Electoral District of Bohemia 89

Electoral District of Bohemia 89
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Bohemia
Constituency number	89
Type	Constituency
region	Sankt Joachimsthal, Graslitz, Platten, Neudeck
MPs
Otto Glöckel (1907–1918)

The electoral district of Bohemia 89 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 89 included the cities of Sankt Joachimsthal , Graslitz , Platten and Neudeck . Otto Glöckel of the Social Democratic 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 Otto Glöckel in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Otto Glöckel	Social Democratic Party	2793	56.2%
Anton Schubert	"Compromise candidate"	2178	43.8%
	Other parties	2	0.04%
Eligible voters: 5602, invalid votes: 25, voter turnout: 89.2%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election in constituency 89 was not held due to the absolute majority for Otto Glöckel in the first ballot.

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Otto Glöckel	Social Democratic Party	2827	50.9%
Max Morawetz	German radical party	2719	49.0%
	Other parties	5	0.1%
Eligible voters: 5,999, invalid votes: 41, voter turnout: 93.2%

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