Galicia Electoral District 21

Galicia Electoral District 21
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Galicia
Constituency number	21st
Type	Constituency
region	Rzeszów , Ropczyce , Sędziszów
Present population	29.405 (1910)
Colloquial languages	Polish (95.6%), Ruthenian (2.4%)
Eligible voters	4,923 (1911)
	MPs
	Leon Biliński (1907-1911); Leon Biliński (1911-1918);

The constituency of Galicia 21 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 Rzeszów , Ropczyce , Sędziszów . From the Imperial Council election in 1907 and 1911 went Leon Biliński the winner.

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

↑ 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"

[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"