Landtag of Lower Austria

Landtag of Lower Austria Landtag von Niederösterreich
Type
Type	Landtag
History
Founded	1861 1920
Leadership
President of the Landtag	Karl Wilfing, ÖVP
Structure
Seats	56
Political groups	Government (37)   ÖVP (23)   FPÖ (14) Opposition (29)   SPÖ (12)   GRÜNE (4)   NEOS (3)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Last election	29 January 2023
Next election	2028
Meeting place
St. Pölten, Lower Austria
Website
noe-landtag.gv.at

The Landtag of Lower Austria is the state parliament of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It exercises the state legislation (legislature). The seat of the Landtag is in St. Pölten in the Landhausviertel.

The Lower Austrian Parliament is composed of 56 members of parliament. The term of office is five years. Elections are held in accordance with the Lower Austrian Landtag election regulations of 1992. 21 constituencies in Lower Austria correspond to the political districts.^[1] The statutory cities belong to the district of the same name or the surrounding district. The number of deputies corresponds to the number of inhabitants.

To be eligible to stand as a candidate, a candidate must be 18 years of age (on election day) and have at least 50 declarations of consent. They are nominated by a political party. In order to enter the state parliament, one party must reach the four percent hurdle or obtain a mandate in a constituency.^[2]

The most recent elections to the Landtag of Lower Austria were held on 28 January 2018.