Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 4

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 4
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	4th
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Inner City
Eligible voters	2,484   (1911)
MPs
Heinrich Wittek (1907–1911) Wilhelm Neumann-Walter (1911-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 4 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 4 included that part of the first Viennese municipality district Inner City , by University Street , Scots Lane , Freyung , heath shot, Am Hof , Bognergasse , Graben , Kärntnerstraße , Opernring, Eschenbachgasse , Grain Market , Museum Road, Auerspergstraße and Landesgerichtsstraße limited has been.

In the 1907 Reichsrat election , Karl Lueger ( Christian Social Party ) emerged victorious in the first ballot with 60 percent. However, Lueger took the mandate in constituency 23 , which is why there was a replacement election a month later. His party colleague Heinrich Wittek was also able to prevail in the first ballot with 59 percent. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Wittek lost his mandate to Wilhelm Neumann-Walter .

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Karl Lueger	Christian Social Party	1368	60.2%
Alexander von Dorn	progressive German candidate	817	36.0%
Others		86	3.8%
Eligible voters: 2,618, invalid / empty votes: 76, voter turnout: 89.6%

Reichsrat replacement election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on June 20, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was skipped due to Heinrich Wittek's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Heinrich Wittek	Christian Social Party	1211	59.0%
Waber	progressive German candidate	742	36.1%
Knork		42	2.0%
Polesovsky	Czech candidate	30th	1.4%
Eligible voters: 2,618, invalid / empty votes: 91, voter turnout: 81.9%

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
Heinrich Wittek	Christian Social Party	981	49.1%
Wilhelm Neumann-Walter	German liberal candidate	841	42.1%
Engelbert Pernerstorfer	Social Democratic Labor Party	90	4.5%
Josef Drozda	Czech national candidate	33	1.7%
Others		54	2.7%
Eligible voters: 2,484, invalid / empty votes: 120, voter turnout: 85.3%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Wilhelm Neumann-Walter	German liberal candidate	1027	50.9%
Heinrich Wittek	Christian Social Party	989	49.1%
Eligible voters: 2,484, invalid votes: 81, voter turnout: 84.4%

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. 2 (online at ANNO ).
   
3. ^ Including 27 votes for Pernerstorfer and 35 votes for the Czech candidate Poleschowsky
4. ^ The substitute elections in Vienna .. In:  Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , June 21, 1907, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
5. ^ The election in the German districts. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 2 (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. 5 (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 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