Austria (European Parliament constituency)

Austria European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created	1996
MEP(s)	18 (2004)
Member State	Austria
Source(s)	[1][2]

In European elections, Austria is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by eighteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Austria.

Current MEPs

Further information: MEPs for Austria 2004-2009

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Herbert Bösch	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Wolfgang Bulfon	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Harald Ettl	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Othmar Karas	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Jörg Leichtfried	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Eva Lichtenberger	Die Grünen	G–EFA
Hans-Peter Martin	independent	non attached
Andreas Mölzer	Freiheitliche Partei	ITS
Hubert Pirker	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Christa Prets	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Reinhard Rack	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Karin Resetarits	Liberales Forum	ALDE
Paul Rübig	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Karin Scheele	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Agnes Schierhuber	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Richard Seeber	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Hannes Swoboda	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Johannes Voggenhuber	Die Grünen	G–EFA

1996

Further information: European Parliament election, 1996 (Austria)

This was the first European election in Austria.

1999

Further information: European Parliament election, 1999 (Austria)

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.

2004

Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Austria)

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. Registered voters: 6,049,129
Votes cast: 2,566,639 (42.43%)
Valid votes: 2,500,610 (97.4%)
Invalid votes: 66,029 (2.6%)

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	833,517	33.33	+1.6	7	-
	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)	817,716	32.70	+2.0	6	-1
	Hans-Peter Martin's list	349,696	13.98	-	2	+2
	Greens - Green Alternative	322,429	12.89	+3.6	2	-
	Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)	157,722	6.31	-17.1	1	-4
	Opposition for a Europe of Solidarity - European Left, KPÖ and Independents	19,530	0.78	-	-	-
	Total	2,566,639	-	-	18	-3

2009

Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Austria)

 Summary of the 7 June 2009 European Parliament election results for Austria

Parties		Political group	Votes	+/−	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)	EPP	858,921	+41,205	29.98	−2.7	6	0
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	PES	680,041	−153,476	23.74	−9.6	5	−2
	List Dr. Martin - For Democracy, Control, Justice (MARTIN)	NI	506,092	+156,396	17.67	+3.7	3	+1
	Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)	NI	364,207	+206,485	12.71	+6.4	2	+1
	The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE)	EGP	284,505	−37,924	9.93	−3.0	2	0
	Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ)	—	131,261	*	4.58	*	1	*
	Young Liberals Austria (JuLis)	—	20,668	*	0.71	*	—	*
	Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)	—	18,926	−604	0.65	−0.1	—	0
	Total (turnout 45.97%; +3.6%)		2,925,132	—	100.0	—	19	+1
Notes: *  Did not contest the 2004 election.
Source: Austrian Ministry of Interior

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu