Styria constituency 20

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Styria constituency 20
country Austria-Hungary
Crown land Styria
Constituency number 20th
Type Rural municipality constituency
region Fehring , Mureck , Radkersburg
Present population  46,791   (1910)
Colloquial languages German  (93.1%),  Slovenian (6.9%)
Eligible voters 10,529   (1911)
MPs

The constituency of Styria 20 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 20 comprised the following judicial districts:

In the 1907 Reichsrat election, the German conservative politician Johann Krenn prevailed in the first ballot with 64.3% of the vote. Behind him, the agrarian Count Stürgkh got 34.8% of the vote, the Social Democrat Haider only got 0.6%. In the 1911 Reichsrat election, Krenn lost his mandate to the Christian Socialist Leopold Potzinger , who won the first ballot with 55.5%. Krenn only got 39.9% of the vote, the liberal German Heinrich Stürgkh got 3.0%. In this election, too, the Social Democratic candidate did not get more than 1.1% of the vote.

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). The runoff election was dropped because of the absolute majority for Johann Krenn in the first ballot.

candidate Political party Constituency votes percent
Johann Krenn German-conservative candidate 5892 64.3%
Count Stürgkh German Agrarian / Christian Farmers' Union 3190 34.8%
Haiden Social Democratic Labor Party 51 0.6%
Other parties 32 0.3%
Eligible voters: 10,675, invalid / empty votes: 46, voter turnout: 86.3%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was skipped due to the absolute majority for Leopold Potzinger in the first ballot.

candidate Political party Constituency votes percent
Leopold Potzinger Christian Social Party 3911 55.5%
Johann Krenn Christian Social Party 2808 39.9%
Heinrich Stürgkh German liberal candidate 210 3.0%
Social Democratic Labor Party 78 1.1%
Other parties 37 0.5%
Eligible voters: 10,529, invalid / empty votes: 18, voter turnout: 67.1%

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:  Workers will. Social democratic organ of the Alpine countries / workers will. Organ of the working people of the Alpine countries / workers will. Organ of the working people for Styria and Carinthia / workers will. Organ of the working people for Styria, Carinthia (and Carniola) Neue Zeit. Organ of the Styrian Socialist Party , May 15, 1907, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / awi
  3. ↑ Article  in:  Das Vaterland , June 14, 1911, p. 15 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly