Vlad Popovici
Ovidiu Emil Iudean
Romanian election newssheets in Banat and Transylvania before 1918
Jan. 1, 2014
Keywords:
Austro-Ungaria
alegeri parlamentare
periodice electorale
presă politică
Austria-Hungary
parliamentary elections
election newssheets
political press
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Abstract
The study analyses three publications that appeared in 1909 and 1910 and had a purely electoral nature: Oraviţa,
Alegătorul (the Voter) and Sus inimile (Raise Your Hearts). These are the only Romanian election newssheets prior to
the year 1918 that were preserved from Transylvania and Banat, being little known and referred to in historiography.
the study presents the publications’ content, their role within the moment’s electoral campaign and the relationship
between the information they offer and the one provided by other sources from the same period. The conclusions
emphasise the important role played by these newssheets in understanding the electoral process at the beginning
of the 20th century, but also their obvious limitations and especially the caution with which one must use the
information they offer, as it is clearly influenced by their’ propagandistic and mobilising character.
