Lower Austria East (), also known as Electoral District 3G (), 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 2016 from parts of Lower Austria South East and Weinviertel following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Lower Austria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2017. It consists of the districts of Bruck an der Leitha and Gänserndorf in the state of Lower Austria. The electoral district currently elects four 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 151,346 registered electors.
History Lower Austria East was established in 2016 from parts of Lower Austria South East and Weinviertel following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Lower Austria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the districts of Bruck an der Leitha and Gänserndorf in the state of Lower Austria. The district was initially allocated four seats in February 2017.
Electoral system Lower Austria East currently elects four 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 / 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 630 0.54% 0 27,942 23.94% 1 10,542 9.03% 0 7,593 6.51% 0 45,141 38.68% 1 22,201 19.02% 02017 612 0.49% 0 34,684 28.03% 1 2,564 2.07% 0 4,416 3.57% 0 37,688 30.46% 1 37,360 30.20% 1
Detailed 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019:
Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBruckan derLeitha Gän-sern-dorf Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 20,492 24,484 165 45,141 38.68% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 13,728 14,099 115 27,942 23.94% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 10,395 11,679 127 22,201 19.02% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 5,621 4,821 100 10,542 9.03% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 3,837 3,700 56 7,593 6.51% 0 JETZT JETZT 1,069 1,049 26 2,144 1.84% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 310 315 5 630 0.54% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 261 256 2 519 0.44% 0Valid Votes 55,713 60,403 596 116,712 100.00% 2Rejected Votes 747 761 7 1,515 1.28% Total Polled 56,460 61,164 603 118,227 78.12% Registered Electors 72,905 78,441 151,346 Turnout 77.44% 77.97% 78.12%
The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Angela Baumgartner (ÖVP), 3,494 votes; and Katharina Kucharowits (SPÖ), 2,041 votes.
2017 Results of the 2017 legislative election held on 15 October 2017:
Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBruckan derLeitha Gän-sern-dorf Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 16,864 20,651 173 37,688 30.46% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 17,759 19,415 186 37,360 30.20% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 17,641 16,861 182 34,684 28.03% 1 Peter Pilz List PILZ 2,456 2,400 3 4,859 3.93% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 2,199 2,151 66 4,416 3.57% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 1,283 1,248 33 2,564 2.07% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 572 562 53 1,187 0.96% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 331 281 0 612 0.49% 0 The Whites WEIßE 101 89 14 204 0.16% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 70 75 4 149 0.12% 0Valid Votes 59,276 63,733 714 123,723 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 586 625 5 1,216 0.97% Total Polled 59,862 64,358 719 124,939 83.56% Registered Electors 72,142 77,376 149,518 Turnout 82.98% 83.18% 83.56%
The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Angela Baumgartner (ÖVP), 4,902 votes; Werner Herbert (FPÖ), 2,416 votes; and Rudolf Plessl (SPÖ), 2,398 votes.
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