Weinviertel, also known as Electoral District 3A (), 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 Hollabrunn, Korneuburg and Mistelbach 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 172,337 registered electors.

History Weinviertel 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 Gänserndorf, Hollabrunn, Korneuburg and Mistelbach in the state of Lower Austria. The district was initially allocated six seats in May 1993. Electoral regulations require the allocation of seats amongst the electoral districts to be recalculated following each national census and in September 2002 the number of seats allocated to Weinviertel was increased to seven based on the population as at the 2001 national census.

The Greater Vienna District, which was part of the Greater Vienna regional electoral district, was dissolved in January 2017 and the municipality of Gerasdorf bei Wien to the north-east of Vienna was transferred to Korneuburg District in Weinviertel whilst the entire Gänserndorf District was transferred from Weinviertel to the newly created Lower Austria East regional electoral district. As a result, the number of seats allocated to Weinviertel was reduced to five in February 2017.

Electoral system Weinviertel 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 661 0.48% 0 24,416 17.60% 0 14,642 10.55% 0 10,545 7.60% 0 64,232 46.30% 2 21,454 15.46% 02017 738 0.51% 0 31,774 21.82% 1 3,976 2.73% 0 6,676 4.59% 0 57,779 39.68% 1 36,566 25.11% 12013 1,295 0.68% 0 51,617 27.25% 1 15,984 8.44% 0 7,452 3.93% 0 62,417 32.95% 2 36,217 19.12% 12008 1,088 0.57% 0 58,080 30.17% 2 13,951 7.25% 0 3,184 1.65% 0 66,027 34.29% 2 35,371 18.37% 12006 1,331 0.72% 0 65,648 35.31% 2 14,711 7.91% 0 76,655 41.24% 2 17,990 9.68% 02002 800 0.43% 0 66,118 35.55% 2 11,667 6.27% 0 1,435 0.77% 0 93,294 50.17% 3 12,658 6.81% 01999 548 0.31% 0 55,500 31.69% 2 9,137 5.22% 0 4,468 2.55% 0 64,028 36.56% 2 38,662 22.07% 11995 378 0.21% 0 63,681 35.91% 2 5,842 3.29% 0 7,900 4.45% 0 68,108 38.40% 2 29,386 16.57% 11994 317 0.19% 0 54,932 32.23% 2 8,691 5.10% 0 8,759 5.14% 0 64,672 37.94% 2 31,169 18.29% 1

