Electoral District of Bohemia 42

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Electoral District of Bohemia 42
country Austria-Hungary
Crown land Bohemia
Constituency number 42
Type Rural municipality constituency
region Jaroměř , Bohemian Skalitz ,
Eipel , Politz
Present population  56,130   (1910)
Colloquial languages Bohemian  (99.3%),  German (0.6%)
Eligible voters 12,942   (1911)
MPs

The constituency of Bohemia 42 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 42 comprised the judicial districts Jaroměř , Böhmisch Skalitz , Eipel , Politz plus the communities Daubrawitz , Lipnitz , Nowoles , Weißtřemeschna and Werdek from the judicial district Königinhof on the Elbe , with the exception of the following communities:

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 went Adalbert Sternberg emerged victorious. In the 1911 Reichsrat election , the Bohemian agrarian Jan Kotlant prevailed.

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"

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