Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 39

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 39
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	39
Type	Constituency
region	Baden , Vöslau , Weikersdorf , Mödling , Schwechat
Present population	44,322   (1910)
Eligible voters	9,260   (1911)
MPs
Ernst Zeiner (1907–1911) Hans Schurf (1911-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 39 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 39 comprised the communities of Baden , Vöslau , Weikersdorf , Mödling and Schwechat .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Ernst Zeiner ( Christian Social Party ) emerged as the winner. He won the runoff election with 50.1 percent against the social democrat Leopold Winarsky . In the 1911 Reichsrat election, the liberal German Hans Schurf prevailed against the Social Democrat Richter with 53 percent.

elections

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
Leopold Winarsky	Social Democratic Labor Party	2465	31.5%
Ernst Zeiner	Christian Social Party	2393	30.6%
Gustav Marchet	progressive German candidate	2107	26.9%
Josef Herzog	German national / pan-German candidate	798	10.2%
Others		62	0.8%
Eligible voters: 8,376, invalid / empty votes: 128, voter turnout: 94.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Ernst Zeiner	Christian Social Party	3783	50.1%
Leopold Winarsky	Social Democratic Labor Party	3764	49.9%
Eligible voters: 8,376, Invalid / Empty votes: 364, Turnout: 94.4%

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
Paul Richter	Social Democratic Labor Party	3287	39.1%
Hans Schurf	German liberal candidate	3099	36.8%
Josef Kollmann	Christian Social Party	1936	23.0%
	German national candidate	44	0.5%
	Others	49	0.6%
Eligible voters: 9021, invalid / empty votes: 185, voter turnout: 94.5%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Hans Schurf	German liberal candidate	4337	53.1%
Paul Richter	Social Democratic Labor Party	3838	46.9%
Eligible voters: 9,260, invalid votes: 379, voter turnout: 92.4%

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. ↑ Today's runoff elections. Lower Austria .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , May 24, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ 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