Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 45

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 45
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	45
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Hainfeld , St. Pölten , Kirchberg an der Pielach
Present population	41,654   (1910)
Eligible voters	8,816   (1911)
MPs
Johann Wohlmeyer (1907-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 45 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 45 comprised the judicial districts of Hainfeld , St. Pölten and Kirchberg an der Pielach , with the municipality of St. Pölten belonging to constituency 41 from the court district of the same name and the municipalities of Hainfeld , St. Veit an der Gölsen belonging to constituency 43 and Rohrbach an der Gölsen (all Hainfeld judicial district) were excluded from the electoral district.

In the 1907 Reichsrat election , Johann Wohlmeyer ( Christian Social Party ) emerged victorious with 79 percent of the votes in the first ballot. Wohlmeyer was able to successfully defend his mandate in the 1911 Reichsrat election with 76.5 percent.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Johann Wohlmeyer	Christian Social Party	6308	79.0%
Karl Aster	Social Democratic Labor Party	1431	17.9%
Others		245	3.1%
Eligible voters: 8,698, invalid / empty votes: 301, voter turnout: 95.3%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was omitted due to Wohlmeyer's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Johann Wohlmeyer	Christian Social Party	5965	76.5%
Karl Aster	Social Democratic Labor Party	1330	17.1%
	German People's Party	126	1.6%
	Christian Social Candidate	37	0.5%
Others		338	4.3%
Eligible voters: 8,816, invalid / empty votes: 539, voter turnout: 94.5%

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, p. 154.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 81.
• 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 5
• 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. 22