Election to the Reichsrat 1879

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Parts of the empire and crown lands of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy :
  • Cisleithania
  • Transleithania
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (administered since 1878, annexed in 1908)
  • The Reichsrat election in 1879 was the election to the Reichsrat Cisleithania and took place on June 28th to 30th.

    Electoral system

    Since 1873 was in Cisleithania a class franchise . The voters were assigned to one of four classes ("curia") according to their status and wealth: large landowners , chambers of commerce and trade, large and medium-sized farmers and all other male citizens living in cities who earn at least 10 guilders annually (from 1882 five guilders) paid direct taxes . This corresponded to a total of 6% of the adult population.

    Election result

    The winner of the election was the German Liberal Association with 91 seats. The Czech Club (consisting of Old Czechs , Young Czechs , Czech aristocrats and Czech MPs from Moravia) received 54 seats, the Polish Club 57 and the German Conservatives 57. The other MPs were non-attached.

    Elected MPs

    literature

    Individual evidence

    1. a b Otto Urban: Česká společnost 1848–1918. Prague: Svoboda, 1982. pp. 510-511. (Czech)
    2. col. aut .: Československé dějiny v datech. Prague: Svoboda, 1987. ISBN 80-7239-178-X . P. 321. (Czech)
    3. ^ Urban, Otto: Česká společnost 1848-1918 . Prague: Svoboda, 1982. p. 410. (Czech)