Electoral District of Bohemia 123

Electoral District of Bohemia 123
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	123
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Hostau , Ronsperg , Neuern , Bischofteinitz
Present population	57,727   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (97.5%),  Bohemian (2.5%)
Eligible voters	11,604   (1911)
MPs
Wenzel Stahl (1907-1918)

The electoral district of Bohemia 123 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 123 comprised the judicial districts of Hostau , Ronsperg and Neuern as well as the municipalities of Blisowa, Czarlowitz, Dobrowa, Großmallowa, Hochsemlowitz, Horschau, Krakow, Maschowitz, Meßhals, Mirikau, Mogolzen, Mukowa, Nahoschitz, Nemlowitz, Obermedelzenowitz, Pirk, Paschossowitz , Semeschitz, Trebnitz, water trumpets, Webrowa, Weirowa, Worowitz, Wostirschen, Zetschowitz (all judicial districts Bischofteinitz ), Haselbach, Prennet, Tannawa, Vollmau and water puppets (all judicial districts Taus ), Braunbusch, Danube, Hirschau, Kaltenbrunn, Maxberg, Neumarkt, Schneiderhof and Viertl (all district of Neugedein ) as well as Gesen and Birkau (both district of Klattau ). The city of Neuern ( constituency 93 ) was excluded . In the 1907 Reichsrat election , German agrarian Wenzel Stahl emerged victorious in the first ballot. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Stahl was also able to defend his mandate 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 Vinzenz Hofmann in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	Voting share
Wenzel steel	German Agricultural Party	4372	54.9%
Karl Fleischmann	Social Democratic Labor Party	1637	20.5%
Peter Großl	German Agricultural Party	1039	13.0%
Judge	Freialldeutsche Party	707	8.9%
	Pan-German association	121	1.5%
	Czech candidate for counting	36	0.5%
	Other parties	57	0.7%
Eligible voters: 11,248, invalid / empty votes: 83, voter turnout: 71.6%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped because of the absolute majority for Karl Iro in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	Voting share
Wenzel steel	German Agricultural Party	3991	57.5%
Karl Fleischmann	Social Democratic Labor Party	2338	33.7%
Peter Siegler	Christian Social Party	580	8.4%
	Other parties	29	0.4%
Eligible voters: 11,604, invalid / empty votes: 56, voter turnout: 60.3%

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 62.
• 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. 88.