Electoral District of Bohemia 24

Electoral District of Bohemia 24
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	24
Type	Constituency
region	Königgrätz etc.
Eligible voters	7,817   (1911)
MPs
František Drtina (1907-1911) Bohuslav Franta (1911-1918)

The constituency of Bohemia 24 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 24 included the cities of Königgrätz , Hohenbruck , Opočno , Dobruska , Reichenau an der Kněžna , Wamberg , Adlerkosteletz , Tinischt , Nechanitz , Neustadt an der Mettau , Bohemian Skalitz and Holitz .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, Franz Drtina emerged victorious from the runoff election . In the realm Council Election 1911 sat Bohuslav Franta through.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot) and May 23, 1907 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Antonín Hampl	Czech Social Democratic Party	2901	%
František Drtina	Czech realist	1599	19.8%
František Reyl	Catholic People's Party	1373	17.0%
František Sláma	Young Czechs	1365	16.9%
Václav Choc	Czech National Social Party	836	10.3%
	Other parties	8th	0.1%
Eligible voters: 9376, invalid / empty votes: 18, voter turnout: 87.4%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
František Drtina	Czech realist	4049	53.4%
Antonín Hampl	Czech Social Democratic Party	3537	46.6%
Eligible voters: 9,376, Invalid / Empty votes: 50, Turnout: 81.4%

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
Rudolf Chalupa	Czech Social Democratic Party	2910	33.4%
Bohuslav Franta	Young Czechs	2823	32.4%
František Drtina	Czech realist	1810	20.8%
František Reyl	Czech Christian Social Party	1135	13.0%
	Czech progressive constitutional party	28	0.3%
	Other parties	14th	0.2%
Eligible voters: 10,169, invalid / empty votes: 40, voter turnout: 86.1%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Bohuslav Franta	Young Czechs	4839	54.3%
Rudolf Chalupa	Czech Social Democratic Party	4072	45.7%
Eligible voters: 10,169, invalid / empty votes: 36, voter turnout: 88.0%

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 ). Říšské volby .. In:  Čech. (Der Böhme) , May 16, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
   
3. ^ The runoff elections in Bohemia. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 24, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
4. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ). Volby do říšské rady .. In:  Čech. (Der Böhme) , June 14, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
   
5. ^ 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. 333.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 261.
• 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