Aargau-Nord electoral district
The Aargau-Nord electoral district was a constituency in elections to the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1851 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and covered the northern 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-Nord 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-Nord had from 1851 (first application of a uniform federal law) the number 38, from 1863 the number 36, from 1872 the number 37, from 1881 the number 38, from 1890 the number 41 and from 1901 the number 39. Another unofficial one and the widespread name was "Rhine district".
For decades, Aargau-Nord had 3 seats until it was awarded 4 seats in the constituency revision in 1911 due to the increasing population.
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-Nord comprised:
- the Baden district (excluding the communities of Bellikon , Büblikon , Künten , Mägenwil , Mellingen , Stetten and Wohlenschwil )
- the district of Laufenburg
- the Rheinfelden district
- the Zurzach district
With the “Federal Act on Elections to the National Council” of June 20, 1890, an expansion took place when seven municipalities in the Baden district were separated from the Aargau-Mitte electoral district and Aargau-Nord was added. The constituency now included:
- the Baden district
- the district of Laufenburg
- the Rheinfelden district
- the Zurzach district
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
- K = election of compliments by an incumbent Federal Councilor
- B = supplementary election for a Federal Councilor
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 .