Greater Graz (National Council electoral district)

Greater Graz (), also known as Electoral District 6A (), is one of the 39 multi-member regional electoral districts of the National Council, the lower house of the Austrian Parliament, the national legislature of Austria. The electoral district was established in 2012 following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2013. It consists of the city of Graz and the district of Greater Graz in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects nine of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 legislative election the constituency had 317,873 registered electors.

History Greater Graz was established in 2012 following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the city of Graz and the district of Greater Graz in the state of Styria. The district was initially allocated eight seats in April 2013. Electoral regulations require the allocation of seats amongst the electoral districts to be recalculated following each national census and in June 2013 the number of seats allocated to Greater Graz was increased to nine based on the population as at the 2011 national census.

Electoral system Greater Graz currently elects nine of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. The allocation of seats is carried out in three stages. In the first stage, seats are allocated to parties (lists) at the regional level using a state-wide Hare quota () (valid votes in the state divided by the number of seats in the state). In the second stage, seats are allocated to parties at the state/provincial level using the state-wide Hare quota (any seats won by the party at the regional stage are subtracted from the party's state seats). In the third and final stage, seats are allocated to parties at the federal/national level using the D'Hondt method (any seats won by the party at the regional and state stages are subtracted from the party's federal seats). Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold, or have won a seat at the regional stage, compete for seats at the state and federal stages.

Electors may cast one preferential vote for individual candidates at the regional, state and federal levels. Split-ticket voting (panachage), or voting for more than one candidate at each level, is not permitted and will result in the ballot paper being invalidated. At the regional level, candidates must receive preferential votes amounting to at least 14% of the valid votes cast for their party to over-ride the order of the party list (10% and 7% respectively for the state and federal levels).

Election results Summary Election CommunistsKPÖ+ / KPÖ Social DemocratsSPÖ GreensGRÜNE NEOSNEOS People'sÖVP FreedomFPÖ colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2019 4,157 1.76% 0 39,701 16.82% 1 51,718 21.91% 1 23,219 9.84% 0 76,008 32.20% 2 34,487 14.61% 12017 4,859 1.95% 0 64,789 26.02% 2 12,290 4.93% 0 18,569 7.46% 0 71,375 28.66% 2 59,011 23.70% 22013 6,040 2.68% 0 45,054 19.99% 1 39,800 17.66% 1 13,409 5.95% 0 39,887 17.70% 1 49,486 21.96% 1

Detailed 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGrazCity GreaterGraz Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 40,705 34,853 450 76,008 32.20% 2 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 38,580 12,407 731 51,718 21.91% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 23,252 16,221 228 39,701 16.82% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 16,921 17,392 174 34,487 14.61% 1 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 15,782 7,083 354 23,219 9.84% 0 JETZT JETZT 3,936 1,561 78 5,575 2.36% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 3,174 960 23 4,157 1.76% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 788 373 13 1,174 0.50% 0Valid Votes 143,138 90,850 2,051 236,039 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 957 791 9 1,757 0.74% Total Polled 144,095 91,641 2,060 237,796 74.81% Registered Electors 196,811 121,062 317,873 Turnout 73.21% 75.70% 74.81%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Werner Kogler (GRÜNE), 12,991 votes. Party mandates - Juliane Bogner-Strauß (ÖVP), 5,274 votes; Ernst Gödl (ÖVP), 5,670 votes; Axel Kassegger (FPÖ), 634 votes; and Verena Nussbaum (SPÖ), 1,733 votes.

Substitutions: Juliane Bogner-Strauß (ÖVP) resigned on 18 December 2019 and was replaced by Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP). Werner Kogler (GRÜNE) resigned on 7 January 2020 and was replaced by Heike Grebien (GRÜNE) on 9 January 2020. Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP) was reassigned to the Styria seat vacated by Karl Schmidhofer and was replaced by Kurt Egger (ÖVP) in Greater Graz on 1 October 2021.

2017 Results of the 2017 legislative election held on 15 October 2017:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGrazCity GreaterGraz Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 41,050 29,777 548 71,375 28.66% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 41,402 22,824 563 64,789 26.02% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 29,267 29,497 247 59,011 23.70% 2 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 12,958 5,281 330 18,569 7.46% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 11,041 3,874 204 15,119 6.07% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 9,467 2,649 174 12,290 4.93% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 3,952 865 42 4,859 1.95% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 1,440 889 24 2,353 0.94% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 184 173 1 358 0.14% 0 The Whites WEIßE 178 132 5 315 0.13% 0Valid Votes 150,939 95,961 2,138 249,038 100.00% 6Rejected Votes 826 656 6 1,488 0.59% Total Polled 151,765 96,617 2,144 250,526 78.86% Registered Electors 197,958 119,731 317,689 Turnout 76.67% 80.70% 78.86%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Ernst Gödl (ÖVP), 7,177 votes; Karin Greiner (SPÖ), 832 votes; Axel Kassegger (FPÖ), 1,351 votes; Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP), 3,393 votes; Günther Kumpitsch (FPÖ), 818 votes; and Verena Nussbaum (SPÖ), 2,542 votes.

2013 Results of the 2013 legislative election held on 29 September 2013:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGrazCity GreaterGraz Votingcard Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 26,293 23,027 166 49,486 21.96% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 25,242 19,595 217 45,054 19.99% 1 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 23,222 16,340 325 39,887 17.70% 1 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 29,574 9,691 535 39,800 17.66% 1 Team Stronach FRANK 9,895 9,326 84 19,305 8.57% 0 NEOS – The New Austria NEOS 9,568 3,656 185 13,409 5.95% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 5,172 3,568 71 8,811 3.91% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 4,627 1,389 24 6,040 2.68% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 2,186 718 36 2,940 1.30% 0 Christian Party of Austria CPÖ 339 295 0 634 0.28% 0Valid Votes 136,118 87,605 1,643 225,366 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 1,570 1,136 21 2,727 1.20% Total Polled 137,688 88,741 1,664 228,093 72.80% Registered Electors 196,557 116,758 313,315 Turnout 70.05% 76.00% 72.80%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Gerald Klug (SPÖ), 6,711 votes. Party mandates - Mario Kunasek (FPÖ), 3,618 votes; Bernd Schönegger (ÖVP), 1,227 votes; and Judith Schwentner (GRÜNE), 1,985 votes.

Substitutions: Gerald Klug (SPÖ) resigned on 16 December 2013 and was replaced by Michael Ehmann (SPÖ) on 17 December 2013. Mario Kunasek (FPÖ) resigned on 15 June 2015 and was replaced by Günther Kumpitsch (FPÖ) on 16 June 2015. Michael Ehmann (SPÖ) resigned on 18 May 2016 and was replaced by Gerald Klug (SPÖ) on 19 May 2016.

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