Silesian constituency 1

Electoral District Austrian Silesia | Silesia 1
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Silesia
Constituency number	1
Type	Constituency
region	Troppau
Present population	29,587   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (92.1%),  Polish (0.9%),  Bohemian (6.9%)
Eligible voters	4,948   (1911)
MPs
Rudolf Sommer (1907–1911) Rudolf Sommer (1911–1918)

The constituency of Silesia 1 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian Crown Land of Silesia . 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 of Silesia 1 included the city of Opava .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, Rudolf Sommer , a member of the Moravian state parliament , a candidate for the German Radical Party , emerged victorious. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Sommer was able to defend his mandate.

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	percent
Rudolf summer	Freialldeutsche Party	2013	49.7%
Josef Weiser	Social Democratic Labor Party	1203	29.7%
Josef Lorenzuk	Christian Social Party	533	13.2%
Wenzel Hauer	Czech National Party	250	6.2%
	Other parties	49	1.2%
Eligible voters: 4,498, Invalid / Empty votes: 85, Turnout: 91.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Rudolf summer	Freialldeutsche Party	2452	62.2%
Josef Weiser	Social Democratic Labor Party	1488	38.8%
Eligible voters: 4,498, invalid votes: 154, voter turnout: 91.0%

Reichsrat election 1911

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

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Rudolf summer	German radical party	2210	50.7%
Athanasius Prell	Social Democratic Labor Party	1754	40.2%
Karl Angermayr	Christian Social Party	324	7.4%
	Pan-German association	27	0.6%
	Other parties	46	1.1%
Eligible voters: 4948, invalid / empty votes: 103, voter turnout: 90.2%

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 78
• 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. 112

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. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , May 15, 1907, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , May 24, 1907, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
4. ^ Article  in:  Wiener Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 26 (Online at ANNO ).