Aargau-Mitte electoral district
The Aargau-Mitte electoral district was an electoral district in the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1851 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and covered the central part of the canton of Aargau .
Electoral process
This was a plural constituency. This means that although several seats had to be allocated, the majority voting system was used. In the sense of the Romansh majority election , a candidate needed an absolute majority of the votes in order to be elected. Several ballots may have been necessary to distribute all seats. Each voter had as many votes as there were seats to be allocated.
Name and number of seats
Aargau-Mitte is an unofficial geographical name. In official use, consecutive numbering applied across the whole of Switzerland, arranged according to the order of the cantons in the Swiss Federal Constitution, was common . Due to the changing number over the years, some constituencies were given a new number several times. Aargau-Mitte had from 1851 (first application of a uniform federal law) the number 37, from 1863 the number 35, from 1872 the number 36, from 1881 the number 37, from 1890 the number 39 and from 1901 the number 37.
Due to the population development and the layout of the constituency, Aargau-Mitte had a varying number of seats:
- 1851 to 1878: 4 seats
- 1881 to 1908: 3 seats
- from 1911: 4 seats
expansion
The area of the constituency was first made binding on December 21, 1850 with the "Federal Act on the Election of Members of the National Council" after the entire canton had formed a single constituency in 1848. Aargau-Mitte comprised:
- in the Aarau district the municipalities of Biberstein , Buchs , Densbüren , Erlinsbach , Küttigen , Rohr and Suhr
- in the Baden district the communities Bellikon , Büblikon , Künten , Mägenwil , Mellingen , Stetten and Wohlenschwil
- the Bremgarten district
- the Brugg district
- the district of Lenzburg
- the Muri district
With the “Federal Law on Elections to the National Council” of June 20, 1890, a significant reduction was made. The largest part of the Freiamt region formed the newly created constituency Aargau-Südost and the seven communities in the district of Baden became the constituency of Aargau-Nord . In contrast, the city of Aarau was separated from the Aargau-Südwest constituency and Aargau-Mitte was added. Aargau-Mitte now includes:
- in the Aarau district the municipalities of Aarau, Biberstein, Buchs, Densbüren, Erlinsbach, Küttigen, Rohr and Suhr
- in the Bremgarten district the communities Anglikon , Dottikon , Hägglingen and Wohlen
- the Brugg district
- the district of Lenzburg
The last change in the area came with the Federal Law on National Council constituencies of June 23, 1911. The five remaining municipalities in the Aarau district were also separated from the Aargau-Südwest constituency. Aargau-Mitte last comprised:
- the Aarau district
- in the Bremgarten district the communities Anglikon, Dottikon, Hägglingen and Wohlen
- the Brugg district
- the district of Lenzburg
In 1919, the four Aargau constituencies were merged to form the Aargau National Council constituency, which still exists today , in which proportional representation applies.
National Councils
- G = total renewal election
- E = replacement election in the event of vacancies
source
- Erich Gruner : The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 3 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1445-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal law on the election of members of the National Council (of December 21, 1850). (PDF, 676 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 61 of December 28, 1850. admin.ch , May 21, 2013, accessed on October 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Federal law on elections to the National Council (of May 3, 1881). (PDF, 296 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 26 of June 21, 1890. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on October 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Federal Act on the National Council constituencies (of June 23, 1911). (PDF, 296 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 26 of June 28, 1911. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on October 31, 2014 .