Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 2

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 2
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	2
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Inner City
Eligible voters	3,607   (1911)
MPs
Josef von Baechlé (1907–1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 2 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 2 comprised the Stubenviertel or that part of the 1st Viennese district Inner City , which runs through Rothenturmstrasse, Lichtensteg, Hoher Markt, Wipplingerstrasse, Tiefer Graben, Heidenschuß, Hof, Bognergasse, Graben, Singerstrasse, Liebenberggasse, Parkring, Wollzeile, Wienfluss and Franz Josefs-Kai was limited.

In the 1907 Reichsrat election , Josef von Baechlé ( Christian Social Party ) emerged victorious in the first ballot with 61 percent. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Baechle was able to successfully defend 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 Baechle's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Josef von Baechlé	Christian Social Party	1771	60.6%
Kornke	German national candidate	804	27.5%
Karl Steininger	Radical Party	129	4.4%
Engelbert Pernerstorfer	Social Democratic Labor Party	123	4.2%
Others		95	3.3%
Eligible voters: 3,388, invalid / empty votes: 123, voter turnout: 89.9%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was not due to the absolute majority for Baechle in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Josef von Baechlé	Christian Social Party	1877	61.0%
Josef Klaudy	German liberal candidate	943	30.7%
Adalbert Brendell	Social Democratic Labor Party	168	5.5%
Others		88	2.9%
Eligible voters: 3607, invalid / empty votes: 124, voter turnout: 88.7%

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

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 ).