Electoral District Carinthia 5

Electoral District Carinthia 5
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Carinthia
Constituency number	5
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Wolfsberg , Sankt Paul , ; Sankt Leonhard
Present population	43,838 (1910)
Colloquial languages	German (95.6%), Slovenian (4.3%)
Eligible voters	9,246 (1911)
	MPs
	Konrad Walcher (1907-1911); Leopold Pongratz (1911-1918);

The electoral district of Carinthia 5 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 constituency of Carinthia 5 included the judicial districts of Wolfsberg , Sankt Paul and Sankt Leonhard .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, Konrad Walcher ( Christian Social Party ) emerged victorious from the first ballot . He could not defend his mandate in the Reichsrat election in 1911 , but was defeated in the runoff to Leopold Pongratz ( German People's Party ).

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped because of the absolute majority for Walcher in the first ballot.

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Konrad Walcher	Christian Social Party	4155	55.4%
Karl Winkler	German People's Party	2656	35.4%
Franz Pressien	Social Democratic Labor Party	675	9.0%
Others		17th	0.2%
Eligible voters: 8,743, invalid / empty votes: 55, voter turnout: 86.4%

Reichsrat election 1911

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Konrad Walcher	Christian Social Party	3054	43.9%
Leopold Pongratz	German People's Party	2459	35.3%
Franz Pressien	Social Democratic Labor Party	1421	20.4%
Others		23	0.3%
Eligible voters: 9246, Invalid / Empty votes: 52, Turnout: 75.8%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	voting share
Leopold Pongratz	German People's Party	3557	50.9%
Konrad Walcher	Christian Social Party	3434	49.1%
Eligible voters: 9246, invalid votes: 115, voter turnout: 76.9%

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"

^ The results of the Reichsrat elections of 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 ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt
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^ The result of the Reichsrat elections in Carinthia .. 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. 10 (online at ANNO ).

↑ 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, p. 163.
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

[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"