Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 61

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 61
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	61
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Weitra , Zwettl , Gmünd , Großgerungs
Present population	45,474   (1910)
Eligible voters	10,130   (1911)
MPs
Alois Höher (1907-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 61 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 61 comprised the judicial districts of Weitra , Zwettl and Großgerungs , with the cities of Weitra , Gmünd and Zwettl belonging to constituency 37 being excluded from the constituency. Even after the municipalities of Albrechts , Dietmanns , Groß-Neusiedl , Raglitz , Waldenstein and Weißenbach were transferred from the judicial district of Weitra to the newly created judicial district of Gmünd in 1908 , these remained part of the electoral district 61, while the communities given by the judicial district of Schrems were part of the electoral district 60 and Constituency 37 remained.

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Alois higher ( Christian Social Party ) emerged as the winner in the first round. He was able to get 87 percent of the vote, while the rural candidate Leopold Schremser got 7 percent. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Höher was able to successfully defend his mandate. He prevailed again with 80 percent in the first ballot. Second place went to the independent candidate Franz Dienstl with 8 percent.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was not held due to Alois Höher's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Alois higher	Christian Social Party	8221	87.1%
Leopold Schremser	Agrarian	688	7.3%
Hans Lenz	Social Democratic Labor Party	344	3.6%
	German national / pan-German candidate	31	0.3%
Others		150	1.6%
Eligible voters: 10,247, Invalid / Empty votes: 328, Turnout: 95.3%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was not held due to Alois Höher's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Alois higher	Christian Social Party	7220	80.2%
Franz Dienstl	Independent German liberal candidate	698	7.7%
Leopold Schremser	German Hauer- und Bauernbund	433	4.8%
Hans Lenz	Social Democratic Labor Party	256	2.8%
Georg Schönerer	Pan-German association	146	1.6%
Others		254	2.8%
Eligible voters: 10,130, Invalid / Empty votes: 628, Turnout: 95.1%

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. ↑ Also referred to as a progressive German candidate in newspaper reports
5. ↑ 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 ).
   

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