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsHolla-brunn Korneu-burg Mistel-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 16,657 23,766 23,613 196 64,232 46.30% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 5,659 10,132 8,528 97 24,416 17.60% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 5,076 8,193 8,080 105 21,454 15.46% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 2,710 7,210 4,546 176 14,642 10.55% 0 NEOS NEOS 2,013 5,280 3,166 86 10,545 7.60% 0 JETZT JETZT 444 1,027 704 29 2,204 1.59% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 144 284 228 5 661 0.48% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 133 236 198 7 574 0.41% 0Valid Votes 32,836 56,128 49,063 701 138,728 100.00% 2Rejected Votes 576 669 809 4 2,058 1.46% Total Polled 33,412 56,797 49,872 705 140,786 81.69% Registered Electors 41,431 69,958 60,948 172,337 Turnout 80.64% 81.19% 81.83% 81.69%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Eva-Maria Himmelbauer (ÖVP), 7,294 votes; and Andreas Minnich (ÖVP), 3,285 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsHolla-brunn Korneu-burg Mistel-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 15,124 21,109 21,324 222 57,779 39.68% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 8,606 14,339 13,447 174 36,566 25.11% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 6,962 13,746 10,878 188 31,774 21.82% 1 NEOS NEOS 1,256 3,392 1,947 81 6,676 4.59% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 1,169 3,063 1,808 77 6,117 4.20% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 715 1,864 1,327 70 3,976 2.73% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 306 596 503 12 1,417 0.97% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 163 325 237 13 738 0.51% 0 The Whites WEIßE 47 119 91 0 257 0.18% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 102 86 112 0 300 0.21% 0Valid Votes 34,450 58,639 51,674 837 145,600 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 471 535 635 11 1,652 1.12% Total Polled 34,921 59,174 52,309 848 147,252 85.83% Registered Electors 41,362 69,396 60,813 171,571 Turnout 84.43% 85.27% 86.02% 85.83%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Eva-Maria Himmelbauer (ÖVP), 9,361 votes. Party mandates - Melanie Erasim (SPÖ), 2,175 votes; and Christian Lausch (FPÖ), 2,371 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGän-sern-dorf Holla-brunn Korneu-burg Mistel-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 15,372 14,016 14,279 18,579 171 62,417 32.95% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 19,241 8,110 11,785 12,314 167 51,617 27.25% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 13,300 5,231 8,731 8,801 154 36,217 19.12% 1 The Greens GRÜNE 4,164 2,131 5,623 3,933 133 15,984 8.44% 0 Team Stronach FRANK 2,860 1,469 2,200 2,046 28 8,603 4.54% 0 NEOS NEOS 1,949 1,077 2,691 1,673 62 7,452 3.93% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 1,408 673 1,342 1,111 20 4,554 2.40% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 407 215 361 304 9 1,296 0.68% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 426 169 341 348 11 1,295 0.68% 0Valid Votes 59,127 33,091 47,353 49,109 755 189,435 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 1,091 809 995 1,167 11 4,073 2.10% Total Polled 60,218 33,900 48,348 50,276 766 193,508 81.64% Registered Electors 75,714 41,153 59,609 60,542 237,018 Turnout 79.53% 82.38% 81.11% 83.04% 81.64%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Eva-Maria Himmelbauer (ÖVP), 11,461 votes; Barbara Rosenkranz (FPÖ), 5,458 votes; and Hermann Schultes (ÖVP), 10,138 votes. Party mandates - Rudolf Plessl (SPÖ), 5,256 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGän-sern-dorf Holla-brunn Korneu-burg Mistel-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 16,364 14,269 15,163 19,713 518 66,027 34.29% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 21,267 9,254 13,236 13,759 564 58,080 30.17% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 12,754 5,080 8,365 8,785 387 35,371 18.37% 1 The Greens GRÜNE 3,673 1,992 4,744 3,258 284 13,951 7.25% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 3,486 1,652 2,824 2,632 135 10,729 5.57% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 909 379 1,168 676 52 3,184 1.65% 0 Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol FRITZ 561 344 521 498 35 1,959 1.02% 0 Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria RETTÖ 451 232 369 351 31 1,434 0.74% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 376 152 288 253 19 1,088 0.57% 0 The Christians DC 166 151 166 213 14 710 0.37% 0Valid Votes 60,007 33,505 46,844 50,138 2,039 192,533 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 1,180 980 1,108 1,353 22 4,643 2.35% Total Polled 61,187 34,485 47,952 51,491 2,061 197,176 84.95% Registered Electors 73,548 40,959 57,709 59,904 232,120 Turnout 83.19% 84.19% 83.09% 85.96% 84.95%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Heribert Donnerbauer (ÖVP), 5,246 votes; Hubert Kuzdas (SPÖ), 3,729 votes; Christian Lausch (FPÖ), 1,734 votes; Rudolf Plessl (SPÖ), 3,838 votes; and Hermann Schultes (ÖVP), 9,433 votes.

Substitutions: Heribert Donnerbauer (ÖVP) resigned on 4 July 2012 and was replaced by Eva-Maria Himmelbauer (ÖVP) on 5 July 2012.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGän-sern-dorf Holla-brunn Korneu-burg Mistel-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 18,976 15,858 16,909 21,976 2,936 76,655 41.24% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 23,266 10,238 14,759 15,084 2,301 65,648 35.31% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 6,126 2,580 4,384 4,319 581 17,990 9.68% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 3,813 1,974 4,704 3,095 1,125 14,711 7.91% 0 Hans-Peter Martin's List MATIN 1,849 883 1,332 1,410 193 5,667 3.05% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 1,354 555 927 929 129 3,894 2.09% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 434 201 341 290 65 1,331 0.72% 0Valid Votes 55,818 32,289 43,356 47,103 7,330 185,896 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 1,001 733 847 1,105 92 3,778 1.99% Total Polled 56,819 33,022 44,203 48,208 7,422 189,674 85.71% Registered Electors 69,828 39,455 54,736 57,266 221,285 Turnout 81.37% 83.70% 80.76% 84.18% 85.71%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Heribert Donnerbauer (ÖVP), 8,614 votes; Hubert Kuzdas (SPÖ), 2,537 votes; Robert Rada (SPÖ), 2,346 votes; and Hermann Schultes (ÖVP), 9,038 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsGän-sern-dorf Holla-brunn Korneu-burg Mistel-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 24,068 18,624 21,040 26,854 2,708 93,294 50.17% 3 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 24,053 10,195 15,205 14,866 1,799 66,118 35.55% 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 4,155 2,096 3,039 3,050 318 12,658 6.81% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 3,212 1,558 3,591 2,561 745 11,667 6.27% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 462 194 431 308 40 1,435 0.77% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 298 109 201 169 23 800 0.43% 0Valid Votes 56,248 32,776 43,507 47,808 5,633 185,972 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 854 644 716 900 38 3,152 1.67% Total Polled 57,102 33,420 44,223 48,708 5,671 189,124 89.42% Registered Electors 66,097 38,596 51,517 55,301 211,511 Turnout 86.39% 86.59% 85.84% 88.08% 89.42%

The following candidates were elected: