Silesian constituency 5

Electoral District Austrian Silesia | Silesia 5
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Silesia
Constituency number	5
Type	Constituency
region	Bielitz , Skotschau , Jablunkau
Present population	25,491   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (68.8%),  Polish (29.7%),  Bohemian (0.9%)
Eligible voters	4,673   (1911)
MPs
Otto Günther (1907–1911) Otto Günther (1911-1918)

The constituency of Silesia 5 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 5 included the cities of Bielitz , Skotschau and Jablunkau .

In the 1907 Reichsrat election , the construction worker from Vienna Otto Günther , a candidate for the German Liberals , emerged victorious. Günther won in Bielitz earlier in 1905. His opponents were Julius Axmann from Vienna ( Christian Social Party ) with relative support from the local Poles and socialist Maurice Arbeitel from Teschen .

Otto Günther won again in the 1911 Reichsrat election. His opponents at that time were Karl Angermayer (Christian Social Party) and the socialist Josef Hellman, a poorly known teacher in Silesia from Vienna.

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
Otto Günther	German Progressive Party	1630 Bielitz: 1287 Skotschau: 222 Jablunkau: 121	41.2% Bielitz: 47.1% Skotschau: 34.9% Jablunkau: 20.6%
Julius Axmann	Christian Social Party	1547 Bielitz: 680 Skotschau: 408 Jablunkau: 459	39.1% Bielitz: 24.9% Skotschau: 63.9% Jablunkau: 78.2%
Maurice Arbeitel	Social Democratic Labor Party	760 Bielitz: 745 Skotschau: 8 Jablunkau: 7	19.1% Bielitz: 27.3% Skotschau: 1.2% Jablunkau: 1.2%
	Other parties	20th
Eligible voters: 4,282, Invalid / Empty votes: 27, Turnout: 93%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Otto Günther	German Progressive Party	2200 Bielitz: 1868 Skotschau: 218 Jablunkau: 114	56.6% Bielitz: 69.6% Skotschau: 34.8% Jablunkau: 19.7%
Julius Axmann	Christian Social Party	1693 Bielitz: 815 Skotschau: 409 Jablunkau: 469	43.4% Bielitz: 30.4% Skotschau: 65.2% Jablunkau: 80.3%
Eligible voters: 4,282, Invalid votes: 48, Turnout: 92%

Reichsrat election 1911

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

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Otto Günther	German Progressive Party	1894 Bielitz: 1434 Skotschau: 248 Jablunkau: 212	44.9% Bielitz: 48.5% Skotschau: 38.4% Jablunkau: 34.5%
Karl Angermayer	Christian Social Party	1320 Bielitz: 568 Skotschau: 375 Jablunkau: 377	31.3% Bielitz: 19.2% Skotschau: 57.3% Jablunkau: 61.4%
Josef Hellman	Social Democratic Labor Party	973 Bielitz: 937 Skotschau: 18 Jablunkau: 18	23% Bielitz: 31.3% Skotschau: 2.8% Jablunkau: 2.9%
	Other parties	29	0.5%
Eligible voters: 4673, Invalid / Empty votes: 35, Turnout: 91%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Otto Günther	DF	2162 Bielitz: 1695 Skotschau: 275 Jablunkau: 192	53.5% Bielitz: 60.3% Skotschau: 43.5% Jablunkau: 32%
Karl Angermayer	Christian Social Party	1883 Bielitz: 1117 Skotschau: 358 Jablunkau: 408	46.5% Bielitz: 39.7% Skotschau: 56.5% Jablunkau: 68%
Eligible voters: 4,673, Invalid / Empty votes: 88, Turnout: 88.4%

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 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
• 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).

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:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 15, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Tagblatt , May 15, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , May 24, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
5. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 13, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).