1999 European Parliament election in Austria

1999 European Parliament election in Austria

13 June 1999

21 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout49.40% ( 18.33 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hans-Peter Martin Ursula Stenzel
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Alliance PES EPP-ED
Last election 29.15%, 6 seats 29.65%, 7 seats
Seats won 7 7
Seat change 1
Popular vote 888,338 859,175
Percentage 31.71% 30.67%
Swing 2.56pp 1.02pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Daniela Raschhofer Johannes Voggenhuber
Party FPÖ Greens
Alliance NI Greens-ALE
Last election 27.53%, 6 seats 6.81%, 1 seat
Seats won 5 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 655,519 260,273
Percentage 23.40% 9.29%
Swing 4.13pp 2.48pp

An election was held in 1999 to elect the delegation from Austria to the European Parliament.

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
PESSocial Democratic Party of Austria888,33831.717+1
EPP-EDAustrian People's Party859,17530.6770
NIFreedom Party of Austria655,51923.405–1
Greens-ALEThe Greens – The Green Alternative260,2739.292+1
ELDRLiberal Forum74,4672.660–1
NIChristian Social Alliance–Karl Habsburg's List43,0841.540New
GUE-NGLCommunist Party of Austria20,4970.7300
Total2,801,353100.00210
Valid votes2,801,35396.98
Invalid/blank votes87,3803.02
Total votes2,888,733100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,847,66049.40
Source: Ministry of Interior

Results by state

State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ GRÜNE LiF CSA KPÖ
Burgenland 41.6 34.1 17.6 4.1 1.3 0.9 0.3
Carinthia 36.0 21.1 34.2 5.4 1.5 1.3 0.5
Lower Austria 32.3 36.2 20.0 7.4 2.2 1.4 0.6
Upper Austria 30.7 32.0 25.0 8.6 1.9 1.2 0.5
Salzburg 27.6 32.9 23.9 10.7 2.5 2.0 0.5
Styria 32.3 30.1 25.0 7.9 2.1 1.7 0.9
Tyrol 21.7 37.4 22.1 13.0 2.8 2.6 0.4
Vorarlberg 19.8 35.8 28.3 11.3 2.9 1.6 0.3
Vienna 34.3 20.0 22.0 15.0 5.5 1.7 1.5
Austria 31.7 30.7 23.4 9.3 2.7 1.6 0.7
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

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