Electoral District of Bohemia 116
Electoral District of Bohemia 116 | |
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country | Austria-Hungary |
Crown land | Bohemia |
Constituency number | 116 |
Type | Rural municipality constituency |
region | Sankt Joachimsthal , Platten , Neudek , Pressnitz , Weipert |
Present population | 53,183 (1910) |
Colloquial languages | German (99.9%), Bohemian (0.1%) |
Eligible voters | 11,128 (1911) |
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The electoral district of Bohemia 116 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 116 comprised the judicial districts of Sankt Joachimsthal , Platten , Neudek , Preßnitz , Weipert without the cities of Preßnitz and Weipert ( constituency 86 ) and Sankt Joachimsthal , Platten and Neudek ( constituency 89 ). From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Franz palm of the Social Democratic Labor Party emerged victorious. He was able to defend his mandate in the 1911 Reichsrat election with 60 percent again in the first ballot.
Election results
Reichsrat election 1907
The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority of Franz Palme in the first ballot.
candidate | Political party | Constituency votes |
percent |
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Franz Palme | Social Democratic Labor Party | 4931 | 57.4% |
Count Buquoy | German Agricultural Party | 3210 | 34.4% |
Albin Hanich | Pan-German association | 431 | 5.0% |
Other parties | 19th | 0.2% | |
Eligible voters: 10,822, Invalid / Empty votes: 94 Turnout: 80.2% |
Reichsrat election 1911
The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority of Franz Palme in the first ballot.
candidate | Political party | Constituency votes |
percent |
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Franz Palme | Social Democratic Labor Party | 5244 | 61.0% |
Franz Zapp | German radical party | 1953 | 22.7% |
Otto Fritz | German radical party | 1032 | 12.0% |
Josef Heinl | Christian Social Party | 347 | 4.0% |
Other parties | 14th | 0.2% | |
Eligible voters: 11,128, invalid / empty votes: 76, voter turnout: 77.9% |
Individual evidence
- ^ 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"
- ↑ Article in: Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 15, 1907, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ 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.