1999 European Parliament election in Austria

1999 European Parliament election in Austria

13 June 1999
21 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	49.40% ( 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 alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	PES		Social Democratic Party of Austria	888,338	31.71	7	+1
	EPP-ED		Austrian People's Party	859,175	30.67	7	0
	NI		Freedom Party of Austria	655,519	23.40	5	–1
	Greens-ALE		The Greens – The Green Alternative	260,273	9.29	2	+1
	ELDR		Liberal Forum	74,467	2.66	0	–1
	NI		Christian Social Alliance–Karl Habsburg's List	43,084	1.54	0	New
	GUE-NGL		Communist Party of Austria	20,497	0.73	0	0
Total				2,801,353	100.00	21	0
Valid votes				2,801,353	96.98
Invalid/blank votes				87,380	3.02
Total votes				2,888,733	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,847,660	49.40
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