Bohemia constituency 19

Bohemia constituency 19
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	19th
Type	Constituency
region	Kladno etc.
MPs
Ludvík Aust (1907-1918)

The constituency of Bohemia 19 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 19 included the cities of Kladno , Buštěhrad , Kročehlaw , Unhošť , Rakonitz and Beraun . In the 1907 Reichsrat election , Ludvík Aust emerged victorious from the Social Democrats. Aust was also able to defend his seat in the 1911 Reichsrat elections.

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Ludvík Aust	Social Democratic Party	5513	55.5%
Hruska	Old Czech	2529	25.5%
Schleyder	Czech national-social party	1715	17.3%
Prade		161	1.6%
	Other parties	17th	0.2%
Eligible voters: 11,350, invalid votes: 41, turnout: 87.9%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped because of the absolute majority for Aust in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Ludvík Aust	Social Democratic Party	5885	54.5%
Josef Sláma	Czech national-social party	2684	26.2%
Antonín Klouda	Czech progressive constitutional party	1118	10.9%
Bedřich Pospíšil	Christian Social Party	548	5.3%
	Others	16	0.2%
Eligible voters: 11,878, invalid votes: 51, turnout: 86.7%

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 ).

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. 329
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911-1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 256