Electoral District of Bohemia 67

Electoral District of Bohemia 67
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	67
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Pisek , Mirowitz , Wodňan
Present population	53,614   (1910)
Colloquial languages	Bohemian  (99.9%),  German (0.04%)
Eligible voters	11,674   (1911)
MPs
Jan Rataj (1907-1915)

The electoral district of Bohemia 67 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 67 comprised the judicial districts of Pisek , Mirowitz and Wodňan , with the exception of the towns of Písek and Wodňan ( constituency 30 ):

The Czech agrarian Jan Rataj emerged victorious from the 1907 Reichsrat election . He was also able to prevail in the 1911 Reichsrat election , but died in 1915. Since the Reichsrat did not meet for a long time after the beginning of World War I , there was no by-election in the electoral district.

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	voting share
Jan Rataj	Czech Agricultural Party	4229	43.4%
Josef Kára	Czech Social Democratic Party	3704	38.0%
Josef Freylach	Party of the Catholic People (Clerical Agrarian)	1744	17.9%
	Other parties	62	0.6%
Eligible voters: 11,538, invalid / empty votes: 178, voter turnout: 86.0%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Jan Rataj	Czech Agricultural Party	5660	62.0%
Josef Kára	Czech Social Democratic Party	3470	38.0%
Eligible voters: 11,538, invalid / empty votes: 163, voter turnout: 80.5%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was skipped due to Jan Rataj's absolute majority in the first ballot.

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Jan Rataj	Czech Agricultural Party	4531	52.6%
Emanuel Kasík	Czech Social Democratic Party	1917	22.3%
Václav Bambas	Christian Social Party	1075	12.5%
Václav Větrovec	Cottage Party	1032	12.0%
	Other parties	52	0.6%
Eligible voters: 11,674, Invalid / Empty votes: 123, Turnout: 75.2%

literature

• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1907–1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna / Leipzig 1907.
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911.
• 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 kk Central Statistical Commission), SI 46.
• 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. 72.

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. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 15, 1907, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 24, 1907, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).