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 member of parliament has to prevail with an absolute majority in the first ballot or in a runoff election. The constituency Tyrol 13 comprised the judicial districts Meran , Passeier , Schlanders , Glurns without the city of Meran . From the Imperial Council election in 1907 was Franz Dorfmann ( Christian Social Party ) emerged as the winner, with Dorfmann came into office as a compromise candidate of the Christian Social and Conservative. Dorfmann resigned his seat in 1910, whereupon his party colleague Josef Hölzl won the runoff election in the replacement election. In the 1911 Reichsrat election , the Christian Socialist Josef Noggler prevailed in the first ballot. Overall, the Christian Socials dominated every Reichsrat election, although the Conservatives were able to achieve strong results of up to 44 percent compared to other electoral districts. The Social Democrats, on the other hand, did not get more than 7.5 percent with their best result in 1911.
elections
Reichsrat election 1907
The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot). There was no runoff vote due to Dorfmann's absolute majority in the first ballot.
The 1911 Reichsrat election was held on June 13, 1911 (first ballot). The runoff election was not held due to Noggler's absolute majority in the first ballot.
Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1907–1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna, Leipzig 1907.
Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna 1911.
