2019 European Parliament election in Austria

2019 European Parliament election in Austria

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All 18 Austrian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	59.77% (14.38pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Othmar Karas Andreas Schieder Harald Vilimsky Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Alliance EPP PES EAPN Last election 26.98%, 5 seats 24.09%, 5 seats 19.72%, 4 seats Seats won 7 5 3 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 1,305,954 903,151 650,114 Percentage 34.55% 23.89% 17.20% Swing 7.57pp 0.20pp 2.52pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Werner Kogler Claudia Gamon Party Greens NEOS Alliance Green ALDE Last election 14.52%, 3 seats 8.14%, 1 seat Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 532,194 319,024 Percentage 14.08% 8.44% Swing 0.44pp 0.30pp
Plurality winner for each district. Red denotes SPÖ received the most votes and cyan denotes ÖVP received the most votes.

An election was held in Austria on 26 May 2019 to elect the country's 18 members of the European Parliament.^[1] The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) gained two seats for a total of seven, while the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and The Greens each lost one.

The election took place nine days after the start of the Ibiza affair, which led to the resignation of Vice-Chancellor and FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache and the collapse of the federal ÖVP–FPÖ government. The European election was seen as a victory for the ÖVP and a defeat for the FPÖ, who were forecasted to perform substantially better.