Extraparliamentary parties involved in the 2008 Austrian legislative election and the Communist Party of Austria, which has contested all elections in Austria since 1945, a number of other parties stated they planned to or were considering contesting the election. Parties require either the signatures of 3 MPs or the signatures 2,600 citizens (proportionally divided among the different states: 100 in Burgenland and Vorarlberg, 200 in Carinthia, Salzburg and Tyrol, 400 in Styria and Upper Austria and 500 in Lower Austria and Vienna) between 29 July 2008 and 22 August 2008 in order to stand. The signatures have to come from citizens who are eligible to vote in the election;
Landesliga Burgenland number of relegated Burgenland teams in the Regional League East. From "2. Liga Nord", "2. Liga Mitte" and "2. Liga Süd" respectively, one club advances into the Burgenland Landesliga. Landesliga Burgenland The Landesliga Burgenland is the football division of the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is in the fourth highest division in Austrian football for clubs of the Burgenland Football Association (). The league is made up of sixteen teams playing one home and one away match against each other. A season therefore comprises 30 match days. The end of the season the champion is entitled to promotion into the