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An election was held in 2009 to elect thedelegation fromAustria to theEuropean 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,[1] which are currentlyObserver MEPs.
TheSPÖ announced that their frontrunner will be current MEPHannes Swoboda.
TheÖVP surprisingly selected former Interior MinisterErnst Strasser to lead their party. 2004 frontrunner and MEPOthmar 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.[2]
Andreas Mölzer was selected to lead theFPÖ's lists again, andHeinz-Christian Strache claimed that up to 30% were possible; Mölzer stated that he wanted to reach 17.5% again, as in the 2008 elections.[3]
At theGreens' party congress on 17–18 January 2009, long-time MEPJohannes Voggenhuber was not selected for the first place on the party list, withUlrike 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.[4] However, in the days after the decision, it was not ruled out that Voggenhuber might run on his own;[5] he later emphatically stated he would not do that.[6] 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.[7]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.[8]
TheBZÖ pickedEwald Stadler to head their list;[9] they did not want to run together with theLibertas Party, but stated that they were interested in cooperation after the election.[10]
MEPHans-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.[11][12]
Liberal Forum MEPKarin Resetarits gave theYoung Liberals (a sub-organisation of the LIF, both its youth party and its student organisation[13]) the possibility to contest the election.[14] 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.[15]
TheCommunist Party of Austria announced on 7 March that it will participate in the elections under the list name "Communist Party of Austria – European Left".[16]
| Source | Date | SPÖ | ÖVP | MARTIN | GRÜNE | FPÖ | BZÖ | Others | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup/Österreich | 2009-06-02 | 27–29% | 27–29% | 12–14% | 8–10% | 14–16% | 4–6% | – | – |
| Market/Standard | 2009-06-01 | 28% | 27% | 15% | 8% | 17% | 4% | 1% | – |
| Karmasin/Profil | 2009-05-28 | 27% | 28% | 13% | 10% | 15% | 5% | 2% | – |
| OGM/News | 2009-05-27 | 26% | 30% | 14% | 8% | 16% | 5% | 1% | – |
| IFES/Heute | 2009-05-25 | 27% | 29% | 10% | 11% | 16% | 5% | 2% | – |
| OGM/ORF | 2009-05-24 | 29% | 30% | 11% | 9% | 14% | 5% | 2% | – |
| Market/Standard | 2009-05-22 | 25% | 27% | 17% | 10% | 14% | 3% | 4% | – |
| Market/ORF-EcoArchived 23 May 2009 at theWayback Machine | 2009-05-08 | 29% | 27% | 13% | 8% | 16% | 5% | 2% | – |
| Gallup/Österreich | 2009-05-08 | 31% | 30% | 8% | 9% | 17% | 5% | – | – |
| OGM/News | 2009-05-06 | 32% | 29% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 5% | – | – |
| Karmasin/Profil | 2009-05-02 | 30% | 30% | 9% | 9% | 17% | 5% | – | – |
| OGM/News | 2009-04-15 | 30% | 32% | 6% | 9% | 17% | 5% | 1% | – |
| Gallup/Österreich | 2009-04-04 | 31–33% | 30–32% | 6–8% | 8–10% | 15–17% | 3–5% | – | – |
| Peter Hayek/ATVArchived 30 April 2011 at theWayback Machine | 2009-04-01 | 31% | 33% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 4% | 3% | – |
| Manova/Presse | 2009-04-01 | 33% | 30% | 3% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 2% | – |
| Gallup/Österreich | 2009-03-27 | 30–32% | 29–31% | 7–9% | 9-11% | 15–17% | 4–6% | – | – |
| Market/Standard | 2009-03-25 | 30% | 29% | 8% | 9% | 15% | 6% | 3% | – |
| Gallup/Österreich | 2009-03-13 | 30–32% | 29–31% | 7–9% | 9-11% | 15–17% | 4–6% | – | – |
| Fessel-Gfk/Presse | 2009-03-05 | 28% | 25% | 4% | 8% | 9% | – | – | 26% |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Elected | +/– | Post-Lisbon | +/– | |||||
| Austrian People's Party | 858,921 | 29.98 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 680,041 | 23.74 | 4 | –3 | 5 | +1 | ||
| Hans-Peter Martin's List | 506,092 | 17.67 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Freedom Party of Austria | 364,207 | 12.71 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| The Greens – The Green Alternative | 284,505 | 9.93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alliance for the Future of Austria | 131,261 | 4.58 | 0 | New | 1 | +1 | ||
| Young Liberals | 20,668 | 0.72 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Communist Party of Austria | 18,926 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,864,621 | 100.00 | 17 | –1 | 19 | +2 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,864,621 | 97.93 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 60,511 | 2.07 | ||||||
| Total votes | 2,925,132 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,362,761 | 45.97 | ||||||
| Source:Ministry of Interior | ||||||||
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