Carinthia electoral district 2

Carinthia electoral district 2
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Carinthia
Constituency number	2
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Klagenfurt
Present population	38,908   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (72.6%),  Slovenian (27.3%)
Eligible voters	7,406   (1911)
MPs
Julius Lukas (1907-1911) Jakob Lutschounig (1911-1918)

The electoral district of Carinthia 2 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian crown land of Carinthia . 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 electoral district of Carinthia 2 included the judicial district of Klagenfurt without the city ​​of Klagenfurt, which formed the constituency of 1 .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, the Social Democrat Julius Lukas emerged victorious from the runoff election . He could not defend his mandate in the Reichsrat election in 1911 and was defeated by the candidate of the German People's Party Jakob Lutschounig in the runoff election.

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
Franz Kirchner	German People's Party	1899	40.3%
Julius Lukas	Social Democratic Labor Party	1506	31.9%
Podgorc	Slovenian clerical	1297	27.5%
Others		14th	0.3%
Eligible voters: 6,702, invalid / empty votes: 33, voter turnout: 70.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Julius Lukas	Social Democratic Labor Party	1695	52.7%
Franz Kirchner	German People's Party	1521	46.3%
Eligible voters: 6,702, invalid votes: 87, voter turnout: 49.3%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot) and June 20, 1911 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Jakob Lutschounig	German People's Party	2170	46.9%
Julius Lukas	Social Democratic Labor Party	1696	36.7%
Are	slovenian-christian-social	653	14.1%
Lackner	Christian Social Party	77	1.7%
Others		26th	0.6%
Eligible voters: 7,406, invalid / empty votes: 36, voter turnout: 62.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Jakob Lutschounig	German People's Party	3058	57.8%
Julius Lukas	Social Democratic Labor Party	2233	42.2%
Eligible voters: 7,406, invalid votes: 529, voter turnout: 71.8%

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. ↑ Yesterday's election day. Carinthia .. In:  Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , May 15, 1907, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). The results of the Reichsrat elections on May 14th. In:  Reichspost , May 15, 1907, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). Wire news from the "Grazer Tagblatt". The Reichsrat elections. Carinthia .. In:  Grazer Tagblatt / Grazer Tagblatt. Organ of the German People's Party for the Alpine countries / Neues Grazer Tagblatt / Neues Grazer Morgenblatt. Morning edition of the Neues Grazer Tagblatt / Neues Grazer Abendblatt. Evening edition of the Neue Grazer Tagblatt / (Süddeutsches) Tagblatt with the illustrated monthly “Bergland” , May 15, 1907, p. 14 (online at ANNO ).
   
   
3. ↑ The election results. Carinthia .. In:  Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , May 24, 1907, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
4. ^ According to newspaper reports, Luke had 1,404 votes. It is possible that the election statistics added another candidate to the Social Democrats.
5. ↑ Election results of the four ballot districts .. In:  Arbeiterwille. Social democratic organ of the Alpine countries / workers will. Organ of the working people of the Alpine countries / workers will. Organ of the working people for Styria and Carinthia / workers will. Organ of the working people for Styria, Carinthia (and Carniola) Neue Zeit. Organ of the Styrian Socialist Party , June 18, 1911, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).
6. ↑ The elections in the crown lands. Carinthia .. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , June 21, 1911, p. 6 (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 19
• 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. 44