Electoral District of Bohemia 69

Electoral District of Bohemia 69
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	69
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Klattau , Nepomuk , Planitz
Present population	61,711   (1910)
Colloquial languages	Bohemian  (99.8%),  German (0.2%)
Eligible voters	13,311   (1911)
MPs
Karel Holý (1907-1911) Václav Prunar (1911-1918)

The constituency of Bohemia 69 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 69 included the judicial districts of Klattau (excluding the communities Gesen and Birkau), Nepomuk and Planitz . However, the cities of Klattau and Nepomuk (all constituency 31 ) were excluded from the electoral district .

The Czech agrarian Karel Holý emerged victorious from the 1907 Reichsrat election . He resigned in February 1911 for health reasons. In the Imperial Council election in 1911 could Václav Prunar (Progressive-constitutional party) prevail.

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
Vojtěch Čipera	Czech Social Democratic Party	4344	40.5%
Karel Holý	Czech Agricultural Party	2783	25.9%
Václav Prunar	Czech radical-progressive party	1443	13.5%
Martin Klouda	Party of the Catholic People (Clerical Agrarian)	944	8.8%
Josef Kovařík	Young Czechs	908	8.5%
Em. Kohout	Czech national-social party	272	2.5%
	Other parties	34	0.3%
Eligible voters: 12,958, Invalid / Empty votes: 94, Turnout: 83.5%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Karel Holý	Czech Agricultural Party	5973	58.0%
Vojtěch Čipera	Czech Social Democratic Party	4329	42.0%
Eligible voters: 12,958, Invalid / Empty votes: 122, Turnout: 80.4%

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	voting share
Adalrich Pejsek	Czech Agricultural Party	3194	32.3%
Václav Prunar	Czech progressive constitutional party	2903	29.4%
Josef Pavlat	Czech Social Democratic Party	1678	17.0%
Jan Růžička	Independent social democrat	1135	11.5%
Antonín Havelka	Christian Social Party	946	9.6%
	Other parties	29	0.3%
Eligible voters: 13,311, invalid / empty votes: 137, voter turnout: 75.3%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Václav Prunar	Czech progressive constitutional party	6328	62.4%
Adalrich Pejsek	Czech Agricultural Party	3814	37.6%
Eligible voters: 13,311, invalid / empty votes: 122, voter turnout: 77.1%

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 ).
5. ↑ Article  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.
• 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 k .k. 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.