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Austria 1999 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 7 of 21 seats with 31.7% of the vote; 49.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 18.3 points on 1996.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria7+131.7+2.6888,338
Austrian People's Party7030.7+1.0859,175
Freedom Party of Austria5−123.4−4.1655,519
The Greens2+19.3+2.5260,273
Liberal Forum0−12.7−1.674,467
Christian Social Alliance (Karl Habsburg List)01.543,084

± is the change against the Austria 1996 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 888,338
  • Austrian People's Party 859,175
  • Freedom Party of Austria 655,519
  • The Greens 260,273
  • Liberal Forum 74,467
  • Christian Social Alliance (Karl Habsburg List) 43,084

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 we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

49.4% of the 5,847,660 registered voters cast a ballot (2,888,733 ballots), down 18.3 points on 1996. 2,801,353 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria31.7% of votes33.3% of seats
  • Austrian People's Party30.7% of votes33.3% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria23.4% of votes23.8% of seats
  • The Greens9.3% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Liberal Forum2.7% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 1.0 point of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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