Waldviertel, also known as Electoral District 3B (), 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 city of Krems an der Donau and the districts of Gmünd, Horn, Krems an der Donau, Waidhofen an der Thaya and Zwettl in the state of Lower 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 177,574 registered electors.

History Waldviertel 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 city of Krems an der Donau and the districts of Gmünd, Horn, Krems an der Donau, Waidhofen an der Thaya and Zwettl in the state of Lower Austria. The district was initially allocated five seats in May 1993.

Electoral system Waldviertel 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 596 0.42% 0 23,217 16.28% 0 12,211 8.56% 0 8,926 6.26% 0 72,307 50.70% 2 22,976 16.11% 02017 664 0.44% 0 30,829 20.51% 1 3,412 2.27% 0 6,036 4.02% 0 63,820 42.46% 2 38,849 25.85% 12013 1,016 0.70% 0 35,295 24.19% 1 11,339 7.77% 0 4,817 3.30% 0 58,886 40.36% 2 24,284 16.64% 02008 932 0.62% 0 39,802 26.39% 1 9,425 6.25% 0 1,667 1.11% 0 64,012 42.45% 2 23,007 15.26% 02006 970 0.66% 0 45,282 30.61% 1 10,217 6.91% 0 72,561 49.05% 2 11,797 7.97% 02002 667 0.44% 0 45,840 30.33% 1 7,895 5.22% 0 963 0.64% 0 85,937 56.85% 3 9,851 6.52% 01999 460 0.32% 0 41,794 28.79% 1 6,841 4.71% 0 2,733 1.88% 0 60,613 41.75% 2 30,701 21.15% 11995 342 0.23% 0 48,714 32.70% 1 4,403 2.96% 0 5,462 3.67% 0 63,207 42.43% 2 25,233 16.94% 01994 313 0.21% 0 43,238 29.67% 1 6,433 4.41% 0 6,060 4.16% 0 62,805 43.10% 2 25,179 17.28% 0

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGmünd Horn Kremsan derDonauCity Kremsan derDonau Waid-hofenan derThaya Zwettl Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 11,106 11,382 5,263 18,692 9,072 16,623 169 72,307 50.70% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 5,552 2,959 2,850 6,051 2,422 3,305 78 23,217 16.28% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 3,789 3,099 2,014 5,980 3,175 4,852 67 22,976 16.11% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 1,607 1,625 1,853 3,793 1,249 1,928 156 12,211 8.56% 0 NEOS NEOS 1,182 1,180 1,127 2,789 909 1,660 79 8,926 6.26% 0 JETZT JETZT 308 236 249 497 224 283 27 1,824 1.28% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 88 66 105 154 87 93 3 596 0.42% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 88 81 70 145 74 89 4 551 0.39% 0Valid Votes 23,720 20,628 13,531 38,101 17,212 28,833 583 142,608 100.00% 2Rejected Votes 487 336 172 668 330 579 6 2,578 1.78% Total Polled 24,207 20,964 13,703 38,769 17,542 29,412 589 145,186 81.76% Registered Electors 30,485 25,601 18,070 46,078 21,927 35,413 177,574 Turnout 79.41% 81.89% 75.83% 84.14% 80.00% 83.05% 81.76%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Lukas Brandweiner (ÖVP), 3,491 votes; and Martina Diesner-Wais (ÖVP), 6,472 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGmünd Horn Kremsan derDonauCity Kremsan derDonau Waid-hofenan derThaya Zwettl Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 9,406 10,332 4,648 16,267 7,987 14,992 188 63,820 42.46% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 6,681 5,361 3,500 10,000 5,294 7,880 133 38,849 25.85% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 6,743 3,794 4,236 8,173 3,195 4,541 147 30,829 20.51% 1 NEOS NEOS 806 872 750 1,864 615 1,066 63 6,036 4.02% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 680 592 665 1,407 515 656 80 4,595 3.06% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 458 430 460 1,051 364 598 51 3,412 2.27% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 240 256 169 455 167 276 12 1,575 1.05% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 98 75 129 180 76 92 14 664 0.44% 0 The Whites WEIßE 50 26 17 90 39 51 0 273 0.18% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 56 27 13 55 38 48 0 237 0.16% 0Valid Votes 25,218 21,765 14,587 39,542 18,290 30,200 688 150,290 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 428 315 178 579 316 499 4 2,319 1.52% Total Polled 25,646 22,080 14,765 40,121 18,606 30,699 692 152,609 85.28% Registered Electors 30,884 25,788 18,158 46,201 22,156 35,771 178,958 Turnout 83.04% 85.62% 81.31% 86.84% 83.98% 85.82% 85.28%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Martina Diesner-Wais (ÖVP), 8,967 votes. Party mandates - Konrad Antoni (SPÖ), 1,752 votes; Angela Fichtinger (ÖVP), 4,371 votes; and Walter Rosenkranz (FPÖ), 3,279 votes.

