1848 Swiss federal election
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland between 1 and 27 October 1848. The Radical Left emerged as the largest group, winning 79 of the 111 seats in the National Council.[1]
Electoral system
[edit]The 111 members of the National Council were elected from 52 single- and multi-member constituencies. In six cantons (Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Glarus, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Uri), National Council members were elected by the Landsgemeinde.
Results
[edit]National Council
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
Radical Left | 58.0 | 79 | ||
Liberal Centre | 16.9 | 11 | ||
Catholic Right | 11.6 | 10 | ||
Evangelical Right | 8.6 | 5 | ||
Democratic Left | 4.3 | 6 | ||
Total | 111 | |||
Total votes | 228,877 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 512,691 | 44.64 | ||
Source: BFS |
By constituency
[edit]Constituency | Seats | Party | Seats won |
Elected members | |
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Aargau | 9 | Radical Left | 8 |
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Liberal Centre | 1 | Jakob Isler | |||
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Johann Nepomuk Hautle | |
Basel-Landschaft | 2 | Radical Left | 1 | Johann Jakob Matt | |
Democratic Left | 1 | Emil Remigius Frey | |||
Basel-Stadt | 1 | Liberal Centre | 1 | Achilles Bischoff | |
Bern 5 | 4 | Radical Left | 4 |
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Bern 6 | 4 | Evangelical Right | 2 |
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Radical Left | 2 |
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Bern 7 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Liberal Centre | 1 | Johann Schneider | |||
Bern 8 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 |
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Bern 9 | 3 | Liberal Centre | 1 | Karl Neuhaus | |
Radical Left | 1 | Jakob Stämpfli | |||
Evangelical Right | 1 | Guillaume-Henri Dufour | |||
Bern 10 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Liberal Centre | 1 | Xavier Péquignot | |||
Fribourg 1 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Jacques-Joseph Remy | |
Fribourg 2 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Nicolas Glasson | |
Fribourg 3 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Christophe Joachim Marro | |
Fribourg 4 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Jean Folly | |
Fribourg 5 | 1 | Liberal Centre | 1 | François-Xavier Badoud | |
Geneva | 3 | Radical Left | 3 |
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Glarus | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Caspar Jenny | |
Grisons 1 | 1 | Evangelical Right | 1 | Johann Baptista Bavier | |
Grisons 2 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Alois de Latour | |
Grisons 3 | 1 | Radical Left | 2 | Georg Michel | |
Grisons 4 | 1 | Liberal Centre | 1 | Andreas Rudolf von Planta | |
Lucerne | 6 | Radical Left | 4 |
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Catholic Right | 1 | Philipp Anton von Segesser | |||
Liberal Centre | 1 | Jakob Kopp | |||
Neuchâtel | 3 | Radical Left | 3 |
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Nidwalden | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Melchior Wyrsch | |
Obwalden | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Franz Wirz | |
Schaffhausen | 2 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Schwyz-North | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Johann A. Steinegger | |
Schwyz-South | 1 | Liberal Centre | 1 | Franz Karl Schuler | |
Solothurn | 3 | Radical Left | 3 |
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St. Gallen 1 | 2 | Radical Left | 2 |
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St. Gallen 2 | 2 | Radical Left | 2 |
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St. Gallen 3 | 2 | Radical Left | 1 | Dominik Gmür | |
Liberal Centre | 1 | Johann Jakob Steger | |||
St. Gallen 4 | 2 | Radical Left | 1 | Johann M. Hungerbühler | |
Liberal Centre | 1 | Johann Georg Anderegg | |||
Thurgau 1 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Johann Georg Kreis | |
Thurgau 2 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Johann Konrad Kern | |
Thurgau 3 | 1 | Democratic Left | 1 | Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt | |
Thurgau 4 | 1 | Democratic Left | 1 | Johann Georg Rauch | |
Ticino | 6 | Radical Left | 6 |
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Uri | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Florian Lusser | |
Valais 1 | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Joseph Anton Clemenz | |
Valais 2 | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Antoine de Riedmatten | |
Valais 3 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Maurice Barman | |
Valais 4 | 1 | Radical Left | 1 | Adrien-Félix Pottier | |
Vaud 1 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Democratic Left | 1 | Jules Eytel | |||
Vaud 2 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 |
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Vaud 3 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Democratic Left | 1 | Abram-Daniel Meystre | |||
Zug | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Silvan Schwerzmann | |
Zürich 1 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 |
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Zürich 2 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 |
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Zürich 3 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Democratic Left | 1 | Heinrich Homberger | |||
Zürich 4 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 |
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Evangelical Right | 1 | Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler | |||
Source: Gruner[2] |
Council of States
[edit]Party | Seats | |
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Radical Left | 30 | |
Liberal Centre | 8 | |
Catholic Right | 6 | |
Democratic Left | 0 | |
Evangelical Right | 0 | |
Total | 44 | |
Source: Federal Assembly |
References
[edit]- ^ Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine BFS
- ^ Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.