Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 40

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 40
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	40
Type	Constituency
region	Wiener Neustadt
Present population	27,153   (1910)
Eligible voters	5,444   (1911)
MPs
Engelbert Pernerstorfer (1907–1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 40 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 40 included the city of Wiener Neustadt .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Engelbert Pernerstorfer ( Socialist Workers Party ) emerged as the winner. He prevailed in the runoff election with 60 percent against the Christian socialist Karl Prokop. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Pernerstorfer was able to prevail with 51 percent in the first ballot and defend his mandate.

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
Engelbert Pernerstorfer	Social Democratic Labor Party	2092	46.88%
Karl Prokop	Christian Social Party	1185	26.56%
Heinrich Kienmann	German People's Party	1183	26.51%
Others		2	0.04%
Eligible voters: 4775, Invalid / Empty votes: 46, Turnout: 94.4%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Engelbert Pernerstorfer	Social Democratic Labor Party	2598	60.2%
Karl Prokop	Christian Social Party	1715	39.8%
Eligible voters: 4,755, invalid / empty votes: 162, voter turnout: 93.7%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was not due to the absolute majority of Pernerstorfer in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Engelbert Pernerstorfer	Social Democratic Labor Party	2599	51.1%
Franz Kamann	German People's Party	1868	36.8%
Heinrich Pasler	Christian Social Party	605	11.9%
	Others	10	0.2%
Eligible voters: 5444, invalid / empty votes: 75, voter turnout: 94.7%

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. 3 (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, p. 149.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 76.
• 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. 20