Specifika systému obecních voleb v předlitavském období a jeho vliv na volební kulturu (na příkladu Moravy a Rakouského Slezska)

Abstract

This study presents the municipal electoral regulations for Moravia and Silesia, as well as the specific electoral rules for the so called statutory towns. It then focuses on the actual course of the municipal elections, in which competing parties made use of all means in the struggle for political power, including loopholes in the law and obvious frauds. The specific political culture of the municipal elections is portrayed in detail based on the example of the municipality of Zábřeh nad Odrou (nowadays part of Ostrava) in the early 20th century.