Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 1

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 1
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	1
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Inner City
Eligible voters	2,208   (1911)
MPs
Kamill Kuranda (1907-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 1 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian crown land of Austria under the Enns . The electoral district was created in 1907 with the introduction of the Reichsrat election regulations and existed until the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy .

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 order, a total of 516 electoral districts were created, with one member being elected in each constituency with the exception of Galicia in the course of the Reichsrat election. The MP had to prevail with an absolute majority in the first ballot or in a runoff election. The constituency of Austria under Enns 1 comprised the Kaiviertel or that part of the 1st Viennese district Innere Stadt , which is bordered by Franz Josefs-Kai, Maria Theresienstraße, Währingerstraße, Schottengasse, Freyung, Tiefer Graben, Wipplingerstraße, Hoher Markt, Lichtensteg and Rothenturmstraße has been.

In the 1907 Reichsrat election , the independent Kamill Kuranda emerged victorious in the first ballot with 61 percent. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Kuranda successfully defended his mandate with 61 percent in the first ballot.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was skipped due to Kuranda's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Kamill Kuranda	progressive German candidate	1314	58.5%
Richard Weisskirchner	Christian Social Party	864	38.5%
Engelbert Pernerstorfer	Social Democratic Labor Party	37	1.6%
Others		31	1.4%
Eligible voters: 2543, invalid / empty votes: 51, voter turnout: 90.3%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot) and June 20, 1911 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Kamill Kuranda	German liberal candidate	815	42.7%
Josef Wieninger	Christian Social Party	648	33.9%
Oskar Hein	German liberal candidate	287	15.0%
Otto Urbach	Social Democratic Labor Party	110	5.8%
Others		50	2.6%
Eligible voters: 2208, invalid / empty votes: 53, voter turnout: 88.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Kamill Kuranda	German liberal candidate	1200	66.0%
Josef Wieninger	Christian Social Party	620	34.0%
Eligible voters: 2208, invalid / empty votes: 78, voter turnout: 86.0%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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"
2. ^ The list of German candidates. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , May 9, 1907, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). The Reichsrat elections. Lower Austria .. In:  The newspaper with the abbreviation "caz" is not (yet) supported by this template. Please report this bug here ! , May 18, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
   
3. ^ The election in the German districts. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ). Article  in:  The newspaper with the abbreviation "caz" is not (yet) supported by this template. Please report this bug here ! , June 17, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
   
4. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , June 21, 1911, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
5. ↑ According to newspaper reports, 13 votes for Josef Drozda and 11 votes for Dr. Leddin

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
• The results of the Reichsrat elections in the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat in 1907. In: Austrian Statistics. LXXXIV. Volume, 2nd issue, Vienna 1908 (published by the k .k. Central Statistical Commission), SI 2
• The results of the Reichsrat elections in the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat in 1911. In: Austrian Statistics. New episode. 7th volume, 1st issue, Vienna 1912 (published by the k .k. Central Statistical Commission), p. 14