Bohemia constituency 13

Bohemia constituency 13
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	13
Type	Constituency
region	Žižkov
Eligible voters	7,817   (1911)
MPs
František Buříval (1907-1918)

The electoral district of Bohemia 13 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 order, a total of 516 electoral districts were created, with one member being elected in each constituency with the exception of Galicia in the course of the Reichsrat election. The MP had to prevail with an absolute majority in the first ballot or in a runoff election. The constituency of Bohemia 13 included the city of Žižkov without the part belonging to constituency 12 .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, František Buříval emerged victorious from the first ballot . In the 1911 Reichsrat election , his party colleague Bohumír Šmeral prevailed.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot) and May 23, 1907 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
František Brůha	Czech Social Democratic Party	1853	37.2%
František Buříval	Czech National Social Party	1682	33.8%
Jaroslav Hlava	Young Czechs	1054	21.2%
	German counting candidates	184	3.7%
Bohumil Subrt	Agrarian	169	3.4%
	Other parties	39	0.8%
Eligible voters: 6,394, invalid / empty votes: 18, turnout: 78.2%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
František Buříval	Czech National Social Party	2907	58.9%
František Brůha	Czech Social Democratic Party	2031	41.1%
Eligible voters: 6,394, invalid / empty votes: 6, voter turnout: 77.3%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was omitted due to the absolute majority for Buříval in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
František Buříval	Czech National Social Party	3176	57.3%
Antonín Brůha	Czech Social Democratic Party	2077	37.5%
Alexander Richter	German counting candidate	123	2.2%
Jan Švec	Czech Christian Social Party	111	2.0%
	Czech progressive constitutional party	34	0.6%
	Others	19th	0.3%
Eligible voters: 7,817, invalid / empty votes: 13, voter turnout: 71.0%

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. ^ The election results in Bohemia. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 15, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ). České okresy .. In:  Čech. (Der Böhme) , May 15, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
   
3. ^ The runoff elections in Bohemia. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 24, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
4. ^ According to newspaper reports including 137 votes for Alexander Richter
5. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 1 (online at ANNO ). Volby do říšské rady .. In:  Čech. (Der Böhme) , June 14, 1911, p. 1 (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, p. 322
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 250.
• The results of the Reichsrat elections in the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat in 1907. In: Austrian Statistics. LXXXIV. Volume, Volume 2, Vienna 1908 (published by the k .k. Central Statistical Commission), SI 28
• 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. 54