Conservatives finish first in Austria EU vote: full results

(VIENNA) - Austria's ruling Social Democrats and conservatives will hold respectively four and six seats in the new EU parliament, official results showed Monday after the full tally of votes.

The Social Democrats of Chancellor Werner Faymann suffered their worst electoral result since 1945, taking just 23.74 percent of votes, down from 33.33 in the last EU vote in 2004, according to the final count, including postal ballots.

Their coalition partner, the conservative People's Party, meanwhile finished first with 29.98 percent, down from 32.7 percent four years ago.

The list of eurosceptic Hans Peter Martin scored surprise gains, winning 17.67 percent of the vote and three seats, up from 13.98 percent in 2004.

Two seats went to the far-right Freedom Party, which won 12.71 percent, and another two to the environmental Greens with 9.93 percent.

The far-right Alliance for Austria's Future, with 4.58 percent of the vote, failed to secure its entry into the EU parliament in its first European election.

Voter turnout including postal votes was 45.97 percent, up from 42.43 percent in 2004. Over 6.3 million people were eligible to vote in the June 7 election in Austria.