Electoral District of Bohemia 47

Electoral District of Bohemia 47
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	47
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Neubenatek , Brandeis on the Elbe Nimburg
Present population	67,686   (1910)
Colloquial languages	Bohemian  (99.6%),  German (0.2%)
Eligible voters	14,082   (1911)
MPs
Karel Prášek (1907-1918)

The constituency of Bohemia 47 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 47 included the judicial districts of Neubenatek , Brandeis an der Elbe and Nimburg , with the exception of the following municipalities:

• from the judicial district Neubenatek the communities Neubenatek and Lissa an der Elbe ( electoral district 21 )
• from the judicial district of the same name Nymburk City Nimburg ( constituency 25 )
• from the judicial district of Brandeis an der Elbe the municipalities of Brandeis an der Elbe , Altbunzlau , Elbekosteletz and Čelakowitz ( electoral district 28 )

The agrarian Karel Prášek emerged victorious from the 1907 Reichsrat election . In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Prášek was able to successfully defend his mandate.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped because of the absolute majority for Jaroš in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Karel Prášek	Czech Agricultural Party	6825	56.6%
Ladislav Beran	Czech Social Democratic Party	4348	36.1%
Josef Jelinek	Clerical agrarian	451	3.7%
Josef Plešinger	Young Czechs	397	3.3%
	Other parties	36	0.3%
Eligible voters: 13,363, Invalid / Empty votes: 217, Turnout: 91.9%

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
Vladislav Beran	Czech Social Democratic Party	5077	41.7%
Karel Prášek	Czech Agricultural Party	3891	31.9%
Josef Zajíček	Czech Agricultural Party	2261	18.6%
Alois Švejda	Czech Christian Social Party	589	4.8%
Josef Handl	Czech national-social party	313	2.6%
	Other parties	49	0.4%
Eligible voters: 14,082, Invalid / Empty votes: 238, Turnout: 88.2%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Karel Prášek	Czech Agricultural Party	6056	51.6%
Vladislav Beran	Czech Social Democratic Party	5688	48.4%
Eligible voters: 14,082, Invalid / Empty votes: 263, Turnout: 85.3%

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. 3 (online at ANNO ).
   
3. ^ 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. 11 (online at ANNO ).
   
4. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 21, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
5. ↑ official candidate of the Czech Agrarian Party

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. 356.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 284.
• The results of the Reichsrat elections in the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat in 1907. In: Austrian Statistics. LXXXIV. Volume, 2nd issue, Vienna 1908 (published by the k .k. Central Statistical Commission), SI 40
• 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. 68