East Styria (National Council electoral district)
East Styria (), also known as Electoral District 6B (), 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 by the merger of Styria East and Styria South East 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 Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, South East Styria and Weiz in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects six 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 217,383 registered electors.

History
East Styria was established in 2012 by the merger of Styria East and Styria South East following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the districts of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, South East Styria and Weiz in the state of Styria. The district was initially allocated six seats in April 2013. 

Electoral system
East Styria currently elects six 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  1,106  0.67%  0  22,422  13.57%  0  15,157  9.18%  0  9,013  5.46%  0  79,887  48.36%  3  35,216  21.32%  12017  874  0.49%  0  31,150  17.63%  1  3,540  2.00%  0  7,059  4.00%  0  68,912  39.00%  2  58,476  33.10%  22013  1,512  0.89%  0  29,801  17.62%  1  12,798  7.57%  0  4,680  2.77%  0  49,312  29.16%  1  40,757  24.10%  1

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsHart-berg-Fürst-enfeld SouthEastStyria Weiz Votingcard  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  28,611  26,772  24,400  104  79,887  48.36%  3  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  12,583  11,631  10,940  62  35,216  21.32%  1  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  7,196  6,204  8,985  37  22,422  13.57%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  4,963  3,941  6,146  107  15,157  9.18%  0  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  2,947  2,738  3,276  52  9,013  5.46%  0  JETZT JETZT  596  556  678  19  1,849  1.12%  0  KPÖ Plus KPÖ+  285  324  493  4  1,106  0.67%  0  Der Wandel WANDL  180  140  212  6  538  0.33%  0Valid Votes  57,361  52,306  55,130  391  165,188  100.00%  4Rejected Votes  663  562  669  5  1,899  1.14%  Total Polled  58,024  52,868  55,799  396  167,087  76.86%  Registered Electors  74,303  70,451  72,629    217,383    Turnout  78.09%  75.04%  76.83%    76.86%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Party mandates - Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP), 2,424 votes; Walter Rauch (FPÖ), 1,870 votes; Christoph Stark (ÖVP), 7,270 votes; and Agnes Totter (ÖVP), 1,778 votes.

Substitutions:
 Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP) resigned on 2 July 2024 and was replaced by Kerstin Fladerer (ÖVP) on 3 July 2024.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsHart-berg-Fürst-enfeld SouthEastStyria Weiz Votingcard  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  24,319  23,295  21,173  125  68,912  39.00%  2  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  20,766  19,136  18,476  98  58,476  33.10%  2  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  10,178  8,776  12,087  109  31,150  17.63%  1  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  2,309  2,090  2,618  42  7,059  4.00%  0  Peter Pilz List PILZ  1,481  1,237  1,654  34  4,406  2.49%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  1,132  974  1,406  28  3,540  2.00%  0  My Vote Counts! GILT  453  428  619  9  1,509  0.85%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  247  257  363  7  874  0.49%  0  Free List Austria FLÖ  170  158  138  0  466  0.26%  0  The Whites WEIßE  93  109  81  2  285  0.16%  0Valid Votes  61,148  56,460  58,615  454  176,677  100.00%  5Rejected Votes  609  493  504  0  1,606  0.90%  Total Polled  61,757  56,953  59,119  454  178,283  81.89%  Registered Electors  74,366  70,779  72,553    217,698    Turnout  83.04%  80.47%  81.48%    81.89%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Personal mandates - Christoph Stark (ÖVP), 9,914 votes.
 Party mandates - Klaus Uwe Feichtinger (SPÖ), 1,399 votes; Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP), 6,217 votes; Walter Rauch (FPÖ), 2,631 votes; and Christian Schandor (FPÖ), 790 votes.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsHart-berg-Fürst-enfeld SouthEastStyria Weiz Votingcard  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  18,505  17,774  12,957  76  49,312  29.16%  1  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  13,501  14,088  13,116  52  40,757  24.10%  1  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  10,106  9,111  10,526  58  29,801  17.62%  1  Team Stronach FRANK  6,950  6,994  8,709  30  22,683  13.41%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  3,956  3,532  5,238  72  12,798  7.57%  0  Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ  2,052  1,930  1,941  14  5,937  3.51%  0  NEOS – The New Austria NEOS  1,604  1,555  1,481  40  4,680  2.77%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  387  444  671  10  1,512  0.89%  0  Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT  304  277  306  2  889  0.53%  0  Christian Party of Austria CPÖ  293  261  196  4  754  0.45%  0Valid Votes  57,658  55,966  55,141  358  169,123  100.00%  3Rejected Votes  1,030  1,047  954  8  3,039  1.77%  Total Polled  58,688  57,013  56,095  366  172,162  78.28%  Registered Electors  73,732  73,883  72,324    219,939    Turnout  79.60%  77.17%  77.56%    78.28%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Party mandates - Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP), 4,365 votes; Walter Rauch (FPÖ), 1,812 votes; and Sonja Steßl (SPÖ), 1,977 votes.

Substitutions:
 Sonja Steßl (SPÖ) resigned on 16 December 2013 and was replaced by Klaus Uwe Feichtinger (SPÖ) on 17 December 2013.
 Klaus Uwe Feichtinger (SPÖ) resigned on 18 May 2016 and was replaced by Sonja Steßl (SPÖ) on 19 May 2016.

References

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