Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 31

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 31
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	31
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Döbling
Present population	47,182   (1910)
Eligible voters	10,109   (1911)
MPs
Wenzel Kuhn (1907-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 31 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 31 included the 19th Vienna district Döbling .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 went Wenzel Kuhn ( Christian Social 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 dropped due to the absolute majority of Wenzel Kuhn in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Wenzel Kuhn	Christian Social Party	4757	58.0%
Josef Wokral	Social Democratic Labor Party	1941	23.7%
A. Kuffler	progressive German candidate	1025	12.5%
Lucian Brunner	progressive German candidate	247	3.0%
F. Reichelt	German-national / pan-German candidates	137	1.7%
Others		96	1.2%
Eligible voters: 9151, invalid / empty votes: 259, voter turnout: 92.5%

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
Wenzel Kuhn	Christian Social Party	4268	49.3%
August Sigl	Social Democratic Labor Party	2489	28.7%
Franz Visintini	German freedom candidate	1698	19.6%
Max Wellner	Czech national candidate	53	0.6%
	Others	155	1.8%
Eligible voters: 10,109, invalid / empty votes: 547, voter turnout: 91.1%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Wenzel Kuhn	Christian Social Party	4424	51.2%
August Sigl	Social Democratic Labor Party	4210	48.8%
Eligible voters: 10,109, invalid votes: 492, voter turnout: 90.3%

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. ↑ The votes named in the statistics were probably divided between F. Reichelt (102) votes and one other candidate, cf. Christian Social Workers Newspaper, May 18, 1907
4. ↑ Including the civil servant candidate Dr. Waber, 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 ).
5. ↑ 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 ).
   
6. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , June 21, 1911, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
7. ↑ Article  in:  Reichspost , June 8, 1911, p. 2 (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. 140
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 67
• 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