2009 European Parliament election in Austria

An election was held in 2009 to elect the delegation from Austria to the European Parliament. Austria will have 17 seats in the European Parliament, instead of the 18 that the country had before the re-allocation of seats.

2009 European Parliament election in Austria
4 June 2009
17 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout45.97% ( 3.54 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ernst Strasser Hannes Swoboda Hans-Peter Martin
Party ÖVP SPÖ Hans-Peter Martin's List
Alliance EPP PES
Last election 32.70%, 6 seats 33.33%, 7 seats 13.98%, 2 seats
Seats won 6 4 (5 post-Lisbon) 3
Seat change 0 3 ( 2) 1
Popular vote 858,921 680,041 506,092
Percentage 29.98% 23.74% 17.67%
Swing 2.72pp 9.59pp 3.69pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Andreas Mölzer Ulrike Lunacek Ewald Stadler
Party FPÖ Greens BZÖ
Alliance Green
Last election 6.31%, 1 seat 12.89%, 2 seats –
Seats won 2 2 0 (1)
Seat change 1 0 New
Popular vote 364,207 284,505 131,261
Percentage 12.71% 9.93% 4.58%
Swing 6.40pp 2.96pp New

Through the Lisbon Treaty, the number of seats was graded to 19, so the SPÖ and BZÖ parties got additional seats, which are currently Observer MEPs.

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