The 2024 European Parliament elections in Austria will be held as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.

Background

Green President Alexander Van der Bellen was re-elected in the 2022 Austrian presidential election.[1]

Electoral system

Austria will gain one extra MEP in these elections due to the redistribution post Brexit.[2]

Parties campaigning for election

The following parties running in the European elections are represented in the National Council and the European Parliament:

Party European Party Group 2019 result Top candidate
ÖVP Austrian People's Party EPP EPP 34.6 TBD
SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria PES S&D 23.9 Andreas Schieder[3]
GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative EGP Greens/EFA 14.1 TBD
FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria ID ID 17.2 TBD
NEOS NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum ALDE Renew 8.4 TBD

The following other parties have announced their candidature but are currently not represented in the National Council or (for Austria) in the European Parliament:

Party European Party Group 2019 result Top candidate
KPÖ Communist Party of Austria PEL GUE/NGL 0.8[lower-alpha 1] TBD
Volt Volt Austria Volt Greens/EFA — Nini Tsiklauri & Alexander Harrer[4]
  1. ↑ With the electoral alliance KPÖ Plus

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample

size

 ÖVP

EPP

 SPÖ

S&D

 FPÖ

ID

 Grüne

G/EFA

 NEOS

Renew

 KPÖ

Left

 Others Lead
Peter Hajek 22–29 Nov 2023 1,600 23 24 30 12 7 3 1 6
IFDD 1–4 Oct 2023 837 25 25 25 14 8 — 3 Tie
2019 legislative election 29 Sep 2019 – 37.5 21.2 16.2 13.9 8.1 0.7 2.5 16.3
2019 European election 26 May 2019 – 34.6 23.9 17.2 14.1 8.4 0.8 1.0 9.7

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Francois (2022-10-10). "Austrian president secures re-election with clear win, avoiding runoff". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  2. ↑ "2024 European elections: 15 additional seats divided between 12 countries | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ↑ "Andreas Schieder mit 89,8 Prozent EU-Spitzenkandidat". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  4. ↑ "Europawahl 2024: Volt Österreich setzt auf Nini Tsiklauri". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-03.
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