Electoral District Bohemia 11

Electoral District Bohemia 11
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	11
Type	Constituency
region	Royal vineyards
Eligible voters	8,632   (1911)
MPs
Josef Herold (1907–1908) Josef Sláma (1908–1911) Otakar Hübschmann (1911–1918)

The electoral district of Bohemia 11 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian Crown Land of Bohemia . 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 Bohemia 11 included the city of Royal Vineyards (Vinohrady) without the part belonging to electoral district 10 .

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Josef Herold ( Young Czechs ) emerged as the winner. He won the runoff election against the national-social candidate Josef Sláma . However, Herold died in May 1908, whereupon replacement elections had to be held. In these, Sláma prevailed in the runoff election with 62 percent against the young Czech grains. In the 1911 Reichsrat election , his party colleague Otakar Hübschmann was able to achieve an absolute majority in the first ballot.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot) and May 23, 1907 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Josef Herold	Young Czechs	1992	37.1%
Josef Sláma	Czech National Social Party	1424	26.5%
František Václav Krejčí	Czech Social Democratic Party	1331	21.1%
	German counting candidates	502	9.4%
	Agrarian	67	1.2%
	Other parties	52	1.0%
Eligible voters: 6646, invalid / empty votes: 16, voter turnout: 81.0%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Josef Herold	Young Czechs	2602	58.0%
Josef Sláma	Czech National Social Party	1883	42.0%
Eligible voters: 6646, invalid / empty votes: 19, voter turnout: 67.8%

Supplementary election to the Reichsrat in 1908

After Herold's death on May 4, 1908, the replacement election was held on November 12, 1908 (first ballot) and November 20, 1907 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Josef Sláma	Czech National Social Party	2054	48.8%
Grains	Young Czechs	1280	30.4%
Josef Havránek	Czech Social Democratic Party	775	18.4%
Ladislaus Kunte	realist	60	1.4%
Anton Drapalik	Czech Christian Social Party	49	1.2%
	Other parties	6th	0.1%
Eligible voters: 7,000, Invalid / Empty votes: 11, Turnout: 60.3%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Josef Sláma	Czech National Social Party	2488	61.8%
Grains	Young Czechs	1535	38.2%
Eligible voters: 700, Invalid / Empty votes: 16, Turnout: 57.7%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. There was no runoff due to the absolute majority for Choc in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Otokar Huebschmann	Czech National Social Party	3363	63.2%
František Václav Krejčí	Czech Social Democratic Party	1240	23.3%
Alexander Richter	progressive German candidate	314	5.9%
Antonín Novotný	Czech progressive constitutional party	261	4.9%
Antonín Kobes	Czech Christian Social Party	121	2.3%
	Others	25th	0.5%
Eligible voters: 8,632, invalid votes: 16, voter turnout: 661.9%

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 election results in Bohemia. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 15, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
3. ^ The runoff elections in Bohemia. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 24, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
4. ^ Including 414 votes for Alexander Richter, according to newspaper reports.
5. ↑ The by-elections. A crushing defeat for the Young Czechs. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , November 13, 1908, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). Reichsratszusatzungswahl in Weinberge .. In:  Prager Tagblatt , November 13, 1908, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
   
6. ^ A defeat. In:  Prager Tagblatt , November 21, 1908, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
7. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 1 (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. 320
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 248.
• The results of the Reichsrat elections in the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat in 1907. In: Austrian Statistics. LXXXIV. Volume, Volume 2, Vienna 1908 (published by the k .k. Central Statistical Commission), SI 28
• 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. 54