Silesian constituency 11

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Silesian constituency 11
country Austria-Hungary
Crown land Silesia
Constituency number 11
Type Rural constituency
region Troppau , Wagstadt , Koenigsberg
Present population  61,104   (1910)
Colloquial languages German  (13.8%),  Polish (1.3%),  Bohemian (84.9%)
Eligible voters 11,349   (1911)
MPs


The constituency of Silesia 11 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 11 comprised the judicial districts, judicial district of Opava, excluding the communities in electoral districts 8, 9, and 10, the judicial district of Wagstadt excluding the communities of constituency 10, the judicial district of Königsberg excluding the communities of constituency 10, and the communities of Briesau , Dittersdorf , Jantsch , Markersdorf , Waldolbersdorf .

The Bohemian agrarian Karel Rolsberg emerged victorious from the 1907 Reichsrat election . In the 1911 Reichsrat election , the Social Democrat Zigmund Witt prevailed.

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
Karel Rolsberg Czech Agricultural Party 4379 42.2%
Karel Kubalek Czech Social Democrats 4147 40.0%
Josef Meissner German People's Party 1123 10.8%
Joseph Father Czech Progressive Party 687 6.6%
Other parties 42 0.4%
Eligible voters: 10943, Invalid / Empty votes: 83, Turnout: 94.8%

Runoff

candidate Political party Constituency votes percent
Karel Rolsberg Czech Agricultural Party 5650 55.5%
Karl Kubalek Czech Social Democrats 4536 44.5%
Eligible voters: 10,943, invalid / empty votes: 170, turnout: 94.6%

Reichsrat election 1911

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

candidate Political party Constituency votes percent
Karel Rolsberg Czech Agricultural Party 4336 41.2%
Zigmund Witt Czech Autonomist Social Democrats 3800 36.1%
Ignaz Manderla German Agricultural Party 1316 12.5%
Karel Tetenka Czech Centralist Social Democrats 1018 9.7%
Other parties 48 0.5%
Eligible voters: 11349, invalid / empty votes: 161, voter turnout: 95.0%

Runoff

candidate Political party Constituency votes percent
Zigmund Witt Czech Autonomist Social Democrats 5411 52.4%
Karel Rolsberg Czech Agricultural Party 4918 47.6%
Eligible voters: 11349, invalid votes: 296, voter turnout: 936%

literature

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:  Das Vaterland , May 15, 1907, p. 12 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly
  3. ↑ Article  in:  Das Vaterland , May 24, 1907, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly
  4. ↑ a b of the statistics of the Czech National party associated
  5. ↑ Article  in:  Wiener Zeitung , June 14, 1911, p. 27 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz