2014 European Parliament election in Austria

none October 2017 October 2017 Austria parliamentary 2009 European Parliament election in Austria 2009 2019 European Parliament election in Austria 2019 All 18 Austrian seats to the European Parliament 25 May 2014 45.39% (0.58pp) 130x130px Karas, Othmar-2508.jpg Othmar Karas Austrian People's Party European People's Party 29.98%, 6 seats 5 1 761,896 26.98% 3.00pp Eugen Freund 2014 (cropped).jpg Eugen Freund Social Democratic Party of Austria Party of European Socialists 23.74%, 5 seats 5 680,180 24.09% 0.35pp Harald Vilimsky - FPÖ-Neujahrstreffen 2019.JPG Harald Vilimsky Freedom Party of Austria European Alliance for Freedom 12.71%, 2 seats 4 2 556,835 19.72% 7.01pp Ulrike Lunacek Wahlkampfauftakt Grüne Nationalratswahl 2013 Österreich 3.jpg Ulrike Lunacek The Greens – The Green Alternative European Green Party 9.93%, 2 seats 3 1 410,089 14.52% 4.59pp Angelika-Mlinar-2014.jpg Angelika Mlinar NEOS – The New Austria Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party – 1 New 229,781 8.14% New File:2014-european-parliament-election-in-austria.svg 380px Results by state The 2014 European Parliament election in Austria was held on 25 May 2014 in Austria. As a result of the Lisbon Treaty Austria held 19 seats in the European Parliament, but with Croatia joining the Union in 2013, Austria's allocation was reduced to 18 seats. Background Three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) decided to stand in the election again, but not for their original parties. They are Martin Ehrenhauser (former member of Hans-Peter Martin's List), Ewald Stadler (formerly top candidate for the Alliance for the Future of Austria) and Angelika Werthmann (former member of Hans-Peter Martin's List). Ehrenhauser is now top candidate for the left-wing electoral alliance "Europe Different" (Europa Anders), which includes the Communists and the Pirate Party. Stadler founded the eurosceptic "Reform Conservatives" (Die Reformkonservativen, REKOS), who intend to join the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group in European Parliament.http://orf.at/stories/2221173/ Stadler will EU als "Schutzmacht für verfolgte Christen" ORF.at 7 March 2014 Angelika Werthmann, who was part of the ALDE group between 2012 and 2014, had originally planned to contest the election for NEOS, but in early 2014 she claimed that "the buying of votes" had occurred at the NEOS party caucus for the 2013 national election. She withdrew her NEOS-candidacy for the 2014 European election in January 2014.http://diepresse.com/home/politik/eu/1547448/EUWahl_Werthmann-zieht-sich-aus-NeosVorwahl-zuruck EU-Wahl: Werthmann zieht sich aus Neos-Vorwahl zurück DiePresse.com 16 January 2014 The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) initially planned to field Ulrike Haider-Quercia, daughter of the late party founder Jörg Haider, as their frontrunner. She withdrew on 8 April, complaining that the party would not accept her "independent policy".http://diepresse.com/home/politik/eu/1588376/Schutz-der-Familie_Haider-zieht-BZOKandidatur-zuruck?_vl_backlink=/home/politik/index.do "Schutz der Familie": Haider zieht BZÖ-Kandidatur zurück DiePresse.com 9 April 2014 Instead of her, the BZÖ's new top candidate is Angelika Werthmann. She was also excluded from the liberal ALDE group in the European Parliament after joining the BZÖ.http://derstandard.at/1395364781260/Angelika-Werthmann-Langer-Marsch-von-der-Liste-Martin-zum-BZOe Angelika Werthmann: Langer Marsch von der Liste Martin zum BZÖ DerStandard.at 9 April 2014 The new liberal party NEOS (represented in the national parliament since 2013) is contesting the election. Angelika Mlinar was elected as its top candidate after its caucus in February 2014.http://derstandard.at/1389860557060/EU-Wahl-Angelika-Mlinar-zur-Neos-Spitzenkandidatin EU-Wahl: Angelika Mlinar ist Neos-Spitzenkandidatin Team Stronach, another successful new party in the 2013 national election, announced on 8 April 2014 that they would not contest the election.http://derstandard.at/1395364606981/Nachbaur-Die-Neos-sind-ein-moderner-Maennerklub Nachbaur: "Die Neos sind ein moderner Männerklub" On 25 March 2014 MEP Hans-Peter Martin, the leader of Hans-Peter Martin's List, announced that he would no longer be contesting European Elections.http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/1579810/HansPeter-Martin-beendet-seine-politische-Karriere- Hans-Peter Martin beendet seine politische Karriere Die