Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 28

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 28
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	28
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Währing
Present population	96,315   (1910)
Eligible voters	20,968   (1911)
MPs
Leopold Kunschak (1907–1911) Karl Volkert (1911–1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 28 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 below the Enns 28 included the 17th Vienna district Hernals .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Leopold Kunschak ( Christian Social Party ) emerged as the winner. He could not defend his mandate in the 1911 Reichsrat election and was defeated by the Social Democrat Karl Volkert in the runoff election.

Election results

The presentation of the election results is based on the information provided by the k .k. Figures issued by the Central Statistical Commission , which are focused on the party position of the candidates. In some cases, candidates of the same party status were shown separately, in some cases they were added together. Therefore, the figures given for the candidates in the first ballot may also contain (low) votes from other candidates of the same party position.

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 Leopold Kunschak in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Leopold Kunschak	Christian Social Party	9344	52.1%
Karl Höger	Social Democratic Labor Party	7827	43.6%
	German-national / pan-German candidates	430	2.4%
	Czech candidate	249	1.4%
Others		96	0.5%
Eligible voters: 20,117, Invalid / Empty votes: 449, Turnout: 91.4%

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
Leopold Kunschak	Christian Social Party	7779	43.8%
Karl Volkert	Social Democratic Labor Party	7685	43.3%
Rudolf Sternadt	German national candidate	1100	6.2%
Andreas Ruschka	Central commercial committee candidate	434	2.4%
Wladislaw Tvaruzek	Czech national candidate	346	1.9%
Alexander von Dorn	German liberal candidate	127	0.7%
Silent	Christian Social Candidate	56	0.3%
Others		229	1.3%
Eligible voters: 20,968, invalid / empty votes: 1,100, voter turnout: 89.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Karl Volkert	Social Democratic Labor Party	9637	53.9%
Leopold Kunschak	Christian Social Party	8227	46.1%
Eligible voters: 20,968, invalid votes: 860, voter turnout: 89.3%

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. ^ Including E. Vogt (civil servants' party) with 351 votes, cf. Article  in:  Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , May 15, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ 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 ).
   
5. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , June 21, 1911, p. 7 (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. 138
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 65
• 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