Next Austrian legislative election

Legislative elections will be held in Austria in or before 2024, to elect the 28th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.

Next Austrian parliamentary election
No later than 2024
All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sebastian Kurz Pamela Rendi-Wagner Norbert Hofer
Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ
Leader since 15 May 2017 25 September 2018 19 May 2019
Last election 71 seats, 37.5% 40 seats, 21.2% 31 seats, 16.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Werner Kogler Beate Meinl-Reisinger
Party Greens NEOS
Leader since 17 October 2017 23 June 2018
Last election 26 seats, 13.9% 15 seats, 8.1%
Chancellor before election

Sebastian Kurz
ÖVP

 Elected Chancellor

TBD

Electoral system

The 183 members of the National Council are elected by open list proportional representation at three levels; a single national constituency, nine constituencies based on the federal states, and 39 regional constituencies. Seats are apportioned to the regional constituencies based on the results of the most recent census. For parties to receive any representation in the National Council, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 4 percent national electoral threshold.[1]

Following the elections, seats are allocated to the candidates of successful parties and lists in a three-stage process, starting with the regional constituencies. Seats are distributed according to the Hare quota in the regional constituencies, and with unallocated seats distributed at the state constituency level.[2] Any remaining seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method at the federal level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's national vote share and its share of parliamentary seats.[3]

In addition to voting for a political party, voters may cast three preferential votes for specific candidates of that party, but are not required to do so.[4] These additional votes do not affect the proportional allocation based on the vote for the party or list, but can change the rank order of candidates on a party's lists at the federal, state, and regional level. The threshold to increase the position of a candidate on a federal party list is 7 percent, compared to 10 percent at the state level, and 14 percent at the regional level. The names of candidates on regional party lists are printed on the ballot and can be marked with an "x" to indicate the voter's preference. Preference votes for candidates on party lists at the state and federal level, however, must be written in by the voter, either by writing the name or the rank number of the candidate in a blank spot provided for that purpose.[5]

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 27th National Council.

Name Ideology Leader 2019 result
Votes (%) Seats
ÖVP Austrian People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei		 Christian democracy Sebastian Kurz 37.5%
71 / 183
SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs		 Social democracy Pamela Rendi-Wagner 21.2%
40 / 183
FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs		 Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism		 Norbert Hofer 16.2%
31 / 183
Greens Green
The Greens – The Green Alternative		 Green politics Werner Kogler 13.9%
26 / 183
NEOS NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum		 Liberalism
Pro-Europeanism		 Beate Meinl-Reisinger 8.1%
15 / 183

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the next Austrian legislative election

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References
  1. "Wahlen zum Nationalrat". Österreichisches Parlament. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. "Wahlen". Bundesministerium für Inneres. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. "Das Verhältniswahlrecht und das Ermittlungsverfahren bei der Nationalratswahl". Österreichisches Parlament. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. "Vorzugsstimmenvergabe bei einer Nationalratswahl". State of Austria (official website). Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  5. "Vorzugsstimmenvergabe bei einer Nationalratswahl". HELP.gv.at. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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