| 7th | EUROPA Now - Initiative Johannes Voggenhuber 5) | EUROPE | Johannes Voggenhuber | - | 5) | - | 0 |
Othmar Karas
(ÖVP)
Andreas Schieder
(SPÖ)
Harald Vilimsky
(FPÖ)
Werner Kogler
(GREEN)
Claudia Gamon
(NEOS)
Katerina Anastasiou
(KPÖ)
Johannes Voggenhuber
(EUROPE)
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More party lists
The following other groups collected support signatures, but did not make it to the start:
- Christian Party of Austria (CPÖ; European Christian Political Movement (ECPM), top candidate: Daniel Dragomir)
- Democratic alternative (top candidate: Gerhard Kuchta)
- EU exit party (EUAUS, top candidate: Robert Marschall )
- Leaving the EU, stopping immigration, direct democracy, neutrality (EU-NO), joint list of Bündnis Neutrales Free Austria (NFÖ) and “Initiative Heimat und Umwelt” (top candidates: Inge Rauscher, Rudolf Pomaroli). The list had submitted declarations of support in due time on April 12, but 242 were missing from the 2600 required. In contrast to the election of the Federal President, there is no grace period. Therefore, on May 15th, Rauscher announced an election contestation (legally possible from June 12th) and also criticized "legal, official and democratic deficiencies".
- List Öxit - The Voice (top candidate: Markus Ripfl)
- Volt Austria (top candidate: Benjamin Wolf)
Prominent career changers
Like Ursula Stenzel (at that time ÖVP) or Eugen Freund (SPÖ), previously a presenter of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation , Austrian celebrities are also running for this European elections as lateral entrants . The ÖVP was able to win the former ORF presenter Wolfram Pirchner for its sixth place on the list, who will not get a seat in the EU Parliament due to the preferential voting campaign conducted by the ÖVP . For the Greens (two seats in the election), the TV cook, farmer and entrepreneur Sarah Wiener successfully ran for second place on the list.
Survey
Recent polls
| Institute | date | ÖVP | SPÖ | FPÖ | GREEN | NEOS | EUROPE NOW | KPÖ PLUS / Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Affairs | May 16, 2019 | 29% | 27% | 23% | 8th % | 9% | 2% | 2% |
| Unique research | 05/09/2019 | 30% | 27% | 23% | 10% | 8th % | 1 % | 1 % |
| OGM | 05/02/2019 | 30-31% | 27-28% | 24-25% | 7% | 7% | 1-2% | 2% |
| Research Affairs | 05/01/2019 | 29% | 27% | 23% | 7% | 10% | 2% | 2% |
| Research Affairs | April 17, 2019 | 29% | 27% | 22% | 7% | 10% | 2% | 3% |
| Market | April 15, 2019 | 30% | 28% | 20% | 8th % | 9% | 2% | 3% |
| Research Affairs | 04/03/2019 | 29% | 26% | 22% | 8th % | 9% | 3% | 3% |
| INSA | 04/01/2019 | 28% | 28% | 25% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Research Affairs | March 20, 2019 | 28% | 26% | 23% | 8th % | 8th % | 3% | 4% |
| Research Affairs | 03/06/2019 | 28% | 26% | 23% | 9% | 9% | 2% | 3% |
| INSA | 01.03.2019 | 29% | 25% | 24% | 9% | 8th % | 2% | 3% |
| Market | 02/20/2019 | 30% | 25% | 21% | 8th % | 11% | 2% | 3% |
| Research Affairs | 02/20/2019 | 27% | 26% | 23% | 9% | 9% | 2% | 4% |
| Research Affairs | 02/06/2019 | 27% | 26% | 22% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 4% |
| Research Affairs | 01/23/2019 | 27% | 26% | 22% | 8th % | 9% | 3% | 5% |
| Research Affairs | 09/01/2019 | 27% | 26% | 23% | 8th % | 9% | 2% | 5% |
| Research Affairs | 12/12/2018 | 27% | 26% | 23% | 7% | 9% | 2% | 6% |
| Research Affairs | 11/28/2018 | 27% | 26% | 24% | 7% | 8th % | 3% | 5% |
| Research Affairs | 11/14/2018 | 27% | 26% | 24% | 7% | 8th % | 3% | 5% |
| Research Affairs | October 17, 2018 | 27% | 26% | 24% | 6% | 9% | 3% | 5% |
| Research Affairs | 09/20/2018 | 28% | 28% | 24% | 5% | 9% | 1 % | 5% |
| Research Affairs | 05.09.2018 | 28% | 27% | 24% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 5% |
| European elections 2014 | 05/25/2014 | 27.0% | 24.1% | 19.7% | 14.5% | 8.1% | - | 6.6% |
course
Sunday question in the federal states
Burgenland
| Institute | date | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | GREEN | NEOS | EUROPE NOW | KPÖ PLUS / Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Opinion Strategies | 04/29/2019 | 33% | 34% | 20% | 8th % | 3% | 1 % | 1 % |
| European elections 2014 | 05/25/2014 | 33.5% | 31.0% | 17.8% | 8.0% | 4.9% | - | 4.8% |
Upper Austria
| Institute | date | ÖVP | SPÖ | FPÖ | GREEN | NEOS | EUROPE NOW | KPÖ PLUS / Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGE elections | 02/25/2019 | 28-29% | 25-26% | 21-22% | 7-8% | 8-9% | 3-4% | 4-6% |
| European elections 2014 | 05/25/2014 | 28.0% | 24.4% | 20.5% | 13.4% | 7.3% | - | 6.4% |
Tyrol
| Institute | date | ÖVP | GREEN | FPÖ | SPÖ | NEOS | EUROPE NOW | KPÖ PLUS / Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMAD | 05/13/2019 | 34.1% | 14.6% | 18.1% | 18.8% | 10.5% | 3.0% | 0.9% |
| European elections 2014 | 05/25/2014 | 32.4% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 16.7% | 9.7% | - | 6.3% |
Vorarlberg
| Institute | date | ÖVP | GREEN | FPÖ | NEOS | SPÖ | EUROPE NOW | KPÖ PLUS / Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SORA | March 24, 2019 | 43% | 12% | 20% | 14% | 10% | 1 % | 0% |
| European elections 2014 | 05/25/2014 | 28.2% | 23.3% | 17.1% | 14.9% | 10.6% | - | 5.9% |
Detailed results
Official final results including postal votes for Austria as a whole and the federal states:
In brackets: change in mandates after Brexit .
Turnout: 59.77% (+ 14.38%)
| Political party | be right | proportion of | Changes to 2014 |
Seats | Changes | Group (2014-2019) | Group 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ÖVP | 1,305,954 | 34.55% | + 7.57% | 7th | +2 | EPP | |
| SPÖ | 903.151 | 23.89% | −0.20% | 5 | ± 0 | S&D | |
| FPÖ | 650.114 | 17.20% | −2.52% | 3 | −1 | ENF | ID |
| GREEN | 532.194 | 14.08% | −0.44% | 2 (3) | −1 (± 0) | G / EFA | |
| NEOS | 319.024 | 8.44% | + 0.30% | 1 | ± 0 | ALDE | RE |
| KPÖ | 30,086 | 0.80% | n. k. | - | - | - | |
| EUROPE | 39,234 | 1.04% | n. k. | - | - | - | |
See also
Web links
- European elections 2019 - Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
- European elections 2019 - graphic presentation of the results of the BMI
- 2014 European elections - graphic presentation of the results of the BMI
- Analyzes of the 2019 European elections on the website of the SORA Institute
- Wahlkabine.at. Retrieved on May 24, 2019 (electoral aid with 25 questions to the parties).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f BMI , Department III / 6: European elections 2019. In: bmi.gv.at. May 27, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 .
- ↑ a b EU election: mandates assigned according to the official final result. In: ORF.at , June 12, 2019, accessed on June 12, 2019.
- ↑ a b c d Slight postponements. Live ticker. The election evening for reading. In: ORF .at, May 26, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ Allocation of mandates: What will change in the EU Parliament with Brexit. In: Wiener Zeitung . January 29, 2020, accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ BMI , Department III / 6: National Council election 2017. In: bmi.gv.at. October 31, 2017, accessed May 26, 2019 .
- ↑ FPÖ boss Strache secretly filmed: The video trap - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Video . In: Spiegel Online . May 17, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed May 18, 2019]).
- ↑ ORF at / agencies red: "Ibiza-Video": Strache declares resignation. May 18, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Final number of eligible voters (PDF). In: bmi.gv.at. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Number of voting cards issued (PDF). In: bmi.gv.at. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Actual blocking effect. In: Wahlrecht.de. Retrieved May 25, 2014 . : 100% / 18 * 18/19 = 5.263%, rounded up 5.27%.