Presse 25 March 2014 A small party called "EU-STOP" also managed to collect the 2600 signatures necessary to be included on the election ballot. Their main goal is Austria's exit from the EU resulting in a fully neutral and self-determined country, a return to the Austrian schilling and strict border controls to limit cross-border crime.http://derstandard.at/1397520933580/Die-Kriminellen-fahren-hin-und-her Robert Marschall: "Die Kriminellen fahren hin und her" Der Standard 17 April 2014 Electoral system Voters who so chose were allowed to cast their vote either by absentee ballot or postal ballot. Postal ballots had to arrive at the district voting commission no later than 5 pm on election day. Before the 2009 election, 309,200 voters requested absentee or postal ballots. For the 2014 election, the number was 444,057.http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/europawahl/2009/Wahlkarten.aspx Europawahl 2009 – Zahl der ausgestellten Wahlkarten bmi.gv.at 6 June 2014http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/europawahl/2014/Wahlkarten.aspx Europawahl 2014 – Zahl der ausgestellten Wahlkarten bmi.gv.at 6 June 2014 According to the final figures, a total of 6,410,602 people were eligible to vote in this election, an increase from 6,362,761 people in the 2009 election. 3,322,498 women (2009: 3,314,816) and 3,088,104 men (2009: 3,047,945) were eligible to vote. Included in these totals are 34,773 Austrians living abroad and 33,184 foreign EU-citizens living in Austria.http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/europawahl/2014/WahlberechtigteE.aspx Europawahl 2014 – Endgültige Zahl der Wahlberechtigten bmi.gv.at 6 June 2014 Poll opening and closing times on election day were set individually by each municipality. Poll closing times can be no later than 17:00. Contesting parties There were 9 partieshttp://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/europawahl/2014/Parteien_Kandidaten.aspx Europawahl 2014 – Parteien die kandidieren, Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten bmi.gv.at 4 May 2014 contesting the election. They are ranked herehttp://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/europawahl/2014/files/Stimmzettel_Muster.pdf Amtlicher Stimmzettel bmi.gv.at 4 May 2014 as they appeared on the ballot paper: ÖVP – (Österreichische Volkspartei – Liste Othmar Karas) – Austrian People's Party SPÖ – (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs) – Social Democratic Party of Austria FPÖ – (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) – Die Freiheitlichen) – Freedom Party of Austria GRÜNE – (Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative) – The Greens – The Green Alternative BZÖ – (BZÖ – Liste Mag. Werthmann) – Alliance for the Future of Austria NEOS – (NEOS Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum) – NEOS – The New Austria REKOS – (Die Reformkonservativen – Liste Ewald Stadler) – The Reform Conservatives ANDERS – (Europa Anders – KPÖ, Piratenpartei, Wandel und Unabhängige) – Europe Different (Communist Party of Austria, Pirate Party of Austria, The Change and independents) EUSTOP – (EU-Austritt, Direkte Demokratie, Neutralität, EU-Stop) – EU Stop Opinion polls Date Polling Firm ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Grüne BZÖ NEOS REKOS ANDERS EU-STOP Others Lead 17 May 2014 Unique Research 26 25 20 13 – 10 – – – 6 1 15 May 2014 Gallup 2324 21 12.5 1.5 13 1 2.5 – –1 15 May 2014 Peter Hajek POS 26 25 20 12 1 11 1 3 – 1 1 14 May 2014 Market 2223 21 16 1 14 – 1 – 11 11 May 2014 OGM 2526 20 13 – 11 – – – 51 10 May 2014 Gallup 24 24 20 13 2 12 1 3 – 1 – 9 May 2014 Unique Research 25 24 20 12 1 13 2 3 0 – 1 8 May 2014 meinungsraum.at 24 23 21 12 1.5 14 1.5 1.5 1.5 – 1 1 May 2014 Gallup 24 24 19 13 1 14 1 3 – 1 – 27 April 2014 Gallup 2324 20 13 1 13 1 2 – 31 12 April 2014 Unique Research 26 24 18 13 – 14 – – – 5 2 10 April 2014 Gallup 24 24 19 13 1 13 2 2 – 2 – 4 April 2014 Unique Research 26 23 19 12 2 14 1 1 – 2 3 Results Austrian People's Party 761896 5 –1 Social Democratic Party of Austria 680180 5 0 Freedom Party of Austria 556835 4 +2 The Greens – The Green Alternative 410089 3 +1 NEOS – The New Austria 229781 1 New EU-STOP 77897 0 New Europe Different (KPÖ–PIRAT–WANDEL) 60451 0 New The Reform Conservatives 33224 0 New Alliance for the Future of Austria 13208 0 –1 85936 –1 6410602 Ministry of the Interior References Austria Category:European Parliament elections in Austria Europe Category:May 2014 in Austria