List of Swiss National Council constituencies
The list of Swiss National Council constituencies shows the constituencies for elections to the Swiss National Council .
Historical development
From 1848 to 1919, the majority voting process was used throughout Switzerland . For this purpose the country was divided into constituencies of different sizes. Once the results of the census , which takes place every ten years, were available, the number and boundaries of the constituencies were redefined, with geographical and political factors playing a role in addition to demographic factors. To this end, the Federal Assembly passed a National Council election law for the first time in 1851 (in 1848 this was still a matter for the cantons ). So-called plural constituencies were common in most cantons. H. a constituency comprised several seats, for each of which an absolute majority of the votes cast was required. A canton was granted a National Council mandate for every 20,000 inhabitants or a fraction of more than 10,000 inhabitants. Due to the general population growth, the total number of national councils increased for each constituency revision, from 111 in 1848 to 189 in 1911. The number of constituencies fluctuated between 47 and 57.
With a few exceptions, the proportional voting system has been in force since 1919 . Each canton forms a single constituency, although this term is rarely used. In cantons that have only one seat on the National Council, the majority voting process continues to apply (where a relative majority is required). This affects the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Appenzell Innerrhoden , Glarus , Nidwalden , Obwalden and Uri . Up to and including 2011, the results of the population censuses were used to calculate the number of seats; from 2015, the population registers will be used for distribution. The representation figure of 20,000 inhabitants per seat, which was common in the Majorz era, was initially retained. In order to curb the growth of the National Council, the representation number was increased to 22,000 inhabitants in 1931 (at the same time the length of the legislative period was extended from three to four years), and finally to 23,000 inhabitants in 1951. Since 1963 there has been a fixed upper limit of 200 seats.
Major constituencies (1848 to 1919)
- Constituency: Unofficial name of the constituency, depends on the geographical location.
- Existing: Designates the year in which the constituency was created and dissolved.
- Constituency number: Official designation of the constituency in accordance with the National Council Election Act, which is uniform throughout Switzerland, consecutively numbered according to the order of the cantons in the Swiss Federal Constitution . In the National Council elections in 1848, there were no constituency numbers.
- Number of seats: self-explanatory
Canton | Constituency | Duration | Constituency number | Number of seats | ||||||||||||||
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1851- 1863 |
1863- 1872 |
1872- 1881 |
1881- 1890 |
1890- 1902 |
1902- 1911 |
1911- 1919 |
1848- 1851 |
1851- 1863 |
1863- 1872 |
1872- 1881 |
1881- 1890 |
1890- 1902 |
1902- 1911 |
1911- 1919 |
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Zurich | Zurich Southwest | 1848-1919 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | 6th | 9 | 7th | |
Zurich-West | 1911-1919 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Zurich-South | 1848-1919 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | ||
Zurich East | 1848-1919 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | ||
Zurich North | 1848-1919 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Bern | Bern-Oberland | 1848-1919 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6th | |
Bern-Mittelland | 1848-1919 | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | 6th | 7th | ||
Bern-Emmental | 1848-1919 | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||
Bern-Oberaargau | 1848-1919 | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||
Bern-Seeland | 1848-1919 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | ||
Bern-Jura | 1848-1890 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
Bern-South Jura | 1890-1919 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Bern-North Jura | 1890-1919 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Lucerne | Lucerne | 1848-1851 | 6th | |||||||||||||||
Lucerne-South | 1851-1872 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Lucerne center | 1851-1872 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Lucerne North | 1851-1872 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Lucerne East | 1872-1919 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Lucerne southwest | 1872-1890 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Lucerne Northwest | 1872-1890 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Lucerne-West | 1890-1919 | 13 | 13 | 14th | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Lucerne Northeast | 1872-1919 | 14th | 14th | 14th | 14th | 15th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Uri | Uri | 1848-1919 | 14th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Schwyz | Schwyz (2 constituencies) | 1848-1851 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Schwyz | 1851-1919 | 15th | 15th | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
Obwalden | Obwalden | 1848-1919 | 16 | 16 | 17th | 17th | 17th | 17th | 18th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Nidwalden | Nidwalden | 1848-1919 | 17th | 17th | 18th | 18th | 18th | 18th | 19th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Glarus | Glarus | 1848-1919 | 18th | 18th | 19th | 19th | 19th | 19th | 20th | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
train | train | 1848-1919 | 19th | 19th | 20th | 20th | 20th | 20th | 21st | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Freiburg | Freiburg (5 constituencies) | 1848-1851 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Freiburg North | 1851-1919 | 20th | 20th | 21st | 21st | 21st | 21st | 22nd | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Freiburg-center | 1881-1911 | 22nd | 22nd | 22nd | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Freiburg-South | 1851-1919 | 21st | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
Solothurn | Solothurn | 1848-1919 | 22nd | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 6th | |
Basel city | Basel city | 1848-1919 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25th | 25th | 25th | 25th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 6th | 7th | |
Basel-Country | Basel-Country | 1848-1919 | 24 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 26th | 26th | 26th | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | 1848-1919 | 25th | 25th | 26th | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 1848-1919 | 26th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Appenzell Innerrhoden | Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1848-1919 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
St. Gallen | St. Gallen city | 1890-1919 | 30th | 30th | 30th | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||||||||||
St. Gallen Northeast | 1848-1919 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30th | 31 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||
St. Gallen-South | 1848-1919 | 29 | 29 | 30th | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
St. Gallen-Center | 1890-1919 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
St. Gallen-West | 1848-1863 | 30th | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
St. Gallen Northwest | 1848-1919 | 31 | 30th | 31 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Grisons | Grisons | 1902-1919 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 6th | ||||||||||||
Graubünden-center | 1848-1863 | 32 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Graubünden North | 1848-1902 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Graubünden East | 1848-1902 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Graubünden West | 1848-1902 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Aargau | Aargau | 1848-1851 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Aargau southwest | 1851-1919 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
Aargau center | 1851-1919 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 37 | 37 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3 | 3 | 4th | |||
Aargau Southeast | 1890-1919 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Aargau North | 1851-1919 | 38 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | |||
Thurgau | Thurgau (4 constituencies) | 1848-1851 | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Thurgau | 1851-1919 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 40 | 40 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6th | 7th | ||
Ticino | Ticino | 1848-1851 | 6th | |||||||||||||||
Ticino north | 1851-1919 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4th | |||
South Ticino | 1851-1919 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4th | 4th | 4th | |||
Vaud | Vaud East | 1848-1919 | 42 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | 7th | 8th | |
North Vaud | 1848-1919 | 43 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | ||
Vaud-West | 1848-1919 | 44 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Valais | Upper Valais | 1848-1919 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 4th | |
Central Valais | 1848-1902 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Lower Valais | 1851-1919 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Lower Valais north | 1848-1851 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Lower Valais south | 1848-1851 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 1848-1919 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 48 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6th | 7th | |
Geneva | Geneva | 1848-1919 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 49 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 5 | 7th | 8th |
Proportional constituencies (from 1919)
Constituency | Number of seats | |||||||||||
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1919- 1922 |
1922- 1931 |
1931- 1943 |
1943- 1951 |
1951- 1963 |
1963- 1971 |
1971- 1983 |
1983- 1995 |
1995- 2003 |
2003– 2011 |
2015 | 2019 | |
Zurich | 25th | 27 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
Bern | 32 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 a | 29 | 27 | 26th | 25th | 24 |
Lucerne | 8th | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Uri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Schwyz | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th |
Obwalden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Nidwalden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Glarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Freiburg | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th |
Solothurn | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th |
Basel city | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Basel-Country | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th |
Schaffhausen | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
St. Gallen | 15th | 15th | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Grisons | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Aargau | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 16 | 16 |
Thurgau | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th |
Ticino | 8th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th |
Vaud | 16 | 16 | 15th | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17th | 17th | 18th | 18th | 19th |
Valais | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 8th |
Neuchâtel | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4th | 4th |
Geneva | 8th | 9 | 8th | 8th | 8th | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
law | 2 b | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
a 1979 two seats went from the canton of Bern to the newly founded canton of Jura .
b The canton of Jura received two seats from the canton of Bern in 1979.
literature
- Erich Gruner : The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 1 , first part. Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1442-9 .
- Erich Gruner: The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 1 , second part. Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1443-7 .
- Erich Gruner: The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 2 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1444-5 (notes).
- Erich Gruner: The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 3 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1445-3 (tables, graphics, maps).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corina Casanova : From 111 to 200. (No longer available online.) Admin.ch , September 14, 2011, archived from the original on October 28, 2014 ; accessed on October 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.