When is the Austria legislative election 2029?

Polling day is 2029-09-30, not yet officially confirmed.

When will the final result of the Nationalrat race be official?

Expected between 2029-10-15T07:00:00Z and 2029-10-30T22:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. NRWO § 108(6): the Bundeswahlbehörde publishes the result of the third (national) allocation 'unverzüglich' on the internet and on the BMI notice board; the law sets no day. Late ballot cards are reported on the 15th day after polling (§ 90(8); 2024 Wahlkalender: Mon 14 Oct 2024), and the federal count follows the state authorities' final figures (§§ 100, 105). Precedent from the BMI's own pages: 2024 Verlautbarung of Wed 16 Oct 2024 (day 17; the PDF is signed 16 Oct 2024 15:53 CEST; the BMI had announced that date on election night), 2019 of 16 Oct 2019 (day 17), 2017 of 31 Oct 2017 (day 16). The opening, Monday 15 Oct 2029 09:00 CEST (day 15), is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 30 Oct 2029 (CET, after the 28 Oct clock change), the 30th day, by which the new Nationalrat must be convened (B-VG art. 27(2)). Parties may object to the figures within 3 days (§ 110), and the election may be challenged at the Verfassungsgerichtshof within four weeks of the Verlautbarung (B-VG art. 141; 2024 Wahlkalender citing VfGG § 68); no court confirmation is required, so there is no court-validation stage.

Where are the official Nationalrat results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Federal Ministry of the Interior (Federal Electoral Board) (https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/).

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Austria legislative election 2029

Name: Austria legislative election 2029
Start: 2029-09-30
Location: Austria

Polling day Sun, 30 Sept 2029 Date not yet official. Counted by Federal Ministry of the Interior (Federal Electoral Board). Times are Vienna time; hover for UTC.

15–30 Oct 2029

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Tue 30 Oct, 23:59 Vienna time.

Polls close: Sun 30 Sept, 17:00
First count by: Mon 1 Oct, 03:00
Counted by: Federal Ministry of the Interior (Federal Electoral Board)
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: bmi.gv.at/412/

Count stages Nationalrat, 183 seats

30 Sept14 Oct28 Oct

Election-night count

30 Sept – 1 OctElection-night count: Sun 30 Sept, 17:00 → Mon 1 Oct, 03:00, precedent.

Intermediate count

1–5 OctIntermediate count: Mon 1 Oct, 09:00 → Fri 5 Oct, 12:00, precedent.

Final result

15–30 OctFinal result: Mon 15 Oct, 09:00 → Tue 30 Oct, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateVienna time. Polls close in 1101 days.

Government. Days from election to the swearing-in of the new federal government: 2017 (15 Oct 2017 to 18 Dec 2017) 64, 2019 (29 Sep 2019 to 7 Jan 2020) 100, 2024 (29 Sep 2024 to 3 Mar 2025) 155. 2017 and 2019 dates from Wikipedia; 2024 from press search results (swearing-in at the Hofburg on 3 Mar 2025); none yet checked against bundespraesident.at. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent. Not before Mon 15 Oct. Precedents: 64 and 100 and 155 days from polling day.

Stage windows and their sources 4 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sun 30 Sept, 17:00 → Mon 1 Oct, 03:00
precedent

Polls close no later than 17:00 local ('Das Ende der Wahlzeit darf nicht später als auf 17.00 Uhr festgelegt werden', NRWO § 52(2)); 30 Sep 2029 is CEST (UTC+2), so 15:00 UTC; municipalities may close earlier. Precedent: on election night 2024 the BMI published a preliminary national result once every municipality had reported, at 00:44 CEST on Mon 30 Sep 2024 (OTS0003, 30 Sep 2024), 'wobei in diesem Wert bereits ein Großteil der Briefwahl-Stimmen eingerechnet ist' but excluding ballot cards counted on Monday and Thursday. The window closes at 03:00 CEST Monday, about 2 h past precedent. Preliminary and incomplete: not the final result.
Replaced on the live page by the intermediate count from Mon 1 Oct, 09:00.
Intermediate count
Mon 1 Oct, 09:00 → Fri 5 Oct, 12:00
precedent

