1884 Swiss federal election

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The 49 electoral districts

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 26 October 1884. The Radical Left retained its majority in the National Council.[1]

Electoral system

The 145 members of the National Council were elected in 49 single- and multi-member constituencies using a three-round system. Candidates had to receive a majority in the first or second round to be elected; if it went to a third round, only a plurality was required. Voters could cast as many votes as there were seats in their constituency.[2] There was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.[2]

Results

National Council

Summary

Voter turnout was highest in Schaffhausen (where voting was compulsory) at 95.9% and lowest in Neuchâtel at 25.1%.

Party Votes % Seats +/–
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 42.0 74 –1
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 25.7 37 +2
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 16.8 18 –4
Democratic Group 8.2 15 +5
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 6.2 1 –2
bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Socialists 0.2 0 New
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents 0.9 0 0
Total 404,028 100 145 0
Registered voters/turnout 640,262 63.1 – –
Source: BFS (seats)

By constituency

Constituency Seats Party Seats
won 		Elected members
Zürich 1 5 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 4
  • Melchior Römer
  • Konrad Cramer
  • Wilhelm Hertenstein
  • Ulrich Meister Jr.
Democratic Group 1 Arnold Syfrig
Zürich 2 4 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 3
  • Heinrich Landis
  • Johann Heinrich Bühler
  • Jakob Brennwald
Democratic Group 1 Johann Jakob Keller
Zürich 3 4 Democratic Group 4
  • Rudolf Geilinger
  • Johannes Stössel
  • Friedrich Salomon Vögelin
  • Ludwig Forrer
Zürich 4 3 Democratic Group 3
  • Friedrich Scheuchzer
  • Johannes Moser
  • Johann Jakob Sulzer
Bern 5 5 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 5
  • Matthäus Zurbuchen
  • Johann Jakob Rebmann
  • Johann Zürcher
  • Jakob Scherz
  • Carl Samuel Zyro
Bern 6 5 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 5
  • Johann Jakob Hauser
  • Rudolf Brunner
  • Rudolf Rohr
  • Karl Stämpfli
  • Eduard Müller
Bern 7 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Gottlieb Riem
  • Fritz Bühlmann
  • Karl Schenk
  • Karl Karrer
Bern 8 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Johann Bützberger
  • Johann Friedrich Gugelmann
  • Andreas Schmid
  • Rudolf Leuenberger
Bern 9 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Johannes Schlup
  • Eduard Marti
  • Rudolf Niggeler
  • Charles Kuhn
Bern 10 5 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 5
  • Joseph Stockmar
  • Henri Cuenat
  • Ernest Francillon
  • Pierre Jolissaint
  • Auguste-Adolphe Klaye
Lucerne 11 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Josef Vonmatt
  • Friedrich Wüest
Lucerne 12 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Josef Zemp
Lucerne 13 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Josef Erni
  • Candid Hochstrasser
Lucerne 14 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Philipp Anton von Segesser
  • Franz Xaver Beck
Uri 15 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Josef Arnold
Schwyz 16 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 3
  • Nikolaus Benziger
  • Vital Schwander Sr.
  • Fridolin Holdener
Obwalden 17 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Nicolaus Hermann
Nidwalden 18 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Robert Durrer
Glarus 19 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Charles Mercier
Democratic Group 1 Kaspar Schindler
Zug 20 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Theodor Keiser
Fribourg 21 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Georges Cressier
  • Georges Python
Fribourg 22 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Paul Aeby
  • Louis de Wuilleret
Fribourg 23 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Louis Grand
  • Alphonse Théraulaz
Solothurn 24 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Bernhard Hammer
  • Simon Kaiser
  • Urs Schild
  • Albert Brosi
Basel-Stadt 25 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Wilhelm Klein
  • Karl Burckhardt-Iselin
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Johann Rudolf Geigy-Merian
Basel-Landschaft 26 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Jakob Bernhard Graf
  • Gédéon Thommen
  • Ambrosius Rosenmund
Schaffhausen 27 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Robert Grieshaber
Democratic Group 1 Wilhelm Joos
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 28 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1
  • Johann Jakob Sturzenegger
  • Johann Ulrich Eisenhut
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Johann Conrad Sonderegger
Appenzell Innerhoden 29 1 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Karl Justin Sonderegger
St. Gallen 30 4 Democratic Group 2
  • Roderich Albert Kunkler
  • Adolf Grubenmann
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Johann Gebhard Lutz
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 1 Christoph Tobler
St. Gallen 31 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Wilhelm Good
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Gallus August Suter
Democratic Group 1 Carl Theodor Curti
St. Gallen 32 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 3
  • Johann Fridolin Müller
  • Johann Joseph Keel
  • Laurenz Schönenberger
Grisons 33 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Peter Theophil Bühler
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Luzius Raschein
Grisons 34 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Caspar Decurtins
  • Johann Schmid
Grisons 35 1 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Andrea Bezzola
Aargau 36 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Arnold Künzli
  • Erwin Kurz
  • Ludwig Karrer
Aargau 37 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Hans Riniker
  • Theodor Haller
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Johann Rohr
  • Peter Emil Isler
Aargau 38 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Emil Welti
  • Emil Albert Baldinger
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Arnold Münch
Thurgau 39 5 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin
  • Johann Philipp Heitz
  • Gustav Merkle
  • Adolf Deucher
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Jakob Huldreich Bachmann
Ticino 40 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Carlo Battaglini
  • Costantino Bernasconi
Ticino 41 5 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 5
  • Martino Pedrazzini
  • Ignazio Polar
  • Giovanni Dazzoni
  • Carlo Vonmentlen
  • Agostino Gatti
Vaud 42 5 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 5
  • Louis Ruchonnet
  • Louis Mayor
  • Eugène Ruffy
  • Louis Paschoud
  • Louis Chausson
Vaud 43 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Jacques-François Viquerat
  • Louis Déglon
  • Frédéric Criblet
  • Donat Golaz
Vaud 44 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Adrien Thélin
  • Charles Baud
  • Jules Colomb
Valais 45 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Hans Anton von Roten
  • Victor de Chastonay
Valais 46 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Maurice Evéquoz
Valais 47 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Charles de Werra
  • Fidèle Joris
Neuchâtel 48 5 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 5
  • Numa Droz
  • Charles-Émile Tissot
  • Henri Morel
  • Robert Comtesse
  • Arnold Grosjean
Geneva 49 5 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Antoine Carteret
  • Adrien Lachenal
  • Georges Favon
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Jean-Étienne Dufour
  • Gustave-Jules Pictet
Source: Gruner[3]

Council of States

Party Seats +/–
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 18 0
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 17 0
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 4 0
Democratic Group 3 0
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 1 0
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents 1 0
Total 44 0
Source: The Federal Assembly

References

  1. ^ Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine BFS
  2. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1886 ISBN 9783832956097
  3. ^ Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.
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