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Austria 2014 European Parliament election

What was the result of the 2014 European Parliament election in Austria?

Austrian People's Party and Social Democratic Party of Austria each won 5 of 18 seats. 45.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Austria
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which parties won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Austrian People's Party and Social Democratic Party of Austria each won 5 of 18 seats, more than any other party; 45.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.6 points on 2009.

  • Austrian People's Party 5 −1 seat 27.0% −3.0 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 5 +1 seat 24.1% +0.4 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 4 +2 seats 19.7% +7.0 points
  • The Greens 3 +1 seat 14.5% +4.6 points
  • NEOS 1 8.1%
  • EU Withdrawal, Direct Democracy, Neutrality 0 2.8%
  • Communist Party of Austria 0 2.1%
  • The Reform Conservatives 0 1.2%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Austria 2009 European Parliament election, party by party.

Key numbers

  1. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Freedom Party of Austria

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2009. Austrian People's Party lost 1 seat.

  2. 45.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.6 points on 2009.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Austrian People's Party5−127.0−3.0761,896
Social Democratic Party of Austria5+124.1+0.4680,180
Freedom Party of Austria4+219.7+7.0556,835
The Greens3+114.5+4.6410,089
NEOS18.1229,781
EU Withdrawal, Direct Democracy, Neutrality02.877,897
Communist Party of Austria02.160,451
The Reform Conservatives01.233,224

± is the change against the Austria 2009 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Austrian People's Party 761,896
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 680,180
  • Freedom Party of Austria 556,835
  • The Greens 410,089
  • NEOS 229,781
  • EU Withdrawal, Direct Democracy, Neutrality 77,897
  • Communist Party of Austria 60,451
  • The Reform Conservatives 33,224

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

45.4% of the 6,410,602 registered voters cast a ballot (2,909,497 ballots), down 0.6 points on 2009. 2,823,561 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Austrian People's Party27.0% of votes27.8% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria24.1% of votes27.8% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria19.7% of votes22.2% of seats
  • The Greens14.5% of votes16.7% of seats
  • NEOS8.1% of votes5.6% of seats
  • EU Withdrawal, Direct Democracy, Neutrality2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Austria2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.3 by seats; Austrian People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Austria by 2.9 points of the vote.

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