AUSTRIA
Elections to the European Parliament : 13 june 1999
Electoral Procedure
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| |
TOTAL |
WOMEN |
MEN |
| No.
of inhabitants |
8 080 500
|
4 155 700
|
3 924 800
|
| of
which, resident EU citizens |
94 000 |
/ |
/ |
| No.
of potential voters (18+) |
6 416 100
|
3 343 700
|
3 072 400
|
| No.
of seats |
21
|
|
|
| No.
of inhabitants per seat |
384 786 |
|
|
Source: Latest national population forecasts; Eurostat estimates of no. of EU citizens.
Constitutional law of the Austrian Federation (1929), as amended by Federal Law 1013
(1994), as well as the Law on Elections to the European Parliament (Law 117/96), as
adopted on 21 January 1996 and amended by Federal Laws 201/96 and 162/98.
- Proportional representation at national level. Voters must vote
for a list and may also vote for individual candidates on that list (preference voting).
Each voter may vote only once.
- Allocation of seats: d'Hondt method. The seat allocation is
carried out at national level. Any list which has not obtained at least 4% of the total is
excluded from the allocation of seats. Seats are allocated according to the number of
votes per list.
| 3. |
Registration
of candidates |
- Deadline for registration: No later than 24 days before the
elections (20 May 99).
- Deposit: None. Every list must pay 50 000 schillings to the State
for the cost of printing ballot papers.
- Conditions: Any voter may stand as a candidate if he/she reaches
the age of 19 during the year before the elections and is supported by:
either 3
members of the national parliament
or an
Austrian Member of the European Parliament
or 2600
registered voters.
- Incompatibilities: Those laid down in the 1976 Act on Elections
to the European Parliament. In addition, the office of MEP is incompatible with that of
member of the Constitutional Court or the Administrative Court, President or
Vice-President of the Court of Auditors, Ombudsman, director of a limited company, bank,
commercial, industrial or private transport company, provincial credit establishment,
medical insurance scheme or insurance company.
| 4. |
Polling
day : Sunday 13 June 1999 (from 0.00 til 10.00 pm |
- Polling hours set by local electoral authorities
- The count starts at 10pm. The first provisional results will be
released during the night of 13 to 14 June. The final official results will be published
on 19 June 1999
| 5. |
Voting
/ standing for election |
- Right to vote
All EU citizens aged over 18 or over and
in full possession of their voting rights in their Member State of origin may vote.
Voting is not compulsory.
Austrians resident abroad may vote using
polling cards.
- Right to stand for election
Any EU citizen aged over 19 or over and
in full possession of his right to stand for election in his Member State of origin may
stand.
- Official campaign starting date: None.
- Media access:
Newspapers: electoral material in
newspapers must be paid for.
Nationalised
TV/radio: free broadcasting time is allocated under the d'Hondt
system according to the number of seats in the national parliament
Private TV/radio: no rules.
- Opinion polls: No rules, except on polling day itself, when
opinion polls are banned until the last polling station has closed.
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European Parliament elections 1999 