Two statutory counts of ballot cards update the preliminary result. NRWO § 90(1): 'Am Tag nach der Wahl, 9.00 Uhr' the district electoral authorities count postal ballot cards (Mon 1 Oct 2029, 07:00 UTC); § 96(2): 'Am vierten Tag nach dem Wahltag, 9.00 Uhr' the state electoral authorities count ballot cards from other regional constituencies and those cast in 'foreign' polling stations (Thu 4 Oct 2029). 2024 precedent: the BMI published the result including Monday's postal ballots at 18:54 CEST on 30 Sep 2024 (OTS0124) and the 'vorläufiges Endergebnis ... inkl. aller Wahlkarten' at 22:33 CEST on Thu 3 Oct 2024 (OTS0147; Parlamentskorrespondenz PK0964 of 3 Oct 2024 agrees). The window closes at 12:00 CEST Friday 5 Oct, about 13 h past precedent. Still provisional: the Bundeswahlbehörde's Verlautbarung is the official result.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Mon 15 Oct, 09:00.
Final result
Mon 15 Oct, 09:00 → Tue 30 Oct, 23:59
precedent

NRWO § 108(6): the Bundeswahlbehörde publishes the result of the third (national) allocation 'unverzüglich' on the internet and on the BMI notice board; the law sets no day. Late ballot cards are reported on the 15th day after polling (§ 90(8); 2024 Wahlkalender: Mon 14 Oct 2024), and the federal count follows the state authorities' final figures (§§ 100, 105). Precedent from the BMI's own pages: 2024 Verlautbarung of Wed 16 Oct 2024 (day 17; the PDF is signed 16 Oct 2024 15:53 CEST; the BMI had announced that date on election night), 2019 of 16 Oct 2019 (day 17), 2017 of 31 Oct 2017 (day 16). The opening, Monday 15 Oct 2029 09:00 CEST (day 15), is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 30 Oct 2029 (CET, after the 28 Oct clock change), the 30th day, by which the new Nationalrat must be convened (B-VG art. 27(2)). Parties may object to the figures within 3 days (§ 110), and the election may be challenged at the Verfassungsgerichtshof within four weeks of the Verlautbarung (B-VG art. 141; 2024 Wahlkalender citing VfGG § 68); no court confirmation is required, so there is no court-validation stage.
Government formed
Mon 15 Oct, 09:00 → —
estimate

B-VG art. 70: the Federal President appoints the Federal Chancellor and, on the Chancellor's proposal, the ministers; no deadline and no parliamentary investiture vote. The opening is an ESTIMATE tied to the expected final result; nothing in law prevents an earlier appointment or requires one before the Nationalrat meets.

Results sources 6 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
bmi.gv.at/412/nationalratswahlen/start.html	results-live	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
bmi.gv.at/412/nationalratswahlen/nationalratswahl_2024/start.html	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Austrian_legislative_election	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
bmi.gv.at/412/	authority-home	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: B-VG arts. 26, 27, 29, 70 and NRWO 1992 §§ 1, 52, 90, 96, 108, 110 (ris.bka.gv.at, Fassung vom 25.09.2026); BMI Nationalratswahl 2024/2019/2017 pages, 2024 Wahlkalender and Verlautbarung der Bundeswahlbehörde of 16 Oct 2024 (bmi.gv.at); BMI press releases OTS0003 and OTS0124 of 30 Sep 2024 and OTS0147 of 3 Oct 2024 (ots.at); Parlamentskorrespondenz PK0964 of 3 Oct 2024 (parlament.gv.at) (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Austria legislative election 2029?: Polling day is 2029-09-30, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the Nationalrat race be official?: Expected between 2029-10-15T07:00:00Z and 2029-10-30T22:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. NRWO § 108(6): the Bundeswahlbehörde publishes the result of the third (national) allocation 'unverzüglich' on the internet and on the BMI notice board; the law sets no day. Late ballot cards are reported on the 15th day after polling (§ 90(8); 2024 Wahlkalender: Mon 14 Oct 2024), and the federal count follows the state authorities' final figures (§§ 100, 105). Precedent from the BMI's own pages: 2024 Verlautbarung of Wed 16 Oct 2024 (day 17; the PDF is signed 16 Oct 2024 15:53 CEST; the BMI had announced that date on election night), 2019 of 16 Oct 2019 (day 17), 2017 of 31 Oct 2017 (day 16). The opening, Monday 15 Oct 2029 09:00 CEST (day 15), is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 30 Oct 2029 (CET, after the 28 Oct clock change), the 30th day, by which the new Nationalrat must be convened (B-VG art. 27(2)). Parties may object to the figures within 3 days (§ 110), and the election may be challenged at the Verfassungsgerichtshof within four weeks of the Verlautbarung (B-VG art. 141; 2024 Wahlkalender citing VfGG § 68); no court confirmation is required, so there is no court-validation stage.
Where are the official Nationalrat results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Federal Ministry of the Interior (Federal Electoral Board) (https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/).