Upper Styria (National Council electoral district)
Upper Styria (), also known as Electoral District 6D (), 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 North, Styria North West and Styria West 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 Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, Leoben, Liezen, Murau and Murtal in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects seven 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 271,302 registered electors.

History
Upper Styria was established in 2012 by the merger of Styria North, Styria North West and Styria West following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the districts of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, Leoben, Liezen, Murau and Murtal in the state of Styria. The district was initially allocated nine 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 Upper Styria was reduced to eight based on the population as at the 2011 national census. The number of seats allocated to Upper Styria was reduced to seven in June 2023 based on the population as at the 2021 national census.

Electoral system
Upper Styria currently elects seven 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  2,682  1.35%  0  52,829  26.61%  1  16,347  8.23%  0  12,117  6.10%  0  74,417  37.48%  2  36,172  18.22%  12017  1,921  0.88%  0  67,661  31.16%  2  3,547  1.63%  0  7,869  3.62%  0  61,479  28.31%  2  64,861  29.87%  22013  4,271  2.01%  0  67,380  31.71%  2  15,892  7.48%  0  6,530  3.07%  0  37,783  17.78%  1  52,789  24.84%  1

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsBruck-Mürzzu-schlag Leoben Liezen  Murau  Murtal Votingcard  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  19,627  11,456  18,786  8,582  15,735  231  74,417  37.48%  2  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  17,458  10,143  9,921  3,434  11,767  106  52,829  26.61%  1  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  10,525  6,487  8,073  3,231  7,762  94  36,172  18.22%  1  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  4,937  2,927  4,084  1,122  3,084  193  16,347  8.23%  0  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  3,318  2,250  3,131  974  2,322  122  12,117  6.10%  0  JETZT JETZT  1,083  638  661  185  667  23  3,257  1.64%  0  KPÖ Plus KPÖ+  841  672  468  82  613  6  2,682  1.35%  0  Der Wandel WANDL  240  139  172  42  121  4  718  0.36%  0Valid Votes  58,029  34,712  45,296  17,652  42,071  779  198,539  100.00%  4Rejected Votes  676  337  523  216  408  7  2,167  1.08%  Total Polled  58,705  35,049  45,819  17,868  42,479  786  200,706  73.98%  Registered Electors  79,291  48,192  62,618  23,117  58,084    271,302    Turnout  74.04%  72.73%  73.17%  77.29%  73.13%    73.98%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Party mandates - Hannes Amesbauer (FPÖ), 4,099 votes; Andreas Kühberger (ÖVP), 5,767 votes; Max Lercher (SPÖ), 7,354 votes; and Corinna Scharzenberger (ÖVP), 2,521 votes.

Substitutions:
 Hannes Amesbauer (FPÖ) was reassigned to the federal list seat vacated by Petra Steger and was replaced by Wolfgang Zanger (FPÖ) in Upper Styria on 16 July 2024.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsBruck-Mürzzu-schlag Leoben Liezen  Murau  Murtal Votingcard  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  21,694  12,964  13,409  4,120  15,247  227  67,661  31.16%  2  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  19,008  12,016  14,100  5,754  13,798  185  64,861  29.87%  2  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  15,387  9,066  16,520  7,341  12,879  286  61,479  28.31%  2  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS  2,123  1,522  1,989  675  1,450  110  7,869  3.62%  0  Peter Pilz List PILZ  2,587  1,386  1,443  388  1,301  73  7,178  3.31%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  1,028  626  943  263  642  45  3,547  1.63%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  623  522  236  62  460  18  1,921  0.88%  0  My Vote Counts! GILT  554  341  409  84  319  16  1,723  0.79%  0  Free List Austria FLÖ  149  79  128  73  122  3  554  0.26%  0  The Whites WEIßE  93  53  90  22  74  3  335  0.15%  0Valid Votes  63,246  38,575  49,267  18,782  46,292  966  217,128  100.00%  6Rejected Votes  517  272  457  146  351  5  1,748  0.80%  Total Polled  63,763  38,847  49,724  18,928  46,643  971  218,876  79.56%  Registered Electors  80,422  49,246  63,299  23,425  58,729    275,121    Turnout  79.29%  78.88%  78.55%  80.80%  79.42%    79.56%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Party mandates - Hannes Amesbauer (FPÖ), 3,850 votes; Barbara Krenn (ÖVP), 6,709 votes; Andreas Kühberger (ÖVP), 6,456 votes; Jörg Leichtfried (SPÖ), 7,078 votes; Birgit Sandler (SPÖ), 548 votes; and Wolfgang Zanger (FPÖ), 3,411 votes.

Substitutions:
 Barbara Krenn (ÖVP) died on 3 April 2019 and was replaced by Karl Schmidhofer (ÖVP) on 10 April 2019.

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

Party Votes per district TotalVotes % SeatsBruck-Mürzzu-schlag Leoben Liezen  Murau  Murtal Votingcard  Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  22,042  13,703  12,874  4,195  14,412  154  67,380  31.71%  2  Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ  15,677  10,113  11,083  4,543  11,259  114  52,789  24.84%  1  Austrian People's Party ÖVP  9,184  4,889  10,165  5,177  8,195  173  37,783  17.78%  1  Team Stronach FRANK  4,914  2,958  3,964  1,607  3,957  58  17,458  8.22%  0  The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE  4,626  2,688  4,110  1,235  3,084  149  15,892  7.48%  0  Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ  2,041  1,366  1,942  1,313  2,120  39  8,821  4.15%  0  NEOS – The New Austria NEOS  1,855  1,218  1,715  489  1,192  61  6,530  3.07%  0  Communist Party of Austria KPÖ  1,325  1,232  512  120  1,067  15  4,271  2.01%  0  Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT  303  208  305  81  224  5  1,126  0.53%  0  Christian Party of Austria CPÖ  137  58  149  35  75  1  455  0.21%  0Valid Votes  62,104  38,433  46,819  18,795  45,585  769  212,505  100.00%  4Rejected Votes  911  385  975  272  563  8  3,114  1.44%  Total Polled  63,015  38,818  47,794  19,067  46,148  777  215,619  76.36%  Registered Electors  83,167  51,528  63,400  24,103  60,190    282,388    Turnout  75.77%  75.33%  75.38%  79.11%  76.67%    76.36%    

The following candidates were elected:
 Party mandates - Andrea Gessl-Ranftl (SPÖ), 2,057 votes; Fritz Grillitsch (ÖVP), 5,096 votes; Erwin Spindelberger (SPÖ), 3,859 votes; and Wolfgang Zanger (FPÖ), 2,906 votes.

References

Category:2013 establishments in Austria
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National Council electoral district