1848 Swiss federal election

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The 52 electoral districts Wahlkreise 1848.png
The 52 electoral districts

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]

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Electoral system

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

National Council

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PartyVotes%Seats
Radical Left58.079
Liberal Centre16.911
Catholic Right11.610
Evangelical Right8.65
Democratic Left4.36
Total111
Total votes228,877
Registered voters/turnout512,69144.64
Source: BFS [2]

By constituency

ConstituencySeatsPartySeats
won
Elected members
Aargau9Radical Left8
Liberal Centre1Jakob Isler
Appenzell Ausserrhoden2Radical Left2
  • Johann Heinrich Heim
  • Johann Jakob Sutter
Appenzell Innerrhoden1Catholic Right1Johann Nepomuk Hautle
Basel-Landschaft2Radical Left1Johann Jakob Matt
Democratic Left1Emil Remigius Frey
Basel-Stadt1Liberal Centre1Achilles Bischoff
Bern 54Radical Left4
  • Johann Karlen
  • Albert Lohner
  • Jakob Imobersteg
  • Friedrich Seiler
Bern 64Evangelical Right2
  • Friedrich Fueter
  • Johann Anton von Tillier
Radical Left2
Bern 73Radical Left2
Liberal Centre1Johann Schneider
Bern 83Radical Left3
Bern 93Liberal Centre1Karl Neuhaus
Radical Left1 Jakob Stämpfli
Evangelical Right1 Guillaume Henri Dufour
Bern 103Radical Left2
  • Xavier Stockmar
  • Cyprien Revel
Liberal Centre1Xavier Péquignot
Fribourg 11Radical Left1Jacques-Joseph Remy
Fribourg 21Radical Left1Nicolas Glasson
Fribourg 31Radical Left1Christophe Joachim Marro
Fribourg 41Radical Left1Jean Folly
Fribourg 51Liberal Centre1François-Xavier Badoud
Geneva3Radical Left3
Glarus1Radical Left1Caspar Jenny
Grisons 11Evangelical Right1Johann Baptista Bavier
Grisons 21Radical Left1Alois de Latour
Grisons 31Radical Left2Georg Michel
Grisons 41Liberal Centre1 Andreas Rudolf von Planta
Lucerne6Radical Left4
Catholic Right1Philipp Anton von Segesser
Liberal Centre1Jakob Kopp
Neuchâtel3Radical Left3
  • Frédéric Lambelet
  • Louis-Eugène Favre
  • Jules Matthey
Nidwalden1Catholic Right1Melchior Wyrsch
Obwalden1Catholic Right1Franz Wirz
Schaffhausen2Radical Left2
Schwyz-North1Catholic Right1Johann A. Steinegger
Schwyz-South1Liberal Centre1Franz Karl Schuler
Solothurn3Radical Left3
St. Gallen 12Radical Left2
  • Joseph Marzell Hoffmann
  • Franz Eduard Erpf
St. Gallen 22Radical Left2
St. Gallen 32Radical Left1Dominik Gmür
Liberal Centre1Johann Jakob Steger
St. Gallen 42Radical Left1 Johann M. Hungerbühler
Liberal Centre1Johann Georg Anderegg
Thurgau 11Radical Left1Johann Georg Kreis
Thurgau 21Radical Left1 Johann Konrad Kern
Thurgau 31Democratic Left1Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt
Thurgau 41Democratic Left1 Johann Georg Rauch
Ticino6Radical Left6
Uri1Catholic Right1Florian Lusser
Valais 11Catholic Right1Joseph Anton Clemenz
Valais 21Catholic Right1Antoine de Riedmatten
Valais 31Radical Left1Maurice Barman
Valais 41Radical Left1Adrien-Félix Pottier
Vaud 13Radical Left2
  • Louis Blanchenay
  • François Veillon
Democratic Left1Jules Eytel
Vaud 23Radical Left3
  • Benjamin Pittet
  • Charles Vittel
  • Rodolphe Soutter
Vaud 33Radical Left2
  • Louis Blanchenay
  • François Veillon
Democratic Left1Abram-Daniel Meystre
Zug1Catholic Right1Silvan Schwerzmann
Zürich 13Radical Left3
Zürich 23Radical Left3
  • Johannes Wild
  • Hans Heinrich Hürlimann
  • Rudolf Bollier
Zürich 33Radical Left2
  • Johann Jakob Müller
  • Heinrich Rüegg
Democratic Left1Heinrich Homberger
Zürich 43Radical Left2
  • Felix Wiedmann
  • Rudolf Benz
Evangelical Right1Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler
Source: Gruner [3]

Council of States

PartySeats
Radical Left30
Liberal Centre8
Catholic Right6
Democratic Left0
Evangelical Right0
Total44
Source: Federal Assembly [4]

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. BFS
  3. Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.
  4. Federal Assembly