2009 European Parliament election in Austria

2009 European Parliament election in Austria

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17 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	45.97% ( 3.54 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ernst Strasser Hannes Swoboda Hans-Peter Martin Party ÖVP SPÖ Hans-Peter Martin's List Alliance EPP PES Last election 32.70%, 6 seats 33.33%, 7 seats 13.98%, 2 seats Seats won 6 4 (5 post-Lisbon) 3 Seat change 0 3 ( 2) 1 Popular vote 858,921 680,041 506,092 Percentage 29.98% 23.74% 17.67% Swing 2.72pp 9.59pp 3.69pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Andreas Mölzer Ulrike Lunacek Ewald Stadler Party FPÖ Greens BZÖ Alliance Green Last election 6.31%, 1 seat 12.89%, 2 seats – Seats won 2 2 0 (1) Seat change 1 0 New Popular vote 364,207 284,505 131,261 Percentage 12.71% 9.93% 4.58% Swing 6.40pp 2.96pp New

An election was held in 2009 to elect the delegation from Austria to the European 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 currently Observer MEPs.