Silesian constituency 14
| Electoral District Austrian Silesia | Silesia 14 | |
|---|---|
| country | Austria-Hungary |
| Crown land | Silesia |
| Constituency number | 14th |
| Type | Rural municipality constituency |
| region |
Schwarzwasser , Skotschau , Bielitz without the municipalities of the electoral district 10 |
| Present population | 62,843 (1910) |
| Colloquial languages | Polish (93.6%), German (5.3%), Bohemian (1%) |
| Eligible voters | 11,684 (1911) |
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The constituency of Silesia 14 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 . 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 Silesia 14 comprised the judicial districts of Bielitz , Skotschau and Schwarzwasser , with the exception of the following municipalities:
- from the judicial district of Bielitz the communities Alexanderfeld , Altbielitz , Batzdorf , Bistrai , Kamitz , Lobnitz , Nikelsdorf and Ober Kurzwald ( constituency 10 )
- from the judicial district Skotschau the city of the same name Skotschau ( electoral district 5 )
- from the judicial district of Schwarzwasser the city of the same name Schwarzwasser ( constituency 4 )
The Polish priest Józef Londzin , a candidate for the Union of Silesian Catholics, emerged victorious from the 1907 Reichsrat election . His opponents were Alojzy Bonczek ( Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia , PPSD) and Jan Sztwiertnia, former member of the Union of Silesian Catholics, formerly associated with the ideal of a Silesia shaped by the Polish national movement, but with relative support from the local Germans. Robert Rosche, a superior of the municipality of Pogórze and a supporter of Theodor Haase ( German Progressive Party ), declined to participate.
In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Józef Londzin won again. His opponents at that time were the pro-German and anti-Polish national movement Józef Kożdoń and the social democrat Edmund Chobot (PPSD). The battle for votes was particularly fierce.
Election results
Reichsrat election 1907
The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority for Londzin in the first ballot.
| candidate | Political party | Constituency votes |
percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Józef Londzin | Association of Silesian Catholics (Polish-Christian-Social) |
6186 | 58.6% |
| Jan Sztwiertnia | Polish agrarians | 2378 | 22.5% |
| Alojzy Bonczek | PPSD | 1963 | 18.6% |
| Other parties | 27 | 0.3% | |
| Eligible voters: 11,013, Invalid / Empty votes: 46, Turnout: 96.2% | |||
Reichsrat election 1911
The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911. The runoff election was dropped due to the absolute majority for Londzin in the first ballot.
| candidate | Political party | Constituency votes |
percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Józef Londzin | Polish People's Party | 6,039 | 55.1% |
| Józef Kożdoń | Silesian People's Party (German-friendly Poles) |
2,832 | 25.8% |
| Edmund Chobot | PPSD | 2,088 | 19% |
| Other parties | 11 | 0.1% | |
| Eligible voters: 11,684, invalid / empty votes: 66, voter turnout: 94.5% | |||
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 80
- 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. 116
- Grzegorz Wnętrzak: Stosunki polityczne i narodowościowe na pograniczu Śląska Cieszyńskiego i Galicji zachodniej w latach 1897-1920 [Political and national relations in the border area of Cieszyn Silesia and Western Galicia in the years 1897-1920] . Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2014, ISBN 978-83-7780-882-5 (Polish).
- Wyniki wyborów . In: Gwiazdka Cieszyńska . No. 39, 1907, pp. 196-197. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- Wyniki wyborów . In: Gwiazdka Cieszyńska . No. 42, 1907, p. 210. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- Wyniki wyborów . In: Ślązak . No. 25 (113), 1911, p. 205. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- Niechaj mówią cyfry! . In: Poseł Związku Śląskich Katolików . No. XXXIV, XXXV, 1908.
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"
- ↑ G. Wnętrzak, 2014, p. 108
- ↑ G. Wnętrzak, 2014, p. 124
- ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In: Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 14, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
