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Legislative elections will be held in Austria in or before 2024, to elect the 28th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.
Electoral system
The 183 members of the National Council are elected by open list proportional representation at three levels; a single national constituency, nine constituencies based on the state, and 39 regional constituencies. Seats are apportioned to the regional constituencies based on the results of the most recent census. For parties to receive any representation in the National Council, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 4 percent national electoral threshold.[1]
Following the elections, seats are allocated to the candidates of successful parties and lists in a three-stage process, starting with the regional constituencies. Seats are distributed according to the Hare quota in the regional constituencies, and with unallocated seats distributed at the state constituency level.[2] Any remaining seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method at the federal level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's national vote share and its share of parliamentary seats.[3]
In addition to voting for a political party, voters may cast three preferential votes for specific candidates of that party, but are not required to do so.[4] These additional votes do not affect the proportional allocation based on the vote for the party or list, but can change the rank order of candidates on a party's lists at the federal, state, and regional level. The threshold to increase the position of a candidate on a federal party list is 7 percent, compared to 10 percent at the state level, and 14 percent at the regional level. The names of candidates on regional party lists are printed on the ballot and can be marked with an "x" to indicate the voter's preference. Preference votes for candidates on party lists at the state and federal level, however, must be written in by the voter, either by writing the name or the rank number of the candidate in a blank spot provided for that purpose.[5]
Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 27th National Council.
| Name | Ideology | Leader | 2019 result | |||
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| ÖVP | Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei |
Christian democracy | Sebastian Kurz | 37.5% | 71 / 183
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| SPÖ | Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs |
Social democracy | Pamela Rendi-Wagner | 21.2% | 40 / 183
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| FPÖ | Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs |
Right-wing populism Euroscepticism |
Norbert Hofer | 16.2% | 31 / 183
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| Greens | Green The Greens – The Green Alternative |
Green politics | Werner Kogler | 13.9% | 26 / 183
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| NEOS | NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum |
Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
Beate Meinl-Reisinger | 8.1% | 15 / 183
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Opinion polls
References
- ↑ "Wahlen zum Nationalrat". Österreichisches Parlament. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ "Wahlen". Bundesministerium für Inneres. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ "Das Verhältniswahlrecht und das Ermittlungsverfahren bei der Nationalratswahl". Österreichisches Parlament. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ "Vorzugsstimmenvergabe bei einer Nationalratswahl". State of Austria (official website). Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Vorzugsstimmenvergabe bei einer Nationalratswahl". HELP.gv.at. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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