Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 21

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 21
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	21st
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Simmering
Present population	43,224   (1910)
Eligible voters	9,737   (1911)
MPs
Laurenz Widholz (1907-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 21 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 the Enns 21 comprised the 11th Viennese district of Simmering .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Laurenz Widholz ( Socialist Workers Party ) emerged as the winner. He was able to successfully defend his mandate in the 1911 Reichsrat election.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Laurenz Widholz	Social Democratic Labor Party	4108	51.3%
Franz Spalowsky	Christian Social Party	3798	47.5%
	Czech candidate	31	0.4%
Others		67	0.8%
Eligible voters: 8,720, invalid / empty votes: 230, voter turnout: 94.4%

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
Laurenz Widholz	Social Democratic Labor Party	4462	49.3%
Alfons Benda	Christian Social Party	3258	36.0%
Franz Spalowsky	Christian social	1123	12.4%
Anton Resch	German national candidate	152	1.7%
Others		54	0.5%
Eligible voters: 9737, invalid / empty votes: 257, voter turnout: 95.6%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Laurenz Widholz	Social Democratic Labor Party	4956	54.6%
Alfons Benda	Christian Social Party	4126	45.4%
Eligible voters: 9737, invalid votes: 212, voter turnout: 95.5%

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. 3 (online at ANNO ).
   
3. ↑ The election in the German districts. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 6 (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. ^ Including the Czech Franz Motzke (20 votes) and the Liberal von Dorn (11 votes)

literature

• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1907–1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna, Leipzig 1907, p. 130
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 58
• 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