{ "data": { "id": "austria-legislative-2029", "country": "AT", "country_name": "Austria", "date": "2029-09-30", "date_status": "tentative", "kind": "legislative", "conditional": null, "timezone": "Europe/Vienna", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "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)", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/austria-legislative-2029", "races": [ { "id": "nationalrat", "key": "austria-legislative-2029/nationalrat", "name": "Nationalrat", "body": "legislature-lower", "seats": 183, "polls_close_utc": "2029-09-30T15:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "at-bmi", "name": "Federal Ministry of the Interior (Federal Electoral Board)", "name_local": "Bundesministerium für Inneres – Bundeswahlbehörde", "role": "ministry", "homepage": "https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/", "results_index": "https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/nationalratswahlen/start.html", "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2029-10-15T07:00:00Z", "by": "2029-10-30T22:59:59Z", "confidence": "precedent", "basis": "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." }, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2029-09-30T15:00:00Z", "by": "2029-10-01T01:00:00Z", "replacedAt": "2029-10-01T07:00:00Z", "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "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.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "intermediate-count", "from": "2029-10-01T07:00:00Z", "by": "2029-10-05T10:00:00Z", "replacedAt": "2029-10-15T07:00:00Z", "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "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.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2029-10-15T07:00:00Z", "by": "2029-10-30T22:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "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.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "government", "from": "2029-10-15T07:00:00Z", "by": null, "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "estimate", "citation": "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.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/nationalratswahlen/start.html", "role": "results-live", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundeswahlbehörde) index of National Council elections, not a page for this election. On 25 Sep 2026 it listed Nationalratswahl 2024 back to 2002; https://bundeswahlen.gv.at/2029/nr/ returned 404 (redirect to the BMI error page). 2024 results sat at https://bundeswahlen.gv.at/2024/nr/ (live preliminary counts, then marked 'endgültiges Endergebnis'); the Verlautbarung of the Bundeswahlbehörde and XLSX of the final result are linked from bmi.gv.at/412/nationalratswahlen/nationalratswahl_2024/start.html. The 2029 path is PREDICTED, not seen.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10001199", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Nationalrats-Wahlordnung 1992 (consolidated, RIS): § 1 (polling day set by government ordinance with the Main Committee; Stichtag 82 days before), § 52 (polls close no later than 17:00), § 90 (postal ballots counted the day after polling day from 09:00), § 96 (out-of-district ballot cards counted on the fourth day from 09:00), § 108 (Bundeswahlbehörde publishes the final result on the internet and the BMI notice board), § 110 (3-day objection).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10000138", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz: art. 27 (five-year legislative period from the first sitting; new Nationalrat convened within 30 days of the election; election to be ordered so that it can meet the day after the fifth year ends), art. 29 (dissolution: new Nationalrat within 100 days), art. 26(3) (Sunday or public holiday). Tentative: no ordinance yet. B-VG art. 27(1): the legislative period lasts five years from the first sitting; the XXVIII period's constituent sitting was 24 Oct 2024 (Parlamentskorrespondenz PK0964, 3 Oct 2024), so the fifth year ends 23 Oct 2029. Art. 27(2): the government must order the election so that the new Nationalrat can meet on the day after, 24 Oct 2029, and the President must convene it within 30 days of the election; so polling day falls on a Sunday or public holiday (art. 26(3), NRWO § 1(2)) between 24 Sep and 21 Oct 2029 (Sundays 30 Sep, 7, 14 or 21 Oct). 30 Sep 2029 is an ESTIMATE mirroring 2024 (polling 29 Sep 2024, 25 days before the constituent sitting of 24 Oct 2024); leaving time for the final result (days 16-17 in 2017-2024) favours the earlier Sundays. The period can end early by dissolution (art. 29), which would bring a snap election; that happened in 2019 and 2017.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/nationalratswahlen/nationalratswahl_2024/start.html", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Last election's page: Wahltag 29 Sep 2024, ordinance BGBl. II Nr. 169/2024 published 28 Jun 2024 (93 days before polling day), Wahlkalender, and the Verlautbarung der Bundeswahlbehörde of 16 Oct 2024. Shows how the 2029 schedule will be announced.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Austrian_legislative_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": { "earliestUtc": "2029-10-15T07:00:00Z", "precedentDays": [ 64, 100, 155 ], "note": "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." }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/austria-legislative-2029#nationalrat" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-09-25.d023cc13", "built_at": "2026-09-25T21:25:00Z", "generated_at": "2026-09-25T22:27:20.309Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }