1869 Swiss federal election

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The 47 electoral districts

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 31 October 1869. The Radical Left remained the largest group in the National Council.[1]

Electoral system

The 128 members of the National Council were elected in 47 single- and multi-member constituencies; there was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.[2] The elections were held 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] In six cantons (Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Glarus, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Uri), National Council members were elected by the Landsgemeinde.

Results

National Council

Summary

Voter turnout was highest in Aargau at 85.6% (higher than the 79.1% who voted in Schaffhausen, where voting was compulsory) and lowest in Schwyz and Zug at 22.1%.

Party Votes % Seats +/–
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 37.6 56 +3
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 25.9 31 –8
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 15.5 23 +2
Democratic Left 14.6 15 +4
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 4.1 3 –1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents 2.3 0 0
Total 308,510 100 128 0
Registered voters/turnout 568,713 54.2 – –
Source: BFS

By constituency

Constituency Seats Party Seats

won

Elected members
Zürich 1 4 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 4
  • Jakob Dubs
  • Alfred Escher
  • Eduard Suter
  • Johann Jakob Widmer
Zürich 2 3 Democratic Left 2
  • Johann Jakob Keller
  • Walter Hauser
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Johann Heinrich Fierz
Zürich 3 3 Democratic Left 3
  • Hans Rudolf Zangger
  • Johann Jakob Spörri
  • Salomon Bleuler
Zürich 4 3 Democratic Left 3
  • Friedrich Scheuchzer
  • Jakob Fehr
  • Johann Jakob Scherer
Bern 5 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Carl Samuel Zyro
  • Friedrich Seiler
  • Johann Jakob Karlen
  • Jakob Scherz
Bern 6 4 bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 3
  • Otto von Büren
  • Samuel Steiner
  • August von Gonzenbach
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Rudolf Brunner
Bern 7 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Karl Schenk
  • Samuel Lehmann
  • Ludwig Wyss
  • Karl Karrer
Bern 8 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Andreas Schmid
  • Johann Bützberger
  • Jakob Leuenberger
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Daniel Flückiger
Bern 9 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Eduard Marti
  • Jakob Stämpfli
  • Friedrich Eggli
Bern 10 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Édouard Carlin
  • Paul Migy
  • Niklaus Kaiser
  • Pierre Jolissaint
Lucerne 11 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Josef Martin Knüsel
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Josef Bucher
Lucerne 12 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Philipp Anton von Segesser
  • Vinzenz Fischer
Lucerne 13 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 3
  • Franz Xaver Beck
  • Jost Peyer
  • Adam Herzog
Uri 14 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Josef Arnold
Schwyz 15 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Josef Anton Eberle
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Karl Styger
Obwalden 16 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Simon Ettlin
Nidwalden 17 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Alois Wyrsch
Glarus 18 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Joachim Heer
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Peter Jenny II
Zug 19 1 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Karl Josef Merz
Fribourg 20 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 3
  • Louis de Weck
  • Alfred Vonderweid
  • Laurent Chaney
Fribourg 21 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Pierre-Théodule Fracheboud
  • Louis de Wuilleret
Solothurn 22 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Benedikt von Arx
  • Simon Kaiser
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Franz Bünzli
Basel-Stadt 23 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Johann Jakob Stehlin
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Wilhelm Klein
Basel-Landschaft 24 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Emanuel Löw
  • Stephan Gutzwiller
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Martin Bider
Schaffhausen 25 2 Democratic Left 1 Wilhelm Joos
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Friedrich Peyer im Hof
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 26 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Adolf Friedrich Zürcher
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Johannes Hohl
Appenzell Innerhoden 27 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Alois Broger
St. Gallen 28 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Johann Baptist Weder
  • Daniel Wirth-Sand
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Johannes Zündt
St. Gallen 29 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Josef Leonhard Bernold
  • Johann Baptist Gaudy
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Johann Ulrich Ambühl
St. Gallen 30 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Carl Georg Jakob Sailer
  • Georg Friedrich Anderegg
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Johann M. Hungerbühler
Grisons 31 2 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Simeon Bavier
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Gaudenz Gadmer
Grisons 32 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Johann R. von Toggenburg
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Johann Bartholome Caflisch
Grisons 33 1 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Johann Albert Romedi
Aargau 34 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Friedrich Frey-Herosé
  • Carl Feer-Herzog
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Arnold Künzli
Aargau 35 4 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 3
  • Peter Suter
  • Alois Isler
  • Theodor Bertschinger
Democratic Left 1 Rudolf Urech
Aargau 36 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Karl von Schmid
  • Arnold Münch
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Fridolin Schneider
Thurgau 37 5 Democratic Left 4
  • Fridolin Anderwert
  • Jakob Albert Scherb
  • Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin
  • Adolf Deucher
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Johann Messmer
Ticino 38 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Giuseppe Soldini
  • Costantino Bernasconi
  • Carlo Battaglini
Ticino 39 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Michele Pedrazzini
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Giovanni Jauch
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Luigi Rusca
Vaud 40 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Victor Ruffy
  • Louis Ruchonnet
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Charles Cossy
  • Paul Cérésole
Vaud 41 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Abram-Daniel Meystre
  • Victor Perrin
  • Georges-Louis Contesse
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Jean-Louis Demiéville
Vaud 42 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Louis-Henri Delarageaz
  • Charles Baud
  • Henri Reymond
Valais 43 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Alexis Allet
  • Hans Anton von Roten
Valais 44 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Maurice Evéquoz
Valais 45 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Louis Barman
  • Maurice-Antoine Cretton
Neuchâtel 46 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Jules Philippin
  • Édouard Desor
  • Zélim Perret
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Dissident Liberal 1 Louis Constant Lambelet
Geneva 47 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
  • Moïse Vautier
  • Antoine Carteret
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 François-Jules Pictet
Source: Gruner[3]

Council of States

Party Seats +/–
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 14 0
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 12 –1
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 11 –1
Democratic Left 4 +3
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 0 0
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents 3 +1
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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