Innviertel, also known as Electoral District 4B (), 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 created in 1992 when electoral regulations were amended to add regional electoral districts to the existing state-wide electoral districts and came into being at the following legislative election in 1994. It consists of the districts of Braunau am Inn, Ried im Innkreis and Schärding in the state of Upper Austria. The electoral district currently elects five 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 167,189 registered electors.

History Innviertel was one 43 regional electoral districts () established by the "National Council Electoral Regulations 1992" () passed by the National Council in 1992. It consisted of the districts of Braunau am Inn, Ried im Innkreis and Schärding in the state of Upper Austria. The district was initially allocated five seats in May 1993.

Electoral system Innviertel currently elects five 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). Prior to April 2013 electors could not cast preferential votes at the federal level and the thresholds candidates needed to over-ride the party list order were higher at the regional level (half the Hare quota or of the party votes) and state level (Hare quota).

Election results Summary Election CommunistsKPÖ+ / KPÖ Social DemocratsSPÖ GreensGRÜNE NEOSNEOS / LiF 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 605 0.48% 0 19,734 15.80% 0 12,882 10.31% 0 7,663 6.14% 0 54,648 43.75% 2 27,322 21.88% 12017 500 0.38% 0 27,052 20.46% 0 3,880 2.93% 0 5,256 3.98% 0 47,826 36.18% 1 42,573 32.20% 12013 639 0.52% 0 26,429 21.59% 1 11,312 9.24% 0 3,161 2.58% 0 37,107 30.31% 1 31,077 25.39% 12008 613 0.48% 0 29,720 23.51% 1 9,734 7.70% 0 1,069 0.85% 0 40,590 32.11% 1 28,801 22.79% 12006 878 0.73% 0 33,427 27.67% 1 9,476 7.84% 0 51,114 42.31% 1 18,753 15.52% 02002 601 0.47% 0 36,501 28.80% 1 8,528 6.73% 0 904 0.71% 0 62,605 49.40% 2 17,585 13.88% 01999 327 0.27% 0 32,157 26.30% 1 7,391 6.05% 0 2,248 1.84% 0 39,456 32.27% 1 39,400 32.23% 11995 206 0.16% 0 37,803 30.01% 1 5,669 4.50% 0 3,994 3.17% 0 42,377 33.64% 1 34,567 27.44% 11994 172 0.14% 0 32,966 27.20% 1 7,700 6.35% 0 3,941 3.25% 0 41,375 34.13% 1 33,162 27.36% 1

Detailed 2010s 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBraunauam Inn Ried imInnkreis Schär-ding Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 23,970 14,904 15,699 75 54,648 43.75% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 11,462 7,882 7,941 37 27,322 21.88% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 9,335 5,228 5,122 49 19,734 15.80% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 5,529 4,011 3,218 124 12,882 10.31% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 3,349 2,378 1,867 69 7,663 6.14% 0 JETZT JETZT 734 415 306 10 1,465 1.17% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 289 158 154 4 605 0.48% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 266 142 138 8 554 0.44% 0 Socialist Left Party SLP 17 4 5 0 26 0.02% 0Valid Votes 54,951 35,122 34,450 376 124,899 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 865 513 484 3 1,865 1.47% Total Polled 55,816 35,635 34,934 379 126,764 75.82% Registered Electors 76,045 46,593 44,551 167,189 Turnout 73.40% 76.48% 78.41% 75.82%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - August Wöginger (ÖVP), 9,420 votes. Party mandates - Hermann Brückl (FPÖ), 2,092 votes; and Manfred Hofinger (ÖVP), 2,985 votes.

Substitutions: Manfred Hofinger (ÖVP) was reassigned to the Upper Austria seat vacated by Claudia Plakolm and was replaced by Andrea Holzner (ÖVP) in Innviertel on 9 December 2021.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBraunauam Inn Ried imInnkreis Schär-ding Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 20,322 13,392 14,018 94 47,826 36.18% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 18,513 11,872 12,115 73 42,573 32.20% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 12,742 7,396 6,829 85 27,052 20.46% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 2,317 1,631 1,240 68 5,256 3.98% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 1,629 1,243 971 37 3,880 2.93% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 1,800 940 797 46 3,583 2.71% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 506 318 266 10 1,100 0.83% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 227 138 124 11 500 0.38% 0 The Whites WEIßE 115 78 57 0 250 0.19% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 99 38 28 0 165 0.12% 0 Socialist Left Party SLP 2 7 12 0 21 0.02% 0Valid Votes 58,272 37,053 36,457 424 132,206 100.00% 2Rejected Votes 739 482 409 1 1,631 1.22% Total Polled 59,011 37,535 36,866 425 133,837 80.10% Registered Electors 75,992 46,489 44,612 167,093 Turnout 77.65% 80.74% 82.64% 80.10%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - August Wöginger (ÖVP), 7,110 votes. Party mandates - Hermann Brückl (FPÖ), 3,186 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBraunauam Inn Ried imInnkreis Schär-ding Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 15,262 10,521 11,246 78 37,107 30.31% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 13,426 8,894 8,704 53 31,077 25.39% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 12,739 6,884 6,765 41 26,429 21.59% 1 The Greens GRÜNE 5,053 3,386 2,752 121 11,312 9.24% 0 Team Stronach FRANK 2,651 1,570 1,548 15 5,784 4.73% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 1,891 1,432 1,951 17 5,291 4.32% 0 NEOS – The New Austria NEOS 1,365 1,040 723 33 3,161 2.58% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 369 262 220 7 858 0.70% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 277 178 180 4 639 0.52% 0 Christian Party of Austria CPÖ 181 152 127 1 461 0.38% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 78 69 141 1 289 0.24% 0Valid Votes 53,292 34,388 34,357 371 122,408 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 1,555 942 876 6 3,379 2.69% Total Polled 54,847 35,330 35,233 377 125,787 75.63% Registered Electors 75,446 46,264 44,610 166,320 Turnout 72.70% 76.37% 78.98% 75.63%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - August Wöginger (ÖVP), 5,295 votes. Party mandates - Harry Buchmayr (SPÖ), 2,410 votes; and Elmar Podgorschek (FPÖ), 2,602 votes.

