Carniola constituency 12
| Carniola constituency 12 | |
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| country | Austria-Hungary |
| Crown land | Carniola |
| Constituency number | 12 |
| Type | Rural municipality constituency |
| region | Gottschee |
| Present population | 17,894 (1910) |
| Colloquial languages | Slovenian (8.1%), German (91.8%) |
| Eligible voters | 3,725 (1911) |
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The constituency of Carniola 12 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian crown land of Carniola . 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 . The new Reichsrat election regulations created a total of 416 electoral districts, with the exception of Galicia in each constituency one member was elected 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 Krain 12 included the judicial district Gottschee without the communities Banja Loka Fara and Ossiunitz as well as the communities Pöllandl , Tschermoschnitz and Langenthon from the judicial district Rudolfswerth and the community Stockendorf ( judicial district Tschernembl ). The electoral district 12 had the smallest number of inhabitants and the smallest number of people entitled to vote and was almost exclusively populated by German-speaking countries due to its demarcation.
From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Karl Auersperg emerged victorious. In the 1911 Reichsrat election , Josef Anton Barbo-Waxenstein prevailed.
Election results
Reichsrat election 1907
The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907. The runoff election was dropped because of the absolute majority for Auersperg in the first ballot.
| candidate | Political party | Constituency votes | percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Auersperg | German Agricultural Party | 2201 | 66.9% |
| Josef Obergföll | Christian Social Party | 1057 | 32.1% |
| Other parties | 32 | 1.0% | |
| Eligible voters: 3,677, Invalid / empty votes: 7, Turnout: 89.7% | |||
Reichsrat election 1911
The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority for Barbo-Waxenstein in the first ballot.
| candidate | Political party | Constituency votes | percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josef Anton Barbo-Waxenstein | German Progressive Party | 2584 | 86.1% |
| Johann Meditz | German social democrats | 227 | 7.6% |
| Rudeš | Slovene National Progressive Party | 109 | 3.6% |
| Other parties | 80 | 2.7% | |
| Eligible voters: 3725, invalid / empty votes: 183, voter turnout: 85.4% | |||
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 20
- 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. 45
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"
- ↑ Article in: Das Vaterland , May 15, 1907, p. 13 (online at ANNO ).
- ^ Article in: Wiener Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 22 (Online at ANNO ).
