Vorarlberg South (), also known as Electoral District 8B (), 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 Bludenz and Feldkirch in the state of Vorarlberg. 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 121,470 registered electors.

History Vorarlberg South 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 Bludenz and Feldkirch in the state of Vorarlberg. The district was initially allocated three seats in May 1993. Electoral regulations require the allocation of seats amongst the electoral districts to be recalculated following each national census and in September 2002 the number of seats allocated to Vorarlberg South was increased to four based on the population as at the 2001 national census.

Electoral system Vorarlberg South currently elects four 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 416 0.50% 0 11,167 13.53% 0 14,920 18.07% 0 11,478 13.90% 0 29,256 35.43% 1 12,379 14.99% 02017 619 0.71% 0 16,250 18.57% 0 6,430 7.35% 0 8,110 9.27% 0 29,048 33.20% 1 21,929 25.06% 02013 410 0.52% 0 10,926 13.97% 0 13,542 17.32% 0 10,677 13.65% 0 19,219 24.57% 0 15,534 19.86% 02008 499 0.60% 0 12,536 15.19% 0 14,521 17.60% 0 2,084 2.53% 0 24,238 29.37% 1 13,357 16.19% 02006 468 0.60% 0 15,637 20.14% 0 12,697 16.35% 0 31,164 40.14% 1 7,818 10.07% 02002 390 0.44% 0 18,988 21.64% 0 12,794 14.58% 0 1,424 1.62% 0 41,495 47.28% 1 11,390 12.98% 01999 167 0.22% 0 14,972 19.84% 0 7,648 10.13% 0 3,456 4.58% 0 25,523 33.82% 1 22,573 29.91% 01995 179 0.22% 0 19,729 24.40% 0 5,963 7.37% 0 5,584 6.91% 0 26,556 32.84% 1 21,862 27.04% 01994 15,971 22.62% 0 6,230 8.82% 0 4,443 6.29% 0 25,703 36.40% 1 16,389 23.21% 0

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBlu-denz Feld-kirch Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 11,789 17,413 54 29,256 35.43% 1 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 4,470 10,313 137 14,920 18.07% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 4,981 7,378 20 12,379 14.99% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 3,958 7,481 39 11,478 13.90% 0 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 4,884 6,260 23 11,167 13.53% 0 JETZT JETZT 590 1,160 9 1,759 2.13% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 261 482 6 749 0.91% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 126 315 0 441 0.53% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 188 225 3 416 0.50% 0Valid Votes 31,247 51,027 291 82,565 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 271 395 3 669 0.80% Total Polled 31,518 51,422 294 83,234 68.52% Registered Electors 45,458 76,012 121,470 Turnout 69.33% 67.65% 68.52%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), 4,509 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBlu-denz Feld-kirch Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 11,347 17,613 88 29,048 33.20% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 8,740 13,144 45 21,929 25.06% 0 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 6,719 9,432 99 16,250 18.57% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 2,860 5,167 83 8,110 9.27% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 1,614 4,749 67 6,430 7.35% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 861 1,676 36 2,573 2.94% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 311 732 6 1,049 1.20% 0 New Movement for the Future NBZ 213 523 0 736 0.84% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 197 408 14 619 0.71% 0 Christian Party of Austria CPÖ 105 134 0 239 0.27% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 95 113 0 208 0.24% 0 The Whites WEIßE 89 117 1 207 0.24% 0 Men's Party M 37 71 0 108 0.12% 0Valid Votes 33,188 53,879 439 87,506 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 238 354 3 595 0.68% Total Polled 33,426 54,233 442 88,101 73.04% Registered Electors 45,446 75,175 120,621 Turnout 73.55% 72.14% 73.04%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), 4,819 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBlu-denz Feld-kirch Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 7,820 11,357 42 19,219 24.57% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 6,424 9,093 17 15,534 19.86% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 3,931 9,495 116 13,542 17.32% 0 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 4,988 5,924 14 10,926 13.97% 0 NEOS – The New Austria NEOS 4,341 6,269 67 10,677 13.65% 0 Team Stronach FRANK 1,441 2,754 11 4,206 5.38% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 853 1,159 3 2,015 2.58% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 254 408 6 668 0.85% 0 Christian Party of Austria CPÖ 240 279 1 520 0.66% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 145 264 1 410 0.52% 0 EU Exit Party EUAUS 92 183 2 277 0.35% 0 Men's Party M 67 145 0 212 0.27% 0Valid Votes 30,596 47,330 280 78,206 100.00% 0Rejected Votes 376 560 5 941 1.19% Total Polled 30,972 47,890 285 79,147 66.64% Registered Electors 45,443 73,320 118,763 Turnout 68.16% 65.32% 66.64%

