Elections

Up-to-date information on elections, right to vote, allocation of preferential votes in a national council election, election card, absentee voting

• General information on elections
  • Right to vote
  • Electoral principles
  • Voting
  • Allocation of preferential votes in a national council election
  • Electoral authority
  • Parties in Austria
• Types of elections
  • Federal presidential elections
  • National council elections
  • Elections to the European Parliament
  • State government elections
  • Local elections and mayoral elections
  • Viennese elections
• Election card, absentee ballot and visit by the "flying election commission" (special election authority)
  • Election card/voting card
  • Absentee voting by absentee ballot/voting card
  • Voting abroad
  • Visit by the "flying election commission" (special election authority)
• Registration of eligible voters (voter registration, electoral roll)
  • General information on the registration of eligible voters
  • Austrians with main residence in Austria
  • Austrians with main residence abroad
  • Other EU citizens with main residence in Austria
• Review of past elections from 2013 to 2023

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