West Styria (National Council electoral district)
West Styria (), also known as Electoral District 6C (), 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 2012 following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2013. It consists of the districts of Deutschlandsberg, Leibnitz and Voitsberg in the state of Styria. 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 159,101 registered electors.

History
West Styria was established in 2012 following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the districts of Deutschlandsberg, Leibnitz and Voitsberg in the state of Styria. The district was initially allocated five seats in April 2013. Electoral regulations require the allocation of seats amongst the electoral districts to be recalculated following each national census and in June 2013 the number of seats allocated to West Styria was reduced to four based on the population as at the 2011 national census. The number of seats allocated to West Styria was increased to five in June 2023 based on the population as at the 2021 national census.

Electoral system
West Styria 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).

Election results
Summary
Election CommunistsKPÖ+ / KPÖ Social DemocratsSPÖ GreensGRÜNE NEOSNEOS 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  1,008  0.87%  0  22,542  19.53%  0  9,577  8.30%  0  6,405  5.55%  0  47,916  41.52%  1  26,124  22.64%  02017  747  0.60%  0  29,138  23.26%  1  2,053  1.64%  0  4,844  3.87%  0  40,151  32.05%  1  43,642  34.83%  12013  1,170  1.01%  0  30,072  25.89%  1  8,057  6.94%  0  3,253  2.80%  0  24,456  21.05%  0  30,876  26.58%  1

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsDeutsch-lands-berg Leib-nitz Voits-berg Votingcard  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  15,246  21,379  11,194  97  47,916  41.52%  1  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  8,067  10,855  7,167  35  26,124  22.64%  0  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  7,248  8,010  7,240  44  22,542  19.53%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  3,221  3,819  2,477  60  9,577  8.30%  0  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  2,088  2,597  1,686  34  6,405  5.55%  0  JETZT JETZT  453  548  464  10  1,475  1.28%  0  KPÖ Plus KPÖ+  292  327  384  5  1,008  0.87%  0  Der Wandel WANDL  103  141  110  3  357  0.31%  0Valid Votes  36,718  47,676  30,722  288  115,404  100.00%  1Rejected Votes  390  487  316  0  1,193  1.02%  Total Polled  37,108  48,163  31,038  288  116,597  73.28%  Registered Electors  50,286  66,098  42,717    159,101    Turnout  73.79%  72.87%  72.66%    73.28%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Party mandates - Joachim Schnabel (ÖVP), 3,582 votes.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsDeutsch-lands-berg Leib-nitz Voits-berg Votingcard  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  13,192  18,028  12,358  64  43,642  34.83%  1  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  13,041  17,955  9,054  101  40,151  32.05%  1  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  9,320  10,543  9,198  77  29,138  23.26%  1  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  1,656  1,872  1,287  29  4,844  3.87%  0  Peter Pilz List PILZ  1,104  1,153  994  26  3,277  2.62%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  692  877  465  19  2,053  1.64%  0  My Vote Counts! GILT  312  401  219  6  938  0.75%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  218  231  295  3  747  0.60%  0  Free List Austria FLÖ  90  141  77  2  310  0.25%  0  The Whites WEIßE  71  66  55  0  192  0.15%  0Valid Votes  39,696  51,267  34,002  327  125,292  100.00%  3Rejected Votes  366  377  285  2  1,030  0.82%  Total Polled  40,062  51,644  34,287  329  126,322  79.37%  Registered Electors  50,288  65,759  43,100    159,147    Turnout  79.67%  78.54%  79.55%    79.37%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Personal mandates - Josef Muchitsch (SPÖ), 9,938 votes.
 Party mandates - Werner Amon (ÖVP), 3,848 votes; and Josef Riemer (FPÖ), 2,418 votes.

Substitutions:
 Werner Amon (ÖVP) resigned on 30 June 2019 and was replaced by Daniela List (ÖVP) on 1 July 2019.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsDeutsch-lands-berg Leib-nitz Voits-berg Votingcard  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  9,063  12,634  9,132  47  30,876  26.58%  1  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  9,590  11,296  9,154  32  30,072  25.89%  1  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  8,097  11,105  5,208  46  24,456  21.05%  0  Team Stronach FRANK  3,961  4,913  3,777  23  12,674  10.91%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  2,712  3,112  2,197  36  8,057  6.94%  0  Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ  1,553  1,655  1,425  17  4,650  4.00%  0  NEOS – The New Austria NEOS  1,047  1,271  916  19  3,253  2.80%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  324  317  522  7  1,170  1.01%  0  Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT  195  255  185  3  638  0.55%  0  Christian Party of Austria CPÖ  147  109  59  3  318  0.27%  0Valid Votes  36,689  46,667  32,575  233  116,164  100.00%  2Rejected Votes  620  606  455  6  1,687  1.43%  Total Polled  37,309  47,273  33,030  239  117,851  74.69%  Registered Electors  50,417  63,620  43,752    157,789    Turnout  74.00%  74.31%  75.49%    74.69%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Personal mandates - Josef Muchitsch (SPÖ), 11,551 votes.
 Party mandates - Josef Riemer (FPÖ), 1,994 votes.

References

Category:2013 establishments in Austria
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Category:Electoral districts of the National Council (Austria)
National Council electoral district