Bohemia constituency 15

Bohemia constituency 15
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	15th
Type	Constituency
region	Pilsen
Eligible voters	8,934   (1911)
MPs
Václav Fresl (1907–1915)

The electoral district of Bohemia 15 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 15 comprised the municipal districts IV and V of the city of Pilsen .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, Václav Fresl ( Czech National Social Party ) emerged victorious from the first ballot . In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Fresl was able to prevail again in the runoff election.

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 for Fresl in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Václav Fresl	Czech National Social Party	3140	50.3%
Vilém Brodecký	Czech Social Democratic Party	2979	47.7%
Karel Wolf	Agrarian	108	1.7%
	Other parties	12	0.2%
Eligible voters: 7113, Invalid / Empty votes: 6, Turnout: 87.8%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 and June 20, 1911 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Václav Fresl	Czech National Social Party	3769	48.7%
František Soukup	Czech Social Democratic Party	3527	45.6%
Vilém Urban	Czech Christian Social Party	154	2.0%
Franz Schertler	German counting candidate	273	3.5%
	Others	12	0.2%
Eligible voters: 8934, invalid votes: 17, voter turnout: 86.8%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Václav Fresl	Czech National Social Party	4101	51.0%
František Soukup	Czech Social Democratic Party	3942	49.0%
Eligible voters: 8934, invalid votes: 11, turnout: 90.1%

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 ).
3. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
4. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 21, 1911, p. 2 (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. 324.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 252.
• 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