Mühlviertel, also known as Electoral District 4E (), 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 Freistadt, Greater Urfahr, Perg and Rohrbach in the state of Upper 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 221,009 registered electors.

History Mühlviertel was one 43 regional electoral districts () established by the "National Council Electoral Regulations 1992" () passed by the National Council in 1992. It consisted of the districts of Freistadt, Greater Urfahr, Perg and Rohrbach in the state of Upper Austria. The district was initially allocated six seats in May 1993.

Electoral system Mühlviertel 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). Prior to April 2013 electors could not cast preferential votes at the federal level and the thresholds candidates needed to over-ride the party list order were higher at the regional level (half the Hare quota or of the party votes) and state level (Hare quota).

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 891 0.50% 0 35,703 19.91% 1 24,627 13.73% 0 12,693 7.08% 0 75,139 41.90% 2 27,201 15.17% 12017 1,002 0.54% 0 47,176 25.34% 1 7,065 3.80% 0 8,664 4.65% 0 69,413 37.29% 2 44,188 23.74% 12013 1,167 0.67% 0 43,609 24.86% 1 21,151 12.06% 0 5,263 3.00% 0 57,854 32.98% 2 30,597 17.44% 12008 990 0.55% 0 49,167 27.54% 1 17,560 9.84% 0 2,065 1.16% 0 59,830 33.51% 2 28,843 16.16% 12006 1,256 0.73% 0 55,852 32.64% 2 17,131 10.01% 0 73,463 42.93% 2 15,592 9.11% 02002 663 0.39% 0 55,749 32.50% 2 14,098 8.22% 0 1,150 0.67% 0 87,131 50.80% 3 12,721 7.42% 01999 441 0.27% 0 48,861 30.26% 1 11,340 7.02% 0 3,509 2.17% 0 62,813 38.90% 2 32,886 20.37% 11995 275 0.17% 0 54,623 33.70% 2 8,233 5.08% 0 5,928 3.66% 0 65,199 40.22% 2 25,962 16.02% 01994 243 0.16% 0 46,712 30.17% 1 10,927 7.06% 0 5,986 3.87% 0 62,891 40.62% 2 25,555 16.51% 1

Detailed 2010s 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFreis-tadt GreaterUrfahr Perg Rohr-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 18,623 22,082 16,669 17,629 136 75,139 41.90% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 9,230 10,531 10,586 5,285 71 35,703 19.91% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 6,770 7,596 6,831 5,947 57 27,201 15.17% 1 The Greens GRÜNE 5,525 10,047 4,770 4,058 227 24,627 13.73% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 2,646 4,967 2,540 2,462 78 12,693 7.08% 0 JETZT JETZT 532 784 505 389 24 2,234 1.25% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 245 273 199 170 4 891 0.50% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 184 285 183 132 1 785 0.44% 0 Socialist Left Party SLP 22 19 19 6 2 68 0.04% 0Valid Votes 43,777 56,584 42,302 36,078 600 179,341 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 851 873 793 613 9 3,139 1.72% Total Polled 44,628 57,457 43,095 36,691 609 182,480 82.57% Registered Electors 53,816 68,781 52,899 45,513 221,009 Turnout 82.93% 83.54% 81.47% 80.62% 82.57%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Rosa Ecker (FPÖ), 920 votes; Michael Hammer (ÖVP), 3,789 votes; Johanna Jachs (ÖVP), 7,382 votes; and Sabine Schatz (SPÖ), 3,616 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFreis-tadt GreaterUrfahr Perg Rohr-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 16,691 20,848 15,123 16,575 176 69,413 37.29% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 11,915 15,022 12,722 7,326 191 47,176 25.34% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 11,025 12,146 11,222 9,695 100 44,188 23.74% 1 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 1,697 3,459 1,744 1,689 75 8,664 4.65% 0 The Greens GRÜNE 1,620 2,834 1,285 1,251 75 7,065 3.80% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 1,336 2,450 1,314 981 96 6,177 3.32% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 473 651 422 403 16 1,965 1.06% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 254 374 187 176 11 1,002 0.54% 0 The Whites WEIßE 69 94 73 61 1 298 0.16% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 69 41 33 27 1 171 0.09% 0 Socialist Left Party SLP 8 9 8 5 1 31 0.02% 0Valid Votes 45,157 57,928 44,133 38,189 743 186,150 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 720 738 607 555 7 2,627 1.39% Total Polled 45,877 58,666 44,740 38,744 750 188,777 85.89% Registered Electors 53,370 67,796 52,523 46,100 219,789 Turnout 85.96% 86.53% 85.18% 84.04% 85.89%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Michael Hammer (ÖVP), 5,952 votes; Johanna Jachs (ÖVP), 5,363 votes; Anneliese Kitzmüller (FPÖ), 1,453 votes; and Sabine Schatz (SPÖ), 2,686 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFreis-tadt GreaterUrfahr Perg Rohr-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 14,047 16,425 12,380 14,863 139 57,854 32.98% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 11,231 12,331 12,862 7,089 96 43,609 24.86% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 7,656 8,756 7,775 6,322 88 30,597 17.44% 1 The Greens GRÜNE 4,668 8,660 4,137 3,481 205 21,151 12.06% 0 Team Stronach FRANK 1,672 2,630 1,879 1,627 29 7,837 4.47% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 1,553 1,831 1,167 992 12 5,555 3.17% 0 NEOS – The New Austria NEOS 984 2,324 1,068 836 51 5,263 3.00% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 378 412 272 296 15 1,373 0.78% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 322 407 228 197 13 1,167 0.67% 0 Christian Party of Austria CPÖ 141 172 201 194 0 708 0.40% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 77 102 65 61 2 307 0.18% 0Valid Votes 42,729 54,050 42,034 35,958 650 175,421 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 1,356 1,589 1,161 1,259 9 5,374 2.97% Total Polled 44,085 55,639 43,195 37,217 659 180,795 82.98% Registered Electors 52,884 66,789 51,994 46,198 217,865 Turnout 83.36% 83.31% 83.08% 80.56% 82.98%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP), 10,709 votes. Party mandates - Marianne Gusenbauer-Jäger (SPÖ), 1,877 votes; Anneliese Kitzmüller (FPÖ), 1,213 votes; and Nikolaus Prinz (ÖVP), 2,922 votes.

