Electoral District of Bohemia 75

Electoral District of Bohemia 75
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	75
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Budweis , Lischau , Schweinitz
Present population	59,640   (1910)
Colloquial languages	Bohemian  (96.3%),  German (3.7%)
Eligible voters	12,104   (1911)
MPs
Antonín Šachl (1907–1911) Vojtěch Krž (1911-1918)

The constituency of Bohemia 75 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 75 comprised the following judicial districts and municipalities, with the exception of the cities of Budweis ( constituency 18 ) and Lischau and Schweinitz ( constituency 29 ):

• Judicial district Budweis (excluding the communities Roschowitz, Saboř, Böhmisch Fellern, Brod, Dubiken, Gauendorf, Hackelhöf, Hodowitz, Hummeln, Leitnowitz, Gutwasser, Ruden, Rudolfstadt, Strodenitz)
• Lischau judicial district
• Schweinitz judicial district (excluding the communities of Haid and Neudorf)
• Berlau and Neudorf ( Klasching judicial district )
• Dluhe, Großporeschin and Oemau ( judicial district Kaplitz )
• Chlum, Goldenkron, Holubau, Krassau, Krems, Mirkowitz, Mitterszwinzen, Subschitz, Unterbreitenstein and Welleschin (all Krumau judicial district )
• and Julienhain ( Gratzen judicial district)

From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Antonín Šachl the winner. In the Imperial Council election in 1911 could Vojtěch KRZ 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
Antonín Šachl	Party of the Catholic People (Clerical Agrarian)	3254	35.9%
František Pešula	Czech Social Democratic Party	2907	32.1%
Vojtěch Holanský	Czech Agricultural Party	2680	29.6%
Eduard Moravec	Young Czechs	182	2.0%
	Other parties	29	0.3%
Eligible voters: 11,944, invalid votes: 60, turnout: 76.3%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Antonín Šachl	Party of the Catholic People (Clerical Agrarian)	4981	61.8%
František Pešula	Czech Social Democratic Party	3224	39.2%
Eligible voters: 11,944, invalid votes: 118, turnout: 68.9%

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	voting share
Vojtěch Krž	Czech Agricultural Party	2868	34.1%
Antonín Šachl	Christian Social Party	2320	27.6%
Alois Kříž	Czech Social Democratic Party	2214	26.3%
Jan Gregor	Czech national-social party	555	6.6%
Adalbert Johanis	Cottage Party	400	4.8%
	Other parties	49	0.6%
Eligible voters: 12,104, invalid votes: 80, turnout: 70.1%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Vojtěch Krž	Czech Agricultural Party	4146	60.9%
Antonín Šachl	Christian Social Party	2664	39.1%
Eligible voters: 12,104, invalid votes: 62, turnout: 56.8%

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 48.
• 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. 74.