The constituency of Linz and the surrounding area (constituency 1) is a constituency in Upper Austria that includes the political districts of Linz and Linz-Land . In the 2015 state elections , 245,195 people in the constituency of Linz and the surrounding area were eligible to vote, with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) emerging as the strongest party with 30.82%.
The state electoral district of Linz and the surrounding area was created with Law No. 29 of March 18, 1925 as part of the amendment to the state election regulations of March 18, 1919. The constituency was formed by law from the city of Linz and the judicial districts of Linz , Urfahr and Ottensheim , with Linz being the seat of the electoral authority. While the state election regulations of 1919 still provided for eight constituencies, the number of constituencies was reduced to five with the change in the law in 1925. The state electoral district of Linz and the surrounding area was created from parts of the former Linz constituency (constituency 1), parts of the former Rohrbach constituency (constituency 2) and parts of the former Schärding constituency (constituency 5). In 1949 the area of the constituency was finally equated with constituency 12 of the National Council electoral code, which included the city of Linz and the judicial districts of Linz (with the exception of the communities of the former judicial district of Markt St. Florian), Ottensheim and Urfahr. With the O. ö. Landtag election amendment in 1967, the area of the constituency was finally changed again. The constituency now comprised the area of the city of Linz, the municipalities Hörsching, Kirchberg-Thening, Leonding, Oftering, Pasching, Traun and Wilhering as well as the Urfahr-Umgebung district without the judicial district of Leonfelden (municipalities of Bad Leonfelden, Haibach im Mühlkreis, Oberneukirchen, Ottenschlag in the Mühlkreis, Reichenau in the Mühlkreis, Reichenthal, Schenkenfelden, Vorderweißbach and Zwettl an der Rodl). With the amendment to the Landtag election order in 1971, the area of the constituency was finally reduced to its present size and since then has included the political districts of Linz and Linz-Land.
Liaison office of the federal states at the office of the Lower Austrian provincial government: election statistics. The elections in the federal states since 1945. National Council and state parliaments. 8th edition, Vienna 1994
