Electoral District of Bohemia 14

Electoral District of Bohemia 14
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	14th
Type	Constituency
region	Pilsen
Eligible voters	9,709   (1911)
MPs
Josef Čipera (1907-1911) František Lukavský (1911-1918)

The constituency of Bohemia 14 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 14 comprised the municipal districts I, II and III of the city of Pilsen .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, Josef Čipera ( Young Czechs ) emerged victorious from the first ballot . He prevailed with 62 percent, Václav Hrdlička ( Czech Social Democratic Party ) took second place . In the 1911 Reichsrat election , the young Czech František Lukavský also won the first ballot with 57 percent.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was skipped due to the absolute majority for Čipera in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Josef Čipera	Young Czechs	3215	61.5%
Václav Hrdlička	Czech Social Democratic Party	1810	34.6%
Karel Wolf	Agrarian	155	3.0%
	Czech National Social Party	26th	0.5%
	Other parties	25th	0.5%
Eligible voters: 7367, Invalid / Empty votes: 25, Turnout: 71.3%

Reichsrat election 1911

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
František Lukavskýl	Young Czechs	3909	57.3%
Václav Hrdlička	Czech Social Democratic Party	1702	23.1%
Franz Schertler	German counting candidate	1140	15.5%
Antonín Havlena	Czech Christian Social Party	173	2.4%
Kobn	Czech progressive constitutional party	406	5.5%
	Others	23	0.3%
Eligible voters: 9,709, Invalid / Empty votes: 44, Turnout: 76.2%

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 elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , 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. 323.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 251.
• 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