Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 9

Electoral district of Austria under the Enns 9
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Austria under the Enns
Constituency number	9
Type	Constituency
region	Vienna - Wieden
Eligible voters	6,462   (1911)
MPs
Heinrich Schmied (1907–1911) Ernst Viktor Zenker (1911-1918)

The constituency of Austria under the Enns 9 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 9 comprised that part of the 4th Viennese district of Wieden , which lies west of the line Gußhausstraße, Favoritenstraße, Waltergasse, Schaumburggasse, Rainergasse, Blechthurmgasse, Wiednergürtel, Heugasse.

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Henry Smith ( Christian Social Party ) produced in the first round as the winner. In the realm Council Election 1911 sat Ernst Viktor Zenker through.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Heinrich Schmied	Christian Social Party	2878	55.7%
Dr. Medinger	progressive German candidate	1071	20.7%
Andreas Grosse	Social Democratic Labor Party	591	11.4%
Goebel	Officials party	261	5.1%
Dr. Shy	radical party	165	3.2%
Others		199	3.9%
Eligible voters: 5918, invalid / empty votes: 173, voter turnout: 90.2%

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
Heinrich Schmied	Christian Social Party	2322	45.8%
Ernst Viktor Zenker	economic policy imperial party	1909	37.6%
Anton Dangl	Social Democratic Labor Party	608	12.0%
Ludwig Klepetko	Czech national candidate	89	1.8%
Others		145	2.9%
Eligible voters: 6390, invalid / empty votes: 357, voter turnout: 85.0%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Ernst Viktor Zenker	economic policy imperial party	2718	52.5%
Heinrich Schmied	Christian Social Party	2455	47.5%
Eligible voters: 6390, invalid votes: 194, voter turnout: 84.0%

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. 2 (online at ANNO ).
   
3. ^ The election in the German districts. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 3 (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 ).
   
4. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , June 21, 1911, p. 5 (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. 118
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 46
• 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 2
• 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. 14