2014 European Parliament election in Austria
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Turnout | 45.39% (0.58pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 European Parliament election in Austria was held on 25 May 2014 in Austria. As a result of the
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.[1]
Angelika Werthmann, who was part of the
The new liberal party
Team Stronach, another successful new party in the 2013 national election, announced on 8 April 2014 that they would not contest the election.[6]
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.[7]
A small party called "
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.[9][10]
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.[11]
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 parties[12] contesting the election. They are ranked here[13] 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
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REKOS | ANDERS | EU-STOP | Others | Lead |
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17 May 2014 | Unique Research | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | – | 10 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 |
15 May 2014 | Gallup | 23 | 24 | 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 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
11 May 2014 | OGM | 25 | 26 | 20 | 13 | – | 11 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 |
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
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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PIRAT–WANDEL) | 60,451 | 2.14 | 0 | New | |
The Reform Conservatives | 33,224 | 1.18 | 0 | New | |
Alliance for the Future of Austria | 13,208 | 0.47 | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 2,823,561 | 100.00 | 18 | –1 | |
Valid votes | 2,823,561 | 97.05 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 85,936 | 2.95 | |||
Total votes | 2,909,497 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,410,602 | 45.39 | |||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
References
- ^ Stadler will EU als "Schutzmacht für verfolgte Christen", ORF.at, 7 March 2014
- ^ EU-Wahl: Werthmann zieht sich aus Neos-Vorwahl zurück, DiePresse.com, 16 January 2014
- ^ "Schutz der Familie": Haider zieht BZÖ-Kandidatur zurück, DiePresse.com, 9 April 2014
- ^ "Angelika Werthmann: Langer Marsch von der Liste Martin zum BZÖ", DerStandard.at, 9 April 2014
- ^ EU-Wahl: Angelika Mlinar ist Neos-Spitzenkandidatin
- ^ Nachbaur: "Die Neos sind ein moderner Männerklub"
- ^ Hans-Peter Martin beendet seine politische Karriere, Die Presse, 25 March 2014
- ^ Robert Marschall: "Die Kriminellen fahren hin und her", Der Standard, 17 April 2014
- ^ Europawahl 2009 – Zahl der ausgestellten Wahlkarten, bmi.gv.at, 6 June 2014
- ^ Europawahl 2014 – Zahl der ausgestellten Wahlkarten, bmi.gv.at, 6 June 2014
- ^ Europawahl 2014 – Endgültige Zahl der Wahlberechtigten, bmi.gv.at, 6 June 2014
- ^ Europawahl 2014 – Parteien die kandidieren, Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten, bmi.gv.at, 4 May 2014
- ^ Amtlicher Stimmzettel (PDF), bmi.gv.at, 4 May 2014