Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 26

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 26
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	26th
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Ottakring
Eligible voters	16,009   (1911)
MPs
Franz Schuhmeier (1907–1911) Albert Sever (1911-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 26 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 Austria under the Enns 26 comprised the southern part of 16. Wiener municipal district Ottakring , d. H. Ottakring south of the Thaliastraße line. Galitzinstrasse, Vogeltenngasse and Haydlergasse.

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, the Social Democrat Franz Schuhmeier emerged victorious in the first round . In the Reichsrat election in 1911 Schuhmeier was able to prevail again in the first ballot, but took the mandate in electoral district 6 where, where he also won. In the subsequent replacement elections, the Social Democrat Albert Sever was finally able to prevail.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority of Franz Schuhmeier in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Franz Schuhmeier	Social Democratic Labor Party	9027	66.0%
Karl Haberreiter	Christian Social Party	4338	31.7%
	Czech candidate	146	1.1%
Others		174	1.3%
Eligible voters: 15,620, Invalid / Empty votes: 348, Turnout: 89.8%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority of Franz Schuhmeier in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Franz Schuhmeier	Social Democratic Labor Party	9567	71.7%
Josef Heigl	Christian Social Party	2999	22.5%
Ladislaus Tvaruzek	Czech national candidate	247	1.9%
Oskar Benesch	German national candidates	169	1.3%
Alexander von Dorn	German liberal candidates	100	0.7%
	Social Democratic candidate	49	0.4%
Others		209	1.6%
Eligible voters: 16,009, invalid / empty votes: 1235, turnout: 91.0%

Reichsrat replacement election 1911

The Reichsrat replacement election was held on October 3, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped due to Albert Sever's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Albert Sever	Social Democratic Labor Party	9893	81.5%
Josef Heigl	Christian Social Party	2132	17.5%
Others		134	1.1%
Eligible voters: 16,009, invalid / empty votes: 1984, voter turnout: 88.3%

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. ↑ According to newspaper reports, Karl Haberreiter received 4,225 votes, the remaining 113 votes are likely to go to another Christian social candidate, possibly Johann Hipp, cf. Article  in:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Democratic organ / Neues Wiener Abendblatt. Evening edition of the (") Neue Wiener Tagblatt (") / Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Evening edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt / Wiener Mittagsausgabe with Sportblatt / 6 o'clock evening paper / Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Neue Freie Presse - Neues Wiener Journal / Neues Wiener Tagblatt , May 14, 1907, p. 51 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ The elections. Lower Austria .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , June 14, 1911, p. 5 (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 ). The election results. In Vienna .. In:  Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , June 14, 1911, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
   
   
5. ^ The by-election in Ottakring. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , October 4, 1911, p. 3 (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. 135
• 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