Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 41

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 41
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	41
Type	Constituency
region	St. Pölten , Herzogenburg , Ybbs , Scheibbs etc.
Present population	46,189   (1910)
Eligible voters	9,021   (1911)
MPs
Alfred Schmid (1907–191) Emil Polke (1911-1918)

The constituency Austria under the Enns 41 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian crown land 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 Enns 41 comprised the communities of St. Pölten , Herzogenburg , Ybbs an der Donau , Scheibbs , Amstetten and Waidhofen an der Ybbs (from the court districts of the same name) as well as Melk and Pöchlarn (both judicial district Melk ).

In the 1907 Reichsrat election , Alfred Schmid ( Christian Social Party ) emerged victorious with 55 percent in the runoff election against Social Democrat Emil Polke . In the 1911 Reichsrat election, however, Polke prevailed against Schmid in the runoff election with 51 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
Alfred Schmid	Christian Social Party	3258	45.3%
Emil Polke	Social Democratic Labor Party	2126	29.5%
Baron Aichelburg	German People's Party	1794	24.9%
Others		20th	0.3%
Eligible voters: 7,648, invalid / empty votes: 87, voter turnout: 95.3%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Alfred Schmid	Christian Social Party	3789	54.7%
Emil Polke	Social Democratic Labor Party	3144	45.3%
Eligible voters: 7,648, Invalid / empty votes: 272, Turnout: 94.2%

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
Alfred Schmid	Christian Social Party	3046	36.5%
Emil Polke	Social Democratic Labor Party	2644	31.7%
Franz Pittner	German People's Party	2615	31.4%
	Others	31	0.4%
Eligible voters: 9021, invalid / empty votes: 185, voter turnout: 94.5%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Emil Polke	Social Democratic Labor Party	4076	50.5%
Alfred Schmid	Christian Social Party	3995	49.5%
Eligible voters: 9021, invalid votes: 380, turnout: 93.7%

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. 3 (online at ANNO ).
   
5. ↑ The runoff elections. Lower Austria .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , June 21, 1911, p. 7 (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. 150.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 77.
• 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.