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 member of parliament has to prevail with an absolute majority in the first ballot or in a runoff election. The constituency of Bohemia 5 the III. and IV. district of Prague ( Lesser Town and Hradcany ). In the 1907 Reichsrat election , Jan Kaftan ( Jungtschechen ) emerged victorious. He had been a member of the Reichsrat since 1891. After his death he was replaced by Karel Šviha (National Social Party). In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Vilém Funk (Young Czechs) won.
elections
Reichsrat election 1907
The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot) and May 23, 1907 (runoff).
After Kaftan's death, a supplementary election was announced for his successor. This was carried out on June 17, 1909 (first ballot) and June 24, 1909 (runoff). Karel Šviha (Young Czechs) prevailed in the runoff election .
Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A Biographical-Statistical Handbook, 1907-1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna, Leipzig 1907, p. 315
Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911-1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 242