Electoral District of Bohemia 118

Electoral District of Bohemia 118
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	118
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Eger , Wildstein , Graslitz
Present population	54,109   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (100.0%),  Bohemian (0.0%)
Eligible voters	11,112   (1911)
MPs
Albin Dötsch (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 118 included the judicial districts of Eger , Wildstein and Graslitz without the towns of Graslitz ( constituency 89 ), Wildstein ( constituency 90 ) and Eger ( constituency 91 ). From the Imperial Council election in 1907 went Albin Doetsch of the Social Democratic Labor Party emerged victorious. He was able to defend his mandate in the 1911 Reichsrat election with 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 Albin Dötsch in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	Voting share
Albin Dötsch	Social Democratic Labor Party	4829	56.8%
Josef Mayer	German Agricultural Party	1623	19.1%
Anton Frey	Christian Social Party	1033	12.2%
Georg Schönerer	Pan-German association	900	10.6%
	Free Socialist	70	0.8%
	Other parties	44	0.5%
Eligible voters: 10,588, invalid / empty votes: 80, voter turnout: 81.0%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority of Albin Dötsch in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	Voting share
Albin Dötsch	Social Democratic Labor Party	5171	62.2%
Georg Werner	German Agricultural Party	1687	20.3%
Hans Uhl	German radical party	541	6.5%
Anton Frey	Christian Social Party	418	5.0%
Georg Schönerer	Pan-German association	350	4.2%
Anton Rudert	Free Socialist	105	1.3%
	Other parties	44	0.5%
Eligible voters: 11,112, invalid / empty votes: 79, turnout: 75.5%

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.