Election Name: | 2004 European Parliament election in Austria |
Country: | Austria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1999 European Parliament election in Austria |
Previous Year: | 1999 |
Next Election: | 2009 European Parliament election in Austria |
Next Year: | 2009 |
Seats For Election: | 18 seats to the European Parliament |
Election Date: | 13 June 2004 |
Turnout: | 42.43% (6.97 pp) |
Image1: | Hannes Swoboda par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2013.jpg |
Leader1: | Johannes Swoboda |
Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
Alliance1: | Party of European Socialists |
Last Election1: | 31.71%, 7 seats |
Seats1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 833,517 |
Percentage1: | 33.33% |
Swing1: | 1.62pp |
Leader2: | Ursula Stenzel |
Party2: | Austrian People's Party |
Alliance2: | European People's Party |
Last Election2: | 7 seats, 30.67% |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 817,716 |
Percentage2: | 32.70% |
Swing2: | 2.03pp |
Image3: | 3x4.svg |
Leader3: | Hans-Peter Martin |
Party3: | Hans-Peter Martin's List |
Last Election3: | – |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Popular Vote3: | 349,696 |
Percentage3: | 13.98% |
Swing3: | New |
Image4: | Johannes Voggenhuber (cropped).jpg |
Leader4: | Johannes Voggenhuber |
Party4: | The Greens – The Green Alternative |
Alliance4: | European Green Party |
Last Election4: | 9.29%, 2 seats |
Seats4: | 2 |
Popular Vote4: | 322,429 |
Percentage4: | 12.89% |
Swing4: | 3.60pp |
Image5: | Kronberger.Hans-0492 (16895233641).jpg |
Leader5: | Johann Kronberger (lost seat) |
Party5: | Freedom Party of Austria |
Last Election5: | 23.40%, 5 seats |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 4 |
Popular Vote5: | 157,722 |
Percentage5: | 6.31% |
Swing5: | 17.09pp |
An election was held on 13 June 2004 to elect MEPs representing the Austria constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.
The parties of the left, the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the Greens, improved their share of the vote. The ruling conservative party, the Austrian People's Party, also improved its share, but this was at the expense of its coalition partner, the Austrian Freedom Party, whose vote dropped sharply. The anti-corruption campaigner Hans-Peter Martin polled strongly and his list won two seats.