Number of tiers
Austria
Answer
3
Source
Official webpage of Austrian Ministry of Interior
National Council
Elections take place based on the principles of proportional representation, aclosed list system, and preferentialvotes.
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Seatsare assigned in the course of a three-stage process:
1. RegionalConstituencies
2. ProvincialConstituencies
3. Final nationwide assignmentprocess on the basis of the 'd’Hondt Rule' of highest average,applied to each party’s surplus votes; 4 % threshold for parties to gainrepresentation
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