Election information for Austrian citizens living abroad

If you are an Austrian citizen with your primary residence abroad and want to exercise your right to vote, you can apply to be registered in the electoral roll ("Wählerevidenz")/European electoral roll ("Europa-Wählerevidenz") of the last municipality in Austria you had your primary residence in or, if you have never had your primary residence in Austria, the municipality that you have a connection to.

Electoral roll and/or European electoral roll - registration and changes

Which Austrian citizens living abroad are eligible to vote?

As an Austrian citizen living abroad, you can vote if you:

• have turned 16 by election day,
• have not been barred from voting, and
• are registered in the electoral roll / European electoral roll of an Austrian municipality.

How can Austrian citizens living abroad vote?

Austrian citizens living abroad who are not in Austria on election day can only participate by postal vote.

As an Austrian citizen living abroad, you can apply for a voting card ("Wahlkarte") individually for each election.

Application for voting card for Austrian citizens living abroad (German)

Alternatively, you can apply for automatic receipt of voting cards. In this case, you will receive a voting card automatically for all elections at the federal level for as long as you are registered in the electoral roll/the European electoral roll as an Austrian citizen living abroad without the need to apply for voting cards individually. If you did not apply for this together with your application for registration in the electoral roll / European electoral roll, please write an email requesting this with a copy of your Austrian passport or a photo ID and the Austrian citizenship certificate attached to the Vienna electoral roll office ("Wiener Wählerevidenz"): wahl@ma62.wien.gv.at

Providing an email address for information purposes

If you are an Austrian citizen living abroad and are eligible to vote in Vienna, you can give the competent electoral service ("Wahlservice") your email address. You will then receive information about upcoming elections at this email address. This can help avoid long postal delivery times.

Changing your postal address for the receipt of voting cards and/or your email address

Please make sure to inform the competent electoral service of any changes to your postal address (for the receipt of voting cards) and/or your email address (for information), otherwise you may not receive the necessary information or the voting card for elections and may not be able to exercise your right to vote.

Electoral roll - online application for changes (German)

• Change of postal address
• Change of email address