Electoral District of Bohemia 17

Electoral District of Bohemia 17
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	17th
Type	Constituency
region	Nusle, Wrschowitz, Michle, Krč
MPs
Josef Hudec (1907-1911) Jan Vojna (1911-1916)

The electoral district of Bohemia 17 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 17 comprised the cities of that time and today's Prague districts Nusle , Wrschowitz , Michle and Krč . From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Josef Hudec of the Czech Social Democrats emerged as the winner. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, however, Jan Vojna from the Czech National Social Party was able to prevail against Hudec.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). A runoff election was not necessary due to Hudec's absolute majority in the first ballot.

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Josef Hudec	Czech Social Democrats	4672
	Czech Democratic Party	2093
	Young Czechs	171
	Czech clerical party	235
	Other parties
Eligible voters: 10890, Invalid votes:?, Turnout:? %

Reichsrat election 1911

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Jan Vojna	Czech national-social party	5849	53.5%
Josef Hudec	Czech Social Democrats	4926	45.1%
Anton Sonček	Christian Social Party	122	1.1%
	Others	35	0.3%
Eligible voters: 13,442, invalid votes: 21, voter turnout: 81.5%

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 , June 14, 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. 327
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911-1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 254