Galicia Electoral District 20

Galicia Electoral District 20
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Galicia
Constituency number	20th
Type	Constituency
region	Nowy Sącz (Neusandez) , Stary Sącz (Altsandez) , Nowy Targ (Neumarkt)
Present population	38,762   (1910)
Colloquial languages	Polish  (98.5%),  Ruthenian (0.5%)
Eligible voters	6,945   (1911)
MPs
Ludomił German (1907-1911) Ludomił German (1911-1918)

The electoral district of Galicia 20 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian crown land of Galicia . 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 Galicia 18 included the cities of Nowy Sącz (Neusandez) , Stary Sącz (Altsandez) , Nowy Targ (Neumarkt) . From the Imperial Council election in 1907 and 1911 went Ludomił German emerged victorious.

literature

• 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 82
• 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. 118

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"