2009 European Parliament election in Austria

none August 2021 Austria parliamentary 2004 European Parliament election in Austria 2004 2014 European Parliament election in Austria 2014 17 seats to the European Parliament 4 June 2009 45.97% ( 3.54 pp) 130x130px Ernst Strasser at EPP Conference on Cyber Security (5389731063) (cropped).jpg Ernst Strasser Austrian People's Party European People's Party 32.70%, 6 seats 6 0 858,921 29.98% 2.72pp Hannes Swoboda par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2013.jpg Hannes Swoboda Social Democratic Party of Austria Party of European Socialists 33.33%, 7 seats 4 (5 post-Lisbon) 3 ( 2) 680,041 23.74% 9.59pp Hans-Peter Martin Hans-Peter Martin's List 13.98%, 2 seats 3 1 506,092 17.67% 3.69pp Andreas Mölzer - Präsentation des Historikerberichtes.JPG Andreas Mölzer Freedom Party of Austria 6.31%, 1 seat 2 1 364,207 12.71% 6.40pp Lunacek.Ulrike-6701 (16887025110).jpg Ulrike Lunacek The Greens – The Green Alternative European Green Party 12.89%, 2 seats 2 0 284,505 9.93% 2.96pp Ewald Stadler MEP 1.jpg Ewald Stadler Alliance for the Future of Austria – 0 (1) New 131,261 4.58% New 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. Through the Lisbon Treaty, the number of seats was graded to 19, so the SPÖ and BZÖ parties got additional seats,https://archive.today/20121206030327/http://www.wienerzeitung.at/default.aspx?tabID=3861&alias=wzo&cob=529886 which are currently Observer MEPs. Contesting parties SPÖ The SPÖ announced that their frontrunner will be current MEP Hannes Swoboda. ÖVP The ÖVP surprisingly selected former Interior Minister Ernst Strasser to lead their party. 2004 frontrunner and MEP Othmar Karas, initially the favourite for the first place on the ÖVP party list, was listed in second place. Nonetheless, a large number of famous ÖVP members, including all living former ÖVP chairmen, launched a supporting committee for Karas.http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/105389.html?filter= Oe1.ORF.at / ÖVP-Irritationen: Promis für Karas statt Strasser 27 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090526053555/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/105389.html?filter= 26 May 2009 dead FPÖ Andreas Mölzer was selected to lead the FPÖ's lists again, and Heinz-Christian Strache claimed that up to 30% were possible; Mölzer stated that he wanted to reach 17.5% again, as in the 2008 elections.http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/101622.html?filter=3 Oe1.ORF.at / Mölzer Spitzenkandidat der FPÖ 26 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090526053548/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/101622.html?filter=3 26 May 2009 dead Die Grünen At the Greens' party congress on 17–18 January 2009, long-time MEP Johannes Voggenhuber was not selected for the first place on the party list, with Ulrike Lunacek being elected instead; Voggenhuber had announced he would not stand in any other place on the list and thus will withdraw from politics after the election.http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1231152160588 DerStandard.at However, in the days after the decision, it was not ruled out that Voggenhuber might run on his own;http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1231152697250 DerStandard.at he later emphatically stated he would not do that.http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1231152950462 DerStandard.at It was announced in late January that he might stand in the 16th place on the list, making it possible for him to be ranked first in preferences with more than 7% of the Greens' votes in the election. The party leadership rejected this possibility in a meeting on 30 January 2009, angering many of the Greens' supporters.http://derstandard.at/?id=1233309256978 DerStandard.at Cyriak Schwaighofer, the Greens' leader in Salzburg, then stated he would do what he could to get Voggenhuber on the list as a regional MEP candidate for Salzburg, but the Greens' leadership again rejected this idea.http://salzburg.orf.at/stories/339277/ Wien erteilt Schwaighofer Abfuhr - oesterreich.ORF.at 1 February 2009 6 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093825/http://salzburg.orf.at/stories/339277/ dead BZÖ The BZÖ picked Ewald Stadler to head their list;http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/105080.html?filter= Oe1.ORF.at / BZÖ: Stadler wird EU-Spitzenkandidat 18 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090525091108/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/105080.html?filter= 25 May 2009 dead they did not want to run together with the Libertas Party, but stated that they were interested in cooperation after the election.http://derstandard.at/?url=/? DerStandard.at Hans-Peter Martin MEP Hans-Peter Martin, who got 14% of the vote in the 2004 elections as an Independent, announced on 27 April that he would run again, stating he was sure he would defend his strong third-place showing in the 2004 elections.http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/105384.html?filter=3 oe1.ORF.at Libero 27 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042728/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/105384.html?filter=3 5 June 2011 dead http://www.wienweb.at/content.aspx?menu=4&cid=163108 www.wienweb.at 27 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090528163224/http://www.wienweb.at/content.aspx?menu=4&cid=163108 28 May 2009 dead Young Liberals Liberal Forum MEP Karin Resetarits gave the Young Liberals (a sub-organisation of the LIF, both its youth party and its student organisationhttp://www.lsf.at/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 LSF Liberales Studentinnen und Studenten Forum - Home 20 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090209175023/http://www.lsf.at/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 9 February 2009 dead ) the possibility to contest the election.http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1237230324841 DerStandard.at It later emerged that the LIF would in fact have liked to contest the election, but that it had counted on Resetarits' signature in order to contest the election; as she had given it to the Young Liberals, they could stand in the election while the LIF could not.http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1240550053588 DerStandard.at KPÖ The Communist Party of Austria announced on 7 March that it will participate in the elections under the list name "Communist Party of Austria – European Left".http://www.kpoe.at/home/aktuelles/anzeige-aktuelles/browse/8/article/5/KPOE-wird-als-linke-Alternative-bei-der-EU-Wahl-antreten.html KPÖ: KPÖ wird als linke Alternative bei der EU-Wahl antreten 5 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090607015651/http://www.kpoe.at/home/aktuelles/anzeige-aktuelles/browse/8/article/5/KPOE-wird-als-linke-Alternative-bei-der-EU-Wahl-antreten.html 7 June 2009 dead Opinion polls SourceDate SPÖ ÖVP MARTIN GRÜNE FPÖ BZÖ Others UndecidedGallup/Österreich2009-06-0227–29%27–29%12–14%8–10%14–16%4–6%––Market/Standard2009-06-0128%27%15%8%17%4%1%–Karmasin/Profil2009-05-2827%28%13%10%15%5%2%–OGM/News2009-05-2726%30%14%8%16%5%1%–IFES/HeuteAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot 2009-05-2527%29%10%11%16%5%2%–OGM/ORF2009-05-2429%30%11%9%14%5%2%–Market/Standard2009-05-2225%27%17%10%14%3%4%–Market/ORF-Eco https://web.archive.org/web/20090523064138/http://www.market.at/news/index.php/action.view/entity.news_detail/key.403/ 23 May 2009 2009-05-0829%27%13%8%16%5%2%–Gallup/Österreich2009-05-0831%30%8%9%17%5%––OGM/News2009-05-0632%29%9%10%15%5%––Karmasin/Profil2009-05-0230%30%9%9%17%5%––OGM/News2009-04-1530%32%6%9%17%5%1%–Gallup/Österreich2009-04-0431–33%30–32%6–8%8–10%15–17%3–5%––Peter Hayek/ATV https://web.archive.org/web/20110430122508/http://atv.at/binaries/asset/download_assets/190458/file 30 April 2011 2009-04-0131%33%10%9%10%4%3%–Manova/Presse2009-04-0133%30%3%13%13%6%2%–Gallup/Österreich2009-03-2730–32%29–31%7–9%9-11%15–17%4–6%––Market/Standard2009-03-2530%29%8%9%15%6%3%–Gallup/Österreich2009-03-1330–32%29–31%7–9%9-11%15–17%4–6%––Fessel-Gfk/Presse2009-03-0528%25%4%8%9%––26% Results Elected +/– Post-Lisbon +/– Austrian People's Party 858921 6 0 6 0 Social Democratic Party of Austria 680041 4 –3 5 +1 Hans-Peter Martin's List 506092 3 +1 3 0 Freedom Party of Austria 364207 2 +1 2 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative 284505 2 0 2 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria 131261 0 New 1 +1 Young Liberals 20668 0 New 0 0 #FFD300 Communist Party of Austria 18926 0 0 0 0 60511 –1 +2 6362761 Ministry of Interior References Europe Austria Category:European Parliament elections in Austria