Electoral District of Bohemia 115

Electoral District of Bohemia 115
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	115
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Carlsbad
Present population	60,443   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (99.8%),  Bohemian (0.2%)
Eligible voters	11,767   (1911)
MPs
Dominik Löw (1907-1918)

The electoral district of Bohemia 115 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 rules, a total of 516 electoral districts were created, each with a member to be elected, which were determined by direct election with a possible runoff. The constituency of Bohemia 115 comprised the judicial districts of Sankt Joachimsthal , Platten , Neudeck , Preßnitz , Weipert without the city of Karlsbad ( constituency 85 ). From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Dominik Loew from the Social Democratic Labor Party with 60 percent of the vote in the first round as the winner. He was able to defend his mandate in the 1911 Reichsrat election with 60 percent again in the first ballot. The second strongest party in the Reichsrat election in 1907 was the Pan-German Association , with the independent Pan-German candidate reaching 37 percent. In 1911, the candidate of the German Radical Party was able to achieve second place, but only got around 23 percent of the vote.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Dominik Loew	Social Democratic Labor Party	5998	60.1%
Franz Görgner	Self-employed Pan-German	3659	36.7%
Josef Schöninger	Christian Social Party	309	3.1%
	Other parties	16	0.2%
Eligible voters: 11,196, Invalid / Empty votes: 67 Turnout: 89.8%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped due to Dominik Löw's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Dominik Loew	Social Democratic Party	5927	60.2%
Franz Karl Rohm	German radical party	2243	22.8%
Anton Grimm	German Agricultural Party	888	9.0%
Rudolf Ziegler	Pan-German association	512	5.2%
Josef Wehr	Christian Social Party	268	2.7%
	Other parties	14th	0.1%
Eligible voters: 11,767, invalid / empty votes: 72, voter turnout: 84.3%

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. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 15, 1907, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 4 (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 60.
• 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. 86.