| Greater Linz | |
|---|---|
| Linz und Umgebung | |
| Electoral District for the National Council | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Greater_Linz_(National_Council_electoral_district).svg) Location of Greater Linz within Austria | |
| District | List |
| State | Upper Austria |
| Population | 368,132 (2024)[1] |
| Electorate | 245,789 (2019) |
| Area | 556 km2 (2023)[2] |
| Current Electoral District | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Seats | 7 (1994–present) |
| Members[3] | List |
Greater Linz (‹See Tfd›German: Linz und Umgebung), also known as Electoral District 4A (‹See Tfd›German: Wahlkreis 4A), 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 city of Linz and the district of Linz Rural in the state of Upper Austria. 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 245,789 registered electors.
- ^ "Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn nach Politischen Bezirken bzw. Wiener Gemeindebezirken seit 2002" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Stadtgebiet nach Nutzungsklassen und Gemeindebezirken" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Nationalrat: Abgeordnete zum Nationalrat" (in German). Vienna, Austria: National Council. Retrieved 25 September 2024.