Electoral District of Bohemia 88

Electoral District of Bohemia 88
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	88
Type	Constituency
region	Carlsbad
MPs
Rudolf Lössl (1907–1915)

The electoral district of Bohemia 88 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 rules, a total of 516 electoral districts were created, each with a member to be elected, which were determined by direct election with a possible runoff. The constituency of Bohemia 88 included the city of Karlsbad . Rudolf Lössl of the German Radical Party emerged victorious from the two Reichsrat elections in 1907 and 1911 .

elections

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907. The runoff election in constituency 88 was not held due to the absolute majority for Rudolf Lössl in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Rudolf Lössl	Pan-German association	2013	67.5%
Karl Ritschel	German Progressive Party	769	25.8%
Hans Tanzer	Social Democratic Party	159	5.3%
	Other parties	42	1.4%
Eligible voters: 3,325, Invalid votes: 12, Turnout: 90.1%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election in electoral district 88 was dropped because of the absolute majority for Rudolf Lössl.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Rudolf Lössl	German radical party	1969	82.1%
Josef Seliger	Social Democratic Party	338	14.1%
	Other parties	92	3.8%
Eligible voters: 3492, invalid votes: 41, voter turnout: 69.9%

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:  Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , May 15, 1907, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 3 (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