Electoral District Styria 15

Electoral District Styria 15
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Styria
Constituency number	15th
Type	Rural municipality constituency
region	Upper Styria
Present population	44,120   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (99.8%),  Slovenian (0.1%)
Eligible voters	8,643   (1911)
MPs
Philipp Geisler (1907-1911) Michael Brandl (1911-1918)

The constituency of Styria 15 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian Crown Land of Styria . 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 became effective 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 Styria 15 comprised the following judicial districts:

• Murau (without the municipality of Murau , see constituency Styria 7 )
• Neumarkt (excluding the municipalities of Neumarkt in Steiermark and Sankt Lambrecht , see constituency Styria 7)
• Judenburg (excluding the communities Judenburg , Unzmarkt and Weißkirchen , see constituency Styria 7)
• Obdach (without Obdach municipality , see constituency Styria 7)
• Knittelfeld (without the municipality of Knittelfeld , see constituency Styria 7)

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, the German-conservative candidate Philipp Geisler prevailed in the second ballot. The 1911 Reichsrat election was won by his rival Michael Brandl .

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
Philipp Geisler	German-conservative candidate	3300	47.5%
Michael Brandl	German Agrarian / Christian Farmers' Union	2131	30.7%
Karl Pigl	Social Democratic Labor Party	1445	20.8%
	Other parties	69	1.0%
Eligible voters: 8521, invalid / empty votes: 75, voter turnout: 82.4%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Philipp Geisler	German-conservative candidate	3364	50.2%
Michael Brandl	German Agrarian / Christian Farmers' Union	3342	49.8%
Eligible voters: 8,521, invalid / empty votes: 41, voter turnout: 79.2%

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
Philipp Geisler	Christian Social Party	2679	%
Michael Brandl	German Agrarian / Christian Farmers' Union	2013	43.9%
Ludwig Pöltl	Social Democratic Labor Party	1369	22.4%
	Other parties	44	0.7%
Eligible voters: 8,643, invalid / empty votes: 64, voter turnout: 71.4%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Michael Brandl	German Agrarian / Christian Farmers' Union	3366	55.1%
Philipp Geisler	Christian Social Party	2745	44.9%
Eligible voters: 8463, invalid / empty votes: 41, voter turnout: 71.4%

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), p. I. 17
• 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. 40

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. 32 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Neue Freie Presse , May 24, 1907, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ Article  in:  Das Vaterland , June 14, 1911, p. 15 (online at ANNO ).