Using the First-past-the-post voting system for Austrian Elections

We will analyze and visualize the results of the national election 2019 in Austria.

Visualization here. For more information please look at the presentation.

Sources:

• Verwaltungsgrenzen Österreich
• Nationalratswahl results 2013
• Nationalratswahl results 2017
• Nationalratswahl results 2019
• Austrian Electoral districts (Wahlkreiseinteilung)

TODOs

• Add Wahlkarten
• Make graphics more user mobile-friendly
• Compare more years
• Compare Austrian presidential elections to US presidential elections
• Check how many votes the winning party could lose and still govern alone (50% + 1) and/or change the constitution on their own (66,67%).
• Bar plot: make extra bars for each small party
• Sum Up similar leaning parties (LEFT vs RIGHT)
• make transitions for pie chart
• link graphics in text
• Add slider to pie chart
• Change to Bootstrap
• Make header sticky
• Check if all values are correct
• Precalculate some results so they do not have to be calculated again.

Acknowledgment

This project was created for the course Informationsvisualisierung at TU Wien. It received the Best Assignment Award.