Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 63

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 63
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	63
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Melk , Mautern , Herzogenburg
Present population	41,785   (1910)
Eligible voters	8,858   (1911)
MPs
Alois Lechner (1907-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 63 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 63 comprised the judicial districts of Melk , Mautern and Herzogenburg , whereby the communities of Melk , Pöchlarn (both judicial district of Melk) and Herzogenburg , which were part of constituency 41 , were excluded from the electoral district.

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Alois Lechner ( Christian Social Party ) emerged as the winner in the first round. He was able to get 80 percent of the vote, while the social democrat Johann Pölzer got 19 percent. In the realm Council Election 1911 Lechner was able to defend his position. He prevailed again in the first ballot with 72 percent. Second place again went to the Social Democrat Pölzer, who achieved 17 percent.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). There was no run-off vote due to Alois Lechner's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Alois Lechner	Christian Social Party	6507	79.6%
Johann Pölzer	Social Democratic Labor Party	1565	19.2%
Others		95	1.1%
Eligible voters: 8,785, Invalid / empty votes: 276, Turnout: 96.1%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). There was no run-off vote due to Alois Lechner's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Alois Lechner	Christian Social Party	5809	72.3%
Johann Pölzer	Social Democratic Labor Party	1387	17.3%
Franz Freiinger	German Hauer- und Bauernbund	686	8.5%
Others		158	2.0%
Eligible voters: 8858, Invalid / Empty votes: 427, Turnout: 95.6%

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. 4 (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. 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