List of constituencies in Istria

This list of constituencies in Istria lists all constituencies in the Crown Land of Istria for the elections of the Austrian House of Representatives . The constituencies existed between 1907 and 1918.

history

After the Reichsrat had decided on the general, equal, secret and direct male suffrage in autumn 1906, the major reform of the electoral law through the sanctioning of Emperor Franz Joseph I came into effect on January 26, 1907 . With the new Reichsrat election regulations, a total of 480 electoral districts were created, each with one member to be elected, who was determined by direct election with a possible runoff. In Istria before the abolition of class suffragefive constituencies existed, with the rural communities sending two MPs and the cities, together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as the landowners and the general electoral class, each sending one MP. With the introduction of universal male suffrage, six constituencies were created in Istria. In contrast to the other crown lands, only so-called rural district constituencies existed in Istria and no city constituencies that were created for large cities alone or for several small towns together. The rural community constituencies consist of a certain number of judicial districts.

In 1910 the population of Istria consisted of around 42 percent Croatian speakers, 36 percent Italian speakers and 14 percent Slovenian speakers. This mixture of languages is also reflected among the MPs of the constituencies of Istria. Italian-speaking MPs were sent to the House of Representatives in constituencies 1–3, while constituencies 4–6 were assigned to Croatian / Slovenian MPs. However, the spectrum of parties was also fragmented within the language groups. The representatives of the Italians and Croatians / Slovenes each came from two different parties.

Constituencies

No.:	Constituency number with a link to the constituency article
Constituency type:	Indication of whether it is a city constituency or a rural municipality constituency
Region:	Cities or judicial districts that make up the constituency. The rural municipality constituencies include the specified judicial districts with or without the aforementioned municipalities.
WB:	Number of eligible voters in the 1911 Reichsrat election
Party 1907:	Party affiliation of the member of the electoral district in relation to the Reichsrat election 1907, IL = Italian Liberal Party, IVP = Italian People's Party, KSNP = Croatian-Slovenian National Party, RR = Right-wing Party (Croatian)
Party 1911:	Party membership of the member of the electoral district in relation to the Reichsrat election in 1911

No.	Constituency type	region	WB	Party 1907	Party 1911
1	Rural municipality constituency	Judicial districts Buje , Pirano and the municipalities of Capodistria , Muggia	16,127	IVP	IVP
2	Rural municipality constituency	Judicial districts of Montona , Parenzo , Rovigno and the municipalities of Dignano , Sanvincenti	17,142	ILP	ILP
3	Rural municipality constituency	Judicial district of Pola and the municipalities of Lussinpiccolo , Ossero	13,382	ILP	ILP
4th	Rural municipality constituency	Judicial district of Castelnuovo and the municipalities of Decani , Dolina , Maresego , Očisla-Klanec , Paugnano	9,516	KSNP	KSNP
5	Rural municipality constituency	Judicial districts of Pinguente , Pisino , Albona and the municipality of Barbana	17,979	RR	RR
6th	Rural municipality constituency	Judicial districts of Volosca , Cherso , Veglia and the municipality of Lussingrande	18,335	KSNP	KSNP

Individual evidence

^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrathe , 1873, XV. Piece, No. 40: "Law of April 2, 1873, whereby the Basic Law on Reich Representation of December 21, 1867 (RGBL. No. 141) is amended"
↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrathe , 1896, LXVI. Piece, no. 168 "Law of June 14, 1896, whereby the Basic Law on Reich Representation of December 21, 1867, RGBl.Nr. 141, or the laws of April 2, 1873, RGBl. No. 40, and from November 12, 1886, RGBl. No. 162, to be amended and supplemented "
^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrath 1907, IX. Piece, No. 17: "Law of January 26, 1907 regarding the election of the members of the House of Representatives of the Reichsrat"

literature

Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1907–1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna, Leipzig 1907
Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911

[1] Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrathe , 1873, XV. Piece, No. 40: "Law of April 2, 1873, whereby the Basic Law on Reich Representation of December 21, 1867 (RGBL. No. 141) is amended"

[2] Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrathe , 1896, LXVI. Piece, no. 168 "Law of June 14, 1896, whereby the Basic Law on Reich Representation of December 21, 1867, RGBl.Nr. 141, or the laws of April 2, 1873, RGBl. No. 40, and from November 12, 1886, RGBl. No. 162, to be amended and supplemented "

[3] Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrath 1907, IX. Piece, No. 17: "Law of January 26, 1907 regarding the election of the members of the House of Representatives of the Reichsrat"