Substitutions: Angela Fichtinger (ÖVP) resigned on 11 June 2019 and was replaced by Lukas Brandweiner (ÖVP) on 12 June 2019. Walter Rosenkranz (FPÖ) resigned on 30 June 2019 and was replaced by Alois Kainz (FPÖ) on 1 July 2019.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGmünd Horn Kremsan derDonauCity Kremsan derDonau Waid-hofenan derThaya Zwettl Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 8,904 9,734 3,504 14,219 7,611 14,794 120 58,886 40.36% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 8,288 4,584 4,197 9,051 3,848 5,245 82 35,295 24.19% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 3,927 3,223 2,629 6,398 3,198 4,837 72 24,284 16.64% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 1,501 1,560 1,648 3,378 1,244 1,895 113 11,339 7.77% 0 Team Stronach FRANK 1,129 829 559 1,541 825 1,118 20 6,021 4.13% 0 NEOS NEOS 582 680 668 1,523 467 841 56 4,817 3.30% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 513 498 366 979 382 639 19 3,396 2.33% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 141 103 90 260 97 162 6 859 0.59% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 168 98 225 268 104 147 6 1,016 0.70% 0Valid Votes 25,153 21,309 13,886 37,617 17,776 29,678 494 145,913 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 701 537 261 997 508 896 9 3,909 2.61% Total Polled 25,854 21,846 14,147 38,614 18,284 30,574 503 149,822 82.61% Registered Electors 31,677 26,065 18,604 45,978 22,675 36,353 181,352 Turnout 81.62% 83.81% 76.04% 83.98% 80.64% 84.10% 82.61%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Martina Diesner-Wais (ÖVP), 8,902 votes. Party mandates - Konrad Antoni (SPÖ), 2,386 votes; and Angela Fichtinger (ÖVP), 7,123 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGmünd Horn Kremsan derDonauCity Kremsan derDonau Waid-hofenan derThaya Zwettl Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 9,320 10,519 4,018 15,531 8,491 15,690 443 64,012 42.45% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 9,627 5,183 4,600 9,865 4,439 5,810 278 39,802 26.39% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 3,745 2,800 2,541 6,083 3,030 4,557 251 23,007 15.26% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 1,308 1,319 1,401 2,554 1,051 1,574 218 9,425 6.25% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 1,450 1,123 847 2,207 935 1,790 86 8,438 5.60% 0 Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol FRITZ 226 234 209 581 191 363 24 1,828 1.21% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 208 222 299 496 159 244 39 1,667 1.11% 0 Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria RETTÖ 134 129 106 287 110 199 18 983 0.65% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 169 82 217 224 106 120 14 932 0.62% 0 The Christians DC 137 101 61 134 75 189 9 706 0.47% 0Valid Votes 26,324 21,712 14,299 37,962 18,587 30,536 1,380 150,800 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 863 575 323 1,105 614 1,105 22 4,607 2.96% Total Polled 27,187 22,287 14,622 39,067 19,201 31,641 1,402 155,407 85.64% Registered Electors 32,129 26,056 18,700 45,078 22,900 36,603 181,466 Turnout 84.62% 85.54% 78.19% 86.67% 83.85% 86.44% 85.64%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Erwin Hornek (ÖVP), 4,321 votes; Ewald Sacher (SPÖ), 2,948 votes; and Günter Stummvoll (ÖVP), 5,089 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGmünd Horn Kremsan derDonauCity Kremsan derDonau Waid-hofenan derThaya Zwettl Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 10,189 11,443 4,620 17,374 9,296 17,344 2,295 72,561 49.05% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 10,850 5,737 5,139 10,749 5,023 6,570 1,214 45,282 30.61% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 1,761 1,349 1,460 3,050 1,402 2,357 418 11,797 7.97% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 1,240 1,328 1,549 2,499 1,006 1,632 963 10,217 6.91% 0 Hans-Peter Martin's List MATIN 669 512 431 988 490 718 139 3,947 2.67% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 567 379 337 820 392 560 116 3,171 2.14% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 147 109 168 213 125 167 41 970 0.66% 0Valid Votes 25,423 20,857 13,704 35,693 17,734 29,348 5,186 147,945 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 773 526 303 891 544 906 57 4,000 2.63% Total Polled 26,196 21,383 14,007 36,584 18,278 30,254 5,243 151,945 86.63% Registered Electors 31,348 25,123 18,168 43,196 22,117 35,440 175,392 Turnout 83.57% 85.11% 77.10% 84.69% 82.64% 85.37% 86.63%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Erwin Hornek (ÖVP), 6,717 votes; Rudolf Parnigoni (SPÖ), 3,545 votes; and Günter Stummvoll (ÖVP), 7,224 votes.

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