General Information
Austrian legislative election 2024 was held on 29 September 2024. The results are as follows:
FPÖ : 28.8%%, 57 seats
ÖVP : 26.3%, 51 seats
NEOS: 9.1%, 18 seats
NEOS: 8.2%, 16 seats
Electoral System:
The Austrian parliament is bicameral. It comprises a lower chamber, the National Council (Nationalrat), made up of 183 members elected for 5-year terms, and an upper chamber, the Federal Council (Bundesrat) or chamber of the Länder, which has limited powers and comprises 64 representatives from the country's 9 Länder. The members of the National Council are elected by majority vote in Vienna and Vorarlberg, and by proportional representation in the other 7 Länder. Each region appoints between 7 and 36 deputies. Each constituent has 2 votes: one for a party at national level and the other for a particular candidate in a local constituency. Seats are allocated using the Hare method in regional and provincial constituencies and the d'Hondt method at federal level. A party fielding candidate throughout the country must obtain at least 4% of the votes cast or a direct mandate - i.e. around 25% of the votes in one of the 43 regional constituencies - before it can enter parliament. On election day, it is up to each municipality to decide when the polls open and close. Finally, since 28 September 2008, Austrians have been able to vote in all elections from the age of 16.
Source:
Fonation Robert Schuman
Related Articles:
Austria election results: Far-right FPO wins, what's next?, AlJazeera, 30 September
FPÖ : 28.8%%, 57 seats
ÖVP : 26.3%, 51 seats
NEOS: 9.1%, 18 seats
NEOS: 8.2%, 16 seats
Electoral System:
The Austrian parliament is bicameral. It comprises a lower chamber, the National Council (Nationalrat), made up of 183 members elected for 5-year terms, and an upper chamber, the Federal Council (Bundesrat) or chamber of the Länder, which has limited powers and comprises 64 representatives from the country's 9 Länder. The members of the National Council are elected by majority vote in Vienna and Vorarlberg, and by proportional representation in the other 7 Länder. Each region appoints between 7 and 36 deputies. Each constituent has 2 votes: one for a party at national level and the other for a particular candidate in a local constituency. Seats are allocated using the Hare method in regional and provincial constituencies and the d'Hondt method at federal level. A party fielding candidate throughout the country must obtain at least 4% of the votes cast or a direct mandate - i.e. around 25% of the votes in one of the 43 regional constituencies - before it can enter parliament. On election day, it is up to each municipality to decide when the polls open and close. Finally, since 28 September 2008, Austrians have been able to vote in all elections from the age of 16.
Source:
Fonation Robert Schuman
Related Articles:
Austria election results: Far-right FPO wins, what's next?, AlJazeera, 30 September