Substitutions: Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP) resigned on 16 December 2013 and was replaced by Michael Hammer (ÖVP) on 17 December 2013.

2000s 2008 Results of the 2008 legislative election held on 28 September 2008:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFreis-tadt GreaterUrfahr Perg Rohr-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 14,641 16,800 12,627 15,258 504 59,830 33.51% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 12,147 13,917 14,779 7,852 472 49,167 27.54% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 7,230 8,209 7,291 5,884 229 28,843 16.16% 1 The Greens GRÜNE 3,901 6,989 3,200 3,003 467 17,560 9.84% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 3,630 4,716 3,271 3,322 131 15,070 8.44% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 424 899 359 314 69 2,065 1.16% 0 The Christians DC 376 545 367 438 19 1,745 0.98% 0 Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol FRITZ 349 597 360 356 26 1,688 0.95% 0 Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria RETTÖ 315 513 340 303 19 1,490 0.83% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 227 339 196 202 26 990 0.55% 0 Left LINKE 18 21 19 14 2 74 0.04% 0Valid Votes 43,258 53,545 42,809 36,946 1,964 178,522 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 1,497 1,758 1,341 1,447 56 6,099 3.30% Total Polled 44,755 55,303 44,150 38,393 2,020 184,621 86.38% Registered Electors 51,822 64,770 51,216 45,922 213,730 Turnout 86.36% 85.38% 86.20% 83.60% 86.38%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Kurt Gaßner (SPÖ), 3,616 votes; Anneliese Kitzmüller (FPÖ), 1,068 votes; Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP), 4,838 votes; and Nikolaus Prinz (ÖVP), 2,761 votes.

Substitutions: Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP) resigned on 2 December 2008 and was replaced by Norbert Kapeller (ÖVP) on 3 December 2008. Norbert Kapeller (ÖVP) resigned on 18 March 2011 and was replaced by Michael Hammer (ÖVP) on 22 March 2011.

2006 Results of the 2006 legislative election held on 1 October 2006:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFreis-tadt GreaterUrfahr Perg Rohr-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 17,264 20,086 15,221 18,003 2,889 73,463 42.93% 2 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 13,789 14,965 16,337 8,714 2,047 55,852 32.64% 2 The Greens GRÜNE 3,566 6,309 2,901 2,652 1,703 17,131 10.01% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 3,708 4,658 3,765 3,006 455 15,592 9.11% 0 Hans-Peter Martin's List MATIN 938 1,336 852 887 175 4,188 2.45% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 822 1,157 701 822 145 3,647 2.13% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 314 393 223 271 55 1,256 0.73% 0Valid Votes 40,401 48,904 40,000 34,355 7,469 171,129 100.00% 4Rejected Votes 1,036 1,307 862 975 83 4,263 2.43% Total Polled 41,437 50,211 40,862 35,330 7,552 175,392 86.28% Registered Electors 49,191 61,583 48,784 43,732 203,290 Turnout 84.24% 81.53% 83.76% 80.79% 86.28%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Kurt Gaßner (SPÖ), 4,411 votes; Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP), 6,538 votes; Nikolaus Prinz (ÖVP), 3,688 votes; and Walter Schopf (SPÖ), 3,616 votes.

Substitutions: Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP) was reassigned to the Upper Austria seat vacated by Wilhelm Molterer and was replaced by Norbert Kapeller (ÖVP) in Mühlviertel on 15 January 2007.

2002 Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 24 November 2002:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFreis-tadt GreaterUrfahr Perg Rohr-bach Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 20,780 24,397 18,052 21,338 2,564 87,131 50.80% 3 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 13,766 15,268 16,365 8,799 1,551 55,749 32.50% 2 The Greens GRÜNE 2,856 5,225 2,484 2,109 1,424 14,098 8.22% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 2,851 3,828 2,944 2,785 313 12,721 7.42% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 253 424 230 174 69 1,150 0.67% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 163 211 121 152 16 663 0.39% 0Valid Votes 40,669 49,353 40,196 35,357 5,937 171,512 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 766 906 729 776 69 3,246 1.86% Total Polled 41,435 50,259 40,925 36,133 6,006 174,758 89.99% Registered Electors 47,050 58,446 46,554 42,153 194,203 Turnout 88.07% 85.99% 87.91% 85.72% 89.99%

The following candidates were elected: