1848 Swiss federal election

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]

The 52 electoral districts

Electoral system

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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

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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

By constituency

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Constituency Seats Party Seats
won
Elected members
Aargau 9 Radical Left 8
  • Friedrich Frey-Herosé
  • Adolf Fischer
  • Johann Peter Bruggisser
  • Karl Rudolf Tanner
  • Gottlieb Jäger
  • Johann Ulrich Hanauer
  • Johann Dössekel
  • Karl Ferdinand Schimpf
Liberal Centre 1 Jakob Isler
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 2 Radical Left 2
  • Johann Heinrich Heim
  • Johann Jakob Sutter
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
  • Johann Karlen
  • Albert Lohner
  • Jakob Imobersteg
  • Friedrich Seiler
Bern 6 4 Evangelical Right 2
  • Friedrich Fueter
  • Johann Anton von Tillier
Radical Left 2
  • Ulrich Ochsenbein
  • Johann August Weingart
Bern 7 3 Radical Left 2
  • Alexander Ludwig Funk
  • Karl Karrer
Liberal Centre 1 Johann Schneider
Bern 8 3 Radical Left 3
  • Johann Rudolf Schneider
  • Johann Rudolf Vogel
  • Friedrich Sigmund Kohler
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
  • Xavier Stockmar
  • Cyprien Revel
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
  • Jean-Jacques Castoldi
  • Joseph Girard
  • Alexandre-Félix Alméras
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
  • Jakob Robert Steiger
  • Johann Jakob Heller
  • Casimir Pfyffer
  • Anton Schnyder
Catholic Right 1 Philipp Anton von Segesser
Liberal Centre 1 Jakob Kopp
Neuchâtel 3 Radical Left 3
  • Frédéric Lambelet
  • Louis-Eugène Favre
  • Jules Matthey
Nidwalden 1 Catholic Right 1 Melchior Wyrsch
Obwalden 1 Catholic Right 1 Franz Wirz
Schaffhausen 2 Radical Left 2
  • Johann Georg Böschenstein
  • Friedrich Peyer im Hof
Schwyz-North 1 Catholic Right 1 Johann A. Steinegger
Schwyz-South 1 Liberal Centre 1 Franz Karl Schuler
Solothurn 3 Radical Left 3
  • Johann Jakob Trog
  • Niklaus Pfluger
  • Benjamin Brunner
St. Gallen 1 2 Radical Left 2
  • Joseph Marzell Hoffmann
  • Franz Eduard Erpf
St. Gallen 2 2 Radical Left 2
  • Josef Leonhard Bernold
  • Johann Baptist Weder
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
  • Stefano Franscini
  • Giacomo Luvini
  • Giovanni Battista Pioda
  • Benigno Soldini
  • Giovanni Jauch
  • Carlo Battaglini
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
  • Louis Blanchenay
  • François Veillon
Democratic Left 1 Jules Eytel
Vaud 2 3 Radical Left 3
  • Benjamin Pittet
  • Charles Vittel
  • Rodolphe Soutter
Vaud 3 3 Radical Left 2
  • Louis Blanchenay
  • François Veillon
Democratic Left 1 Abram-Daniel Meystre
Zug 1 Catholic Right 1 Silvan Schwerzmann
Zürich 1 3 Radical Left 3
  • Georg Joseph Sidler
  • Alfred Escher
  • Johann Jakob Wieland
Zürich 2 3 Radical Left 3
  • Johannes Wild
  • Hans Heinrich Hürlimann
  • Rudolf Bollier
Zürich 3 3 Radical Left 2
  • Johann Jakob Müller
  • Heinrich Rüegg
Democratic Left 1 Heinrich Homberger
Zürich 4 3 Radical Left 2
  • Felix Wiedmann
  • Rudolf Benz
Evangelical Right 1 Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler
Source: Gruner[2]

Council of States

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

References

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  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. ^ Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.