In the paper, the authors contextualise and describe the electoral procedures and ceremonies in free and royal cities on the example of the 1815 elections for the municipal authority in Osijek. Apart from describing the whole electoral process, based on the archival records from the State Archives in Osijek pertaining to the aforesaid elections, the authors also analysed the sociodemographic characteristics of the City Council members and the members of the Elected Community using other supplementary sources. In addition, the received results for 1815 were compared with the results of 1809 and 1812 elections in order to identify any change in sociodemographic characteristics of the officials in the municipal bodies in the observed period.
Izvorni znanstveni rad / Original scientific paperEldina LOVAŠ