- ↑ ÖVP moves to EU election with preferential voting. In: ORF .at December 26, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019.
- ↑ EU election: ÖVP unanimously approved the list of candidates. In: OÖNachrichten , January 21, 2019, accessed on January 21, 2019.
- ^ ÖVP with a “broad team” on the EU election. In: ORF .at January 21, 2019, accessed on January 21, 2019.
- ^ Günther Oswald: Andreas Schieder as candidate for EU election: A quick comeback after dismantling. In: derStandard.at . October 7, 2018, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ^ Martin Fritzl: Who send Austria's parties to the election. In: Die Presse , print edition January 5, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ EU election: Werner Kogler applies for green top candidate. In: derStandard.at / APA . October 30, 2018, accessed May 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Ida Metzger: Neos nominate youngest top candidate for EU parliamentary election. Portrait Claudia Gamon: The 30-year-old Vorarlberg woman's dream for the European Union is the “United States of Europe”. In: kurier.at , January 6, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ^ Press conference: List presentation by KPÖ PLUS - European Left in Vienna. In: Website of the Communist Party of Austria . KPÖ Federal Board (publisher), March 15, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ Voggenhuber stands for now. In: ORF .at / Agencies, February 3, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ Voggenhuber's arrival: Pro-Europeans face new competition. In: ORF .at, February 5, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ EU election: CPÖ is not running. In: Tiroler Tageszeitung / APA , April 12, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ Is there a record ballot for the EU election? In 2014, the record was raised to nine parties standing for election. Six parties have already been set for the polls on May 26th. In: Die Presse / APA , April 8, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ At least seven parties on EU ballot papers. In: ORF .at / Agencies, April 12, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ EU election: Opponents line up to take off. In: ORF .at / Agencies, January 17, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ EU-No announces contestation of the election. In: ORF .at / Agencies, May 15, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019.
- ↑ Undemocratic hurdle could not be overcome - List ÖXIT - The vote is not on the EU ballot. In: website of the party The Voice, undated, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ EU election: VOLT and CPÖ didn't make it in Austria. In: Vienna.at. Russmedia Digital (Ed.), April 12, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019.
- ↑ Wolfram Pirchner: From the ORF couch to the EU ÖVP list. In: kurier.at / Agencies / kap, January 21, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ orf.at: Strache is entitled to an EU mandate . Article dated May 27, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019.
- ^ Peter Mayr: Sarah Wiener: Green candidate with celebrity factor. Series head of the day. In: Der Standard , February 17, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019.
- ↑ AUSTRIA survey: ÖVP leads in EU election , on oe24.at
- ↑ Political mood in the European Parliament election 2019 , on heute.at
- ↑ EU election: Only every second party votes for a party out of conviction , on kurier.at
- ↑ Strache loses, Vilimsky gains , on oe24.at
- ↑ Survey: Run on EU election: ÖVP clearly ahead - SPÖ is catching up - FPÖ third , on oe24.at
- ↑ Only one in five currently sees the development of the EU as positive , on derstandard.at
- ↑ Survey: Identitarians harm the FPÖ , on oe24.at
- ↑ La brecha se reduce en España , on elmundo.es
- ↑ FPÖ overtakes SPÖ , on oe24.at
- ↑ Survey: Rendi slips, FPÖ already second , on oe24.at
- ↑ El bloque de la investidura de Pedro Sánchez ganaría las europeas , on elmundo.es
- ↑ Attitude towards the EU much more positive than five years ago , on derstandard.at
- ↑ Strache wins after Papa Month , on oe24.at
- ↑ Survey: EU election turns into a thriller , on oe24.at
- ↑ 75% for more deportations , on oe24.at
- ↑ Survey: The Great Chancellor Test , on oe24.at
- ^ ÖVP Would win the EU election , on oe24.at
- ↑ Survey: Kurz keeps Rendi at a distance , on oe24.at
- ↑ Survey: SPÖ again in front of the FPÖ , on oe24.at
- ↑ Survey damper for Rendi , on oe24.at
- ↑ First survey: SPÖ crashed to 24% , on oe24.at
- ↑ EU election becomes political crime thriller. , on oe24.at
- ↑ Doskozil would come according to a survey with LH direct election on tt.com
- ↑ EU election survey in the country: VP in first place, Greens lose a lot. , on nachrichten.at
- ↑ Positive image of the EU predominates among Tyroleans , on krone.at
- ↑ Survey on the 2019 state election: The race for third place , on vol.at
