Bohemia constituency 18

Bohemia constituency 18
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	18th
Type	Constituency
region	Ceske Budejovice
MPs
Josef Brdlík (1907–1911) František Vodňanský (1911-1918)

The electoral district of Bohemia 18 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 18 included the city of Budweis . From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Josef Brdlik of the Young Czechs emerged victorious. In the Reichsrat election in 1911, however, František Vodňanský from the Czech state-progressive party prevailed.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907. The runoff election was dropped due to Brdlík's absolute majority in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Josef Brdlík	Common candidate of the Czech parties	3315	63.2%
Ladislaus Kudla	Social Democratic Party	1921	36.6%
	Other parties	13	0.2%
Eligible voters: 7755, Invalid votes: 22, Turnout: 68.0%

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
František Vodňanský	Common candidate of the Czech parties	3650	64.7%
Franz Ebel	Social Democratic Party	1984	35.2%
	Others	9	0.2%
Eligible voters: 8,662, invalid votes: 37, turnout: 65.6%

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. 2 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , June 14, 1911, p. 7 (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. 328
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911-1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 255