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBlu-denz Feld-kirch Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 9,712 14,332 194 24,238 29.37% 1 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 4,391 9,841 289 14,521 17.60% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 5,293 8,012 52 13,357 16.19% 0 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 5,755 6,724 57 12,536 15.19% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 4,406 6,298 54 10,758 13.04% 0 Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol FRITZ 1,166 1,677 21 2,864 3.47% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 675 1,363 46 2,084 2.53% 0 The Christians DC 508 752 7 1,267 1.54% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 173 323 3 499 0.60% 0 Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria RETTÖ 146 242 4 392 0.48% 0Valid Votes 32,225 49,564 727 82,516 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 495 695 9 1,199 1.43% Total Polled 32,720 50,259 736 83,715 71.83% Registered Electors 45,395 71,158 116,553 Turnout 72.08% 70.63% 71.83%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), 4,703 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBlu-denz Feld-kirch Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 12,105 17,497 1,562 31,164 40.14% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 6,961 8,133 543 15,637 20.14% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 3,551 7,958 1,188 12,697 16.35% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 3,126 4,502 190 7,818 10.07% 0 Hans-Peter Martin's List MATIN 2,394 3,888 220 6,502 8.37% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 1,045 1,621 76 2,742 3.53% 0 EU Withdrawal – Neutral Free Austria NFÖ 206 388 23 617 0.79% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 170 271 27 468 0.60% 0Valid Votes 29,558 44,258 3,829 77,645 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 260 411 23 694 0.89% Total Polled 29,818 44,669 3,852 78,339 70.55% Registered Electors 43,602 67,443 111,045 Turnout 68.39% 66.23% 70.55%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), 4,835 votes.

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

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBlu-denz Feld-kirch Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 15,975 23,915 1,605 41,495 47.28% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 8,409 10,047 532 18,988 21.64% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 3,760 7,758 1,276 12,794 14.58% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 4,432 6,724 234 11,390 12.98% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 500 866 58 1,424 1.62% 0 Christian Voters Community CWG 461 615 20 1,096 1.25% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 121 258 11 390 0.44% 0 The Democrats 70 103 7 180 0.21% 0Valid Votes 33,728 50,286 3,743 87,757 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 407 703 28 1,138 1.28% Total Polled 34,135 50,989 3,771 88,895 84.72% Registered Electors 41,721 63,213 104,934 Turnout 81.82% 80.66% 84.72%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), 6,708 votes.

1990s 1999 Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 3 October 1999:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsBlu-denz Feld-kirch Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 9,874 14,329 1,320 25,523 33.82% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 8,864 13,042 667 22,573 29.91% 0 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 6,899 7,536 537 14,972 19.84% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 2,295 4,674 679 7,648 10.13% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 1,006 1,991 459 3,456 4.58% 0 The Independents DU 155 282 17 454 0.60% 0 No to NATO and EU –Neutral Austria Citizens' Initiative NEIN 172 252 7 431 0.57% 0 Christian Voters Community CWG 122 115 6 243 0.32% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 54 95 18 167 0.22% 0Valid Votes 29,441 42,316 3,710 75,467 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 283 352 16 651 0.86% Total Polled 29,724 42,668 3,726 76,118 74.69% Registered Electors 40,908 60,998 101,906 Turnout 72.66% 69.95% 74.69%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), 4,594 votes.

1995 Results of the 1995 legislative election held on 17 December 1995: