Bohemia constituency 40
Bohemia constituency 40 | |
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country | Austria-Hungary |
Crown land | Bohemia |
Constituency number | 40 |
Type | Rural municipality constituency |
region | Jičín , Sobotka , Libaň |
Present population | 52,326 (1910) |
Colloquial languages | Bohemian (99.7%), German (0.3%) |
Eligible voters | 11,980 (1911) |
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The constituency of Bohemia 40 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 40 comprised the judicial districts of Jičín , Sobotka and Libaň , with the exception of the following municipalities:
- from the judicial district Jičín the city of the same name Jičín ( electoral district 22 )
- from the judicial district Sobotka the municipalities Sobotka and Unterbautzen ( electoral district 22 )
- from the judicial district of Libaň the municipality of Kopidlno ( constituency 22 )
The Bohemian agrarian Josef Kotlář emerged victorious from the 1907 Reichsrat election . In the 1911 Reichsrat election , his party colleague Bohumír Bradáč prevailed.
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 Kotlář in the first ballot.
candidate | Political party | Constituency votes |
percent |
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Josef Kotlář | Czech Agricultural Party | 5963 | 59.3% |
František Hoffmann | Czech Social Democratic Party | 1940 | 19.3% |
Josef Doležal | Young Czechs | 1173 | 11.7% |
František Kolbaba | Czech national-social party | 836 | 8.3% |
Other parties | 148 | 1.5% | |
Eligible voters: 11,618, Invalid / Empty votes: 94, Turnout: 89.9% |
Reichsrat election 1911
The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority for Kotlář in the first ballot.
candidate | Political party | Constituency votes |
percent |
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Bohumír Bradáč | Czech Agricultural Party | 5796 | 62.6% |
Josef Kolbaba | Czech national-social party | 1730 | 18.7% |
František Kurka | Czech Social Democratic Party | 1173 | 12.7% |
Václav Vach | Czech Christian Social Party | 438 | 4.7% |
Agrarian | 86 | 0.9% | |
Other parties | 42 | 0.5% | |
Eligible voters: 11,980, Invalid / Empty votes: 104, Turnout: 78.2% |
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. 352.
- Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 280.
- 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 Imperial and Royal Statistical Central Commission), SI 38
- 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. 66
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Říšské volby .. In: Čech. (Der Böhme) , May 16, 1907, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
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^ 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 15, 1911, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).