Substitutions: Elmar Podgorschek (FPÖ) resigned on 22 October 2015 and was replaced by Hermann Brückl (FPÖ) on 28 October 2015.

2000s 2008 Results of the 2008 legislative election held on 28 September 2008:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBraunauam Inn Ried imInnkreis Schär-ding Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 16,235 11,565 12,488 302 40,590 32.11% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 14,130 7,624 7,829 137 29,720 23.51% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 11,804 8,767 8,115 115 28,801 22.79% 1 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 6,034 3,014 2,895 104 12,047 9.53% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 4,338 2,921 2,193 282 9,734 7.70% 0 Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria RETTÖ 653 343 462 11 1,469 1.16% 0 Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol FRITZ 607 378 355 10 1,350 1.07% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 491 319 223 36 1,069 0.85% 0 The Christians DC 376 326 243 10 955 0.76% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 265 182 158 8 613 0.48% 0 Left LINKE 24 13 9 2 48 0.04% 0Valid Votes 54,957 35,452 34,970 1,017 126,396 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 1,871 1,185 1,033 26 4,115 3.15% Total Polled 56,828 36,637 36,003 1,043 130,511 79.06% Registered Electors 74,829 45,769 44,487 165,085 Turnout 75.94% 80.05% 80.93% 79.06%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Marianne Hagenhofer (SPÖ), 3,296 votes; Peter Mayer (ÖVP), 4,690 votes; and Lutz Weinzinger (FPÖ), 2,787 votes.

Substitutions: Lutz Weinzinger (FPÖ) resigned on 20 October 2010 and was replaced by Elmar Podgorschek (FPÖ) on 21 October 2010. Marianne Hagenhofer (SPÖ) resigned on 19 January 2011 and was replaced by Harry Buchmayr (SPÖ) on 20 January 2011.

2006 Results of the 2006 legislative election held on 1 October 2006:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBraunauam Inn Ried imInnkreis Schär-ding Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 20,325 13,836 14,888 2,065 51,114 42.31% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 15,513 8,349 8,382 1,183 33,427 27.67% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 6,906 5,937 5,418 492 18,753 15.52% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 3,707 2,657 1,939 1,173 9,476 7.84% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 1,800 908 940 119 3,767 3.12% 0 Hans-Peter Martin's List MATIN 1,633 845 782 137 3,397 2.81% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 396 216 218 48 878 0.73% 0Valid Votes 50,280 32,748 32,567 5,217 120,812 100.00% 2Rejected Votes 1,444 795 821 206 3,266 2.63% Total Polled 51,724 33,543 33,388 5,423 124,078 78.24% Registered Electors 71,701 44,141 42,741 158,583 Turnout 72.14% 75.99% 78.12% 78.24%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Karl Freund (ÖVP), 7,361 votes; and Marianne Hagenhofer (SPÖ), 3,788 votes.

2002 Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 24 November 2002:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBraunauam Inn Ried imInnkreis Schär-ding Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 25,391 17,248 18,271 1,695 62,605 49.40% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 17,463 9,250 9,012 776 36,501 28.80% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 6,981 5,442 4,880 282 17,585 13.88% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 3,559 2,257 1,740 972 8,528 6.73% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 444 210 196 54 904 0.71% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 279 162 140 20 601 0.47% 0Valid Votes 54,117 34,569 34,239 3,799 126,724 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 1,130 678 604 40 2,452 1.90% Total Polled 55,247 35,247 34,843 3,839 129,176 84.41% Registered Electors 68,887 42,589 41,551 153,027 Turnout 80.20% 82.76% 83.86% 84.41%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Karl Freund (ÖVP), 8,383 votes; Marianne Hagenhofer (SPÖ), 3,765 votes; and August Wöginger (ÖVP), 2,627 votes.

1990s 1999 Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 3 October 1999: