!!!Kurienwahlrecht

Kurienwahlrecht (Kurien election system): Representative bodies in the 
Austro-Hungarian monarchy (Reichsrat until 1907, Landtag and 
Gemeinderat bodies until 1918) were elected by electoral classes 
("Kurien" (curiae)) and according to tax payments. In the Reichsrat 
there were 4 curiae: 1) big landowners, 2) towns, market towns and 
industrial towns, 3) chambers of trade and commerce, 4) rural 
municipalities. The 3 upper curiae elected the deputies according to 
the majority rule in constituencies, while the rural municipalities 
had electors. Until 1873 all deputies were elected from the Landtage, 
where there were also 4 different curiae; bishops and university 
presidents had additional votes ("Virilstimmen"). In the 
municipalities assignment to an electoral class was contingent upon 
having received a certain level of education or public office as well 
as the payment of a certain amount of tax.


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