Electoral District of Bohemia 55

Electoral District of Bohemia 55
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	55
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Selčan , Sedletz , Wotitz , Neweklau
Present population	62,815   (1910)
Colloquial languages	Bohemian  (99.9%),  German (0.1%)
Eligible voters	14.097   (1911)
MPs
Isidor Bogdan Zahradník (1907–1918)

The electoral district of Bohemia 55 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 55 comprised the judicial districts Selčan , Sedletz , Wotitz and Neweklau , with the municipalities of Selčan and Wotitz belonging to constituency 29 being excluded from the electoral district.

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, the agrarian Isidor Bogdan Zahradník emerged victorious from the first ballot . In the 1911 Reichsrat election he was able to defend his mandate.

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
Isidor Bogdan Zahradník	Czech Agricultural Party	4518	37.1%
Jiří Pichl	Czech national-social party	3909	32.1%
Jungr	Clerical agrarian	1801	14.8%
Alois Pospíšil	Czech Social Democratic Party	1519	12.5%
Jan Kožmín	Young Czechs	219	1.8%
	Other parties	215	1.8%
Eligible voters: 14,076, Invalid / Empty votes: 184, Turnout: 87.1%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Isidor Bogdan Zahradník	Czech Agricultural Party	6316	57.1%
Jiří Pichl	Czech national-social party	4750	42.9%
Eligible voters: 14,076, Invalid / Empty votes: 54, Turnout: 79.0%

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
Isidor Bogdan Zahradník	Self-employed agrarian	3705	35.8%
Josef Tomášek	Czech Agricultural Party	2291	22.2%
Jiří Pichl	Czech national-social party	2129	20.6%
Vlastimil Hálek	Czech Christian Social Party	1383	13.4%
Rudolf Holíč	Czech Social Democratic Party	821	7.9%
	Other parties	13	0.1%
Eligible voters: 14,097, invalid / empty votes: 85, voter turnout: 74.0%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Isidor Bogdan Zahradník	Czech Agricultural Party	6235	61.2%
Josef Tomášek	Czech Social Democratic Party	3949	38.8%
Eligible voters: 14,097, invalid / empty votes: 56, voter turnout: 72.6%

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. ↑ Říšské volby .. In:  Čech. (Der Böhme) , May 16, 1907, p. 3 (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. 3 (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. 364.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911, p. 292.
• 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 Central Statistical Commission), SI 42
• 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