Electoral District of Bohemia 116

Electoral District of Bohemia 116
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)
MPs
Franz Palme (1907-1918)

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
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
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

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.