Greater Graz (National Council electoral district)
Greater Graz (), also known as Electoral District 6A (), 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 city of Graz and the district of Graz-Umgebung in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects nine 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 317,873 registered electors.

History
Greater Graz 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 city of Graz and the district of Graz-Umgebung in the state of Styria. The district was initially allocated eight 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 Greater Graz was increased to nine based on the population as at the 2011 national census.

Electoral system
Greater Graz currently elects nine 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  4,157  1.76%  0  39,701  16.82%  1  51,718  21.91%  1  23,219  9.84%  0  76,008  32.20%  2  34,487  14.61%  12017  4,859  1.95%  0  64,789  26.02%  2  12,290  4.93%  0  18,569  7.46%  0  71,375  28.66%  2  59,011  23.70%  22013  6,040  2.68%  0  45,054  19.99%  1  39,800  17.66%  1  13,409  5.95%  0  39,887  17.70%  1  49,486  21.96%  1

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsGrazCity Graz-Umge-bung Votingcard  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  40,705  34,853  450  76,008  32.20%  2  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  38,580  12,407  731  51,718  21.91%  1  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  23,252  16,221  228  39,701  16.82%  1  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  16,921  17,392  174  34,487  14.61%  1  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  15,782  7,083  354  23,219  9.84%  0  JETZT JETZT  3,936  1,561  78  5,575  2.36%  0  KPÖ Plus KPÖ+  3,174  960  23  4,157  1.76%  0  Der Wandel WANDL  788  373  13  1,174  0.50%  0Valid Votes  143,138  90,850  2,051  236,039  100.00%  5Rejected Votes  957  791  9  1,757  0.74%  Total Polled  144,095  91,641  2,060  237,796  74.81%  Registered Electors  196,811  121,062    317,873    Turnout  73.21%  75.70%    74.81%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Personal mandates - Werner Kogler (GRÜNE), 12,991 votes.
 Party mandates - Juliane Bogner-Strauß (ÖVP), 5,274 votes; Ernst Gödl (ÖVP), 5,670 votes; Axel Kassegger (FPÖ), 634 votes; and Verena Nussbaum (SPÖ), 1,733 votes.

Substitutions:
 Juliane Bogner-Strauß (ÖVP) resigned on 18 December 2019 and was replaced by Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP).
 Werner Kogler (GRÜNE) resigned on 7 January 2020 and was replaced by Heike Grebien (GRÜNE) on 9 January 2020.
 Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP) was reassigned to the Styria seat vacated by Karl Schmidhofer and was replaced by Kurt Egger (ÖVP) in Greater Graz on 1 October 2021.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsGrazCity Graz-Umge-bung Votingcard  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  41,050  29,777  548  71,375  28.66%  2  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  41,402  22,824  563  64,789  26.02%  2  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  29,267  29,497  247  59,011  23.70%  2  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  12,958  5,281  330  18,569  7.46%  0  Peter Pilz List PILZ  11,041  3,874  204  15,119  6.07%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  9,467  2,649  174  12,290  4.93%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  3,952  865  42  4,859  1.95%  0  My Vote Counts! GILT  1,440  889  24  2,353  0.94%  0  Free List Austria FLÖ  184  173  1  358  0.14%  0  The Whites WEIßE  178  132  5  315  0.13%  0Valid Votes  150,939  95,961  2,138  249,038  100.00%  6Rejected Votes  826  656  6  1,488  0.59%  Total Polled  151,765  96,617  2,144  250,526  78.86%  Registered Electors  197,958  119,731    317,689    Turnout  76.67%  80.70%    78.86%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Party mandates - Ernst Gödl (ÖVP), 7,177 votes; Karin Greiner (SPÖ), 832 votes; Axel Kassegger (FPÖ), 1,351 votes; Martina Kaufmann (ÖVP), 3,393 votes; Günther Kumpitsch (FPÖ), 818 votes; and Verena Nussbaum (SPÖ), 2,542 votes.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsGrazCity Graz-Umge-bung Votingcard  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  26,293  23,027  166  49,486  21.96%  1  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  25,242  19,595  217  45,054  19.99%  1  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  23,222  16,340  325  39,887  17.70%  1  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  29,574  9,691  535  39,800  17.66%  1  Team Stronach FRANK  9,895  9,326  84  19,305  8.57%  0  NEOS – The New Austria NEOS  9,568  3,656  185  13,409  5.95%  0  Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ  5,172  3,568  71  8,811  3.91%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  4,627  1,389  24  6,040  2.68%  0  Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT  2,186  718  36  2,940  1.30%  0  Christian Party of Austria CPÖ  339  295  0  634  0.28%  0Valid Votes  136,118  87,605  1,643  225,366  100.00%  4Rejected Votes  1,570  1,136  21  2,727  1.20%  Total Polled  137,688  88,741  1,664  228,093  72.80%  Registered Electors  196,557  116,758    313,315    Turnout  70.05%  76.00%    72.80%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Personal mandates - Gerald Klug (SPÖ), 6,711 votes.
 Party mandates - Mario Kunasek (FPÖ), 3,618 votes; Bernd Schönegger (ÖVP), 1,227 votes; and Judith Schwentner (GRÜNE), 1,985 votes.

Substitutions:
 Gerald Klug (SPÖ) resigned on 16 December 2013 and was replaced by Michael Ehmann (SPÖ) on 17 December 2013.
 Mario Kunasek (FPÖ) resigned on 15 June 2015 and was replaced by Günther Kumpitsch (FPÖ) on 16 June 2015.
 Michael Ehmann (SPÖ) resigned on 18 May 2016 and was replaced by Gerald Klug (SPÖ) on 19 May 2016.

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References

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