Thermenregion, also known as Electoral District 3F (), 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 2016 from parts of Greater Vienna and Lower Austria South East following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Lower Austria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2017. It consists of the districts of Baden and Mödling in the state of Lower Austria. 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 197,030 registered electors.
History Thermenregion was established in 2016 from parts of Greater Vienna and Lower Austria South East following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Lower Austria to reflect the new administrative district structure. It consisted of the districts of Baden and Mödling in the state of Lower Austria. The district was initially allocated five seats in February 2017. Electoral regulations require the allocation of seats amongst the electoral districts to be recalculated following each national census and in June 2023 the number of seats allocated to Thermenregion was increased to six based on the population as at the 2021 national census.
Electoral system Thermenregion 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 / LiF 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 839 0.54% 0 32,309 20.60% 1 22,625 14.43% 0 17,225 10.98% 0 56,373 35.95% 2 23,223 14.81% 02017 1,011 0.62% 0 44,068 26.86% 1 5,916 3.61% 0 11,321 6.90% 0 51,890 31.63% 1 38,326 23.36% 1
Detailed 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019:
Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBaden Möd-ling Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 29,345 26,750 278 56,373 35.95% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 19,269 12,882 158 32,309 20.60% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 14,303 8,765 155 23,223 14.81% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 10,100 12,304 221 22,625 14.43% 0 NEOS NEOS 7,256 9,771 198 17,225 10.98% 0 JETZT JETZT 1,752 1,689 24 3,465 2.21% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 466 367 6 839 0.54% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 385 370 5 760 0.48% 0Valid Votes 82,876 72,898 1,045 156,819 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 1,088 582 7 1,677 1.06% Total Polled 83,964 73,480 1,052 158,496 80.44% Registered Electors 107,228 89,802 197,030 Turnout 78.30% 81.82% 80.44%
The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Hans Stefan Hintner (ÖVP), 2,416 votes; Carmen Jeitler-Cincelli (ÖVP), 3,820 votes; and Andreas Kollross (SPÖ), 3,396 votes.
2017 Results of the 2017 legislative election held on 15 October 2017:
Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBaden Möd-ling Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 25,368 26,157 365 51,890 31.63% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 24,943 18,805 320 44,068 26.86% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 23,643 14,428 255 38,326 23.36% 1 NEOS NEOS 4,821 6,346 154 11,321 6.90% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 4,274 4,769 130 9,173 5.59% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 2,405 3,424 87 5,916 3.61% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 1,105 722 15 1,842 1.12% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 478 520 13 1,011 0.62% 0 The Whites WEIßE 166 116 3 285 0.17% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 127 76 1 204 0.12% 0Valid Votes 87,330 75,363 1,343 164,036 100.00% 3Rejected Votes 921 564 10 1,495 0.90% Total Polled 88,251 75,927 1,353 165,531 84.51% Registered Electors 106,533 89,344 195,877 Turnout 82.84% 84.98% 84.51%
The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Christian Höbart (FPÖ), 3,497 votes; Carmen Jeitler-Cincelli (ÖVP), 4,779 votes; and Andreas Kollross (SPÖ), 3,359 votes.
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