Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 22

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 22
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	22nd
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Meidling
Present population	96,772   (1910)
Eligible voters	22,734   (1911)
MPs
Ludwig Wutschel (1907–1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 22 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 22 comprised the 12th Viennese district of Meidling .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Ludwig Wutschel ( 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) and May 23, 1907 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Josef Mender	Christian Social Party	9342	48.8%
Ludwig Wutschel	Social Democratic Labor Party	9183	47.9%
	German national / pan-German candidate	95	0.5%
	progressive German candidate	80	0.4%
	Czech candidate	211	1.1%
Others		248	1.3%
Eligible voters: 21,106, invalid / empty votes: 415, voter turnout: 92.7%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Ludwig Wutschel	Social Democratic Labor Party	9821	51.3%
Josef Mender	Christian Social Party	9324	48.7%
Eligible voters: 21,106, invalid votes: 417, turnout: 92.7%

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
Ludwig Wutschel	Social Democratic Labor Party	9990	49.9%
Leupold von Löwenthal	Independent Christian social worker	4544	22.7%
Franz Hemala	Christian Social Party	3697	18.5%
Karl Enders	German liberal candidate	1153	5.8%
Alexander von Dorn	German liberal candidate	85	0.4%
	German national candidate	79	0.4%
Anton Blaha	Czech national candidate	371	1.8%
Others		99	0.5%
Eligible voters: 22,734, Invalid / Empty votes: 977, Turnout: 92.4%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Ludwig Wutschel	Social Democratic Labor Party	11396	58.5%
Leupold von Löwenthal	Christian Social Candidate	8092	41.5%
Eligible voters: 22,734, Invalid votes: 1,317, Turnout: 91.8%

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. ↑ Today's runoff elections. Lower Austria .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , May 24, 1907, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ The election in the German districts. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 4 (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 ).
   
5. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , June 21, 1911, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).

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. 131
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 59
• 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