Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 60

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 60
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	60
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Waidhofen an der Thaya , Dobersberg , Litschau , Schrems
Present population	46,601   (1910)
Eligible voters	9,565   (1911)
MPs
Karl Fisslthaler (1907–1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 60 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 member of parliament has to prevail with an absolute majority in the first ballot or in a runoff election. The constituency of Austria under the Enns 60 comprised the judicial districts Waidhofen an der Thaya , Dobersberg , Litschau and Schrems , whereby the following municipalities belonging to constituency 37 were excluded from the electoral district:

• Dietmanns , Großsiegharts , Waidhofen an der Thaya ( judicial district Waidhofen an der Thaya )
• Heidenreichstein and Litschau ( Litschau judicial district )
• Aalfang , Böhmzeil , Brand , Erdweis , Gmünd , Hoheneich , Schrems , Niederschrems , Wielands ( judicial district Schrems )

Even after the creation of the Gmünd judicial district , including parts of the Schrems judicial district, the five communities of Beinhöfen, Eibenstein, Schwarzbach, Witschoberg and Zuggers remained part of electoral district 60.

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Karl Fisslthaler ( Christian Social Party ) emerged as the winner in the first round. In the 1911 Reichsrat election he was able to successfully defend his mandate.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Karl Fisslthaler	Christian Social Party	6390	68.9%
Hans Lenz	Social Democratic Labor Party	1448	15.6%
Leopold Poeckl	Agrarian	1338	14.4%
Karl Kittinger	German People's Party	30th	0.3%
Others		74	0.8%
Eligible voters: 9905, invalid / empty votes: 197, turnout: 95.7%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority of Karl Fisslthaler in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Karl Fisslthaler	Christian Social Party	4751	54.1%
	German Hauer- und Bauernbund	2508	28.5%
Lenz	Social Democratic Labor Party	1085	12.3%
	Independent German liberal candidate	349	4.0%
Others		96	1.1%
Eligible voters: 9565, invalid / empty votes: 350, voter turnout: 95.5%

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. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat. 1907, XXI. Piece, No. 40 “Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice of February 22, 1907, regarding the establishment of a district court in Gmünd in Lower Austria”
   Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrat. 1908, XCIV. Piece, No. 203 "Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice of September 25, 1908, regarding the beginning of the official effectiveness of the district court in Gmünd, political district Gmünd, Lower Austria"
3. ^ 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. 4 (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. ↑ According to newspaper reports, the sum stated in the election statistics was divided between the candidates Schremser and Pöckl

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 7
• 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. 26