Flachgau-Tennengau (National Council electoral district)

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Population220,272 (2024)[1]
Electorate157,803 (2019)
Flachgau-Tennengau
Electoral District
for the National Council
Outline map
Location of Flachgau-Tennengau within Austria
District
StateSalzburg
Population220,272 (2024)[1]
Electorate157,803 (2019)
Area1,673 km2 (2023)[2]
Current Electoral District
Created1994
Seats4 (1994–present)
Members[3]
List
  •   Tanja Graf (ÖVP)
  •   Peter Haubner (ÖVP)

Flachgau-Tennengau, also known as Electoral District 5B (German: Wahlkreis 5B), 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 Hallein and Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg. The electoral district currently elects four 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 157,803 registered electors.

Flachgau-Tennengau 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 Hallein and Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg.[5] The district was initially allocated four seats in May 1993.[6]

Electoral system

Election results

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