Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 38

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 38
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	38
Type	Constituency
region	Mistelbach , Bruck an der Leitha , Hainburg , Zistersdorf etc.
Present population	44,322   (1910)
Eligible voters	9,260   (1911)
MPs
Albert Gessmann (1907-1911) Rudolf Wedra (1911-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 38 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 38 included the communities Mistelbach , Bruck an der Leitha , Hainburg , Zistersdorf , Feldsberg , Poysdorf , Laa an der Thaya , Oberhollabrunn and Retz .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Albert Gessmann ( Christian Social Party ) emerged as the winner. He prevailed in the first ballot with 56 percent. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, however, Gessmann lost his mandate to the German-liberal candidate Rudolf Wedra , who won 52 percent of the votes in the runoff election.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Albert Gessmann	Christian Social Party	3485	55.9%
Dr. Kolisko	German People's Party	1424	22.8%
Franz Bretschneider	Social Democratic Labor Party	1256	20.2%
Others		67	1.1%
Eligible voters: 6656, invalid / empty votes: 121, voter turnout: 95.4%

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
Albert Gessmann	Christian Social Party	3032	46.1%
Rudolf Wedra	German liberal candidate	2433	37.0%
Adolf Laser	Social Democratic Labor Party	1085	16.5%
	Others	27	0.4%
Eligible voters: 7026, invalid / empty votes: 160, voter turnout: 95.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Rudolf Wedra	German liberal candidate	3477	52.3%
Albert Gessmann	Christian Social Party	3138	47.4%
Eligible voters: 7026, invalid votes: 88, turnout: 95.4%

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 elections. Lower Austria .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , 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 ).
   

literature

• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1907–1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna, Leipzig 1907.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911.
• 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 4
• 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. 18