Carinthia West (National Council electoral district)

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Population123,773 (2024)[1]
Electorate100,053 (2019)
Carinthia West
Kärnten West
Koroška zahodna
Electoral District
for the National Council
Outline map
Location of Carinthia West within Austria
District
StateCarinthia
Population123,773 (2024)[1]
Electorate100,053 (2019)
Area4,132 km2 (2023)[2]
Current Electoral District
Created1994
Seats3 (1994–present)
Members[3]  Gabriel Obernosterer (ÖVP)

Carinthia West (German: Kärnten West; Slovene: Koroška zahodna), also known as Electoral District 2C (German: Wahlkreis 2C), 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 created in 1992 when electoral regulations were amended to add regional electoral districts to the existing state-wide electoral districts and came into being at the following legislative election in 1994. It consists of the districts of Feldkirchen, Hermagor and Spittal an der Drau in the state of Carinthia. The electoral district currently elects three 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 100,053 registered electors.

Carinthia West was one 43 regional electoral districts (regionalwahlkreise) established by the "National Council Electoral Regulations 1992" (Nationalrats-Wahlordnung 1992) passed by the National Council in 1992.[4] It consisted of the districts of Feldkirchen, Hermagor and Spittal an der Drau in the state of Carinthia.[5] The district was initially allocated three seats in May 1993.[6]

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