National Council constituency Aargau-Südwest
The National Council constituency Aargau-Südwest 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 south-western 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-Südwest 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-Südwest bore the number 36 from 1851 (the first application of a uniform federal law), from 1863 the number 34, from 1872 the number 35, from 1881 the number 36, from 1890 the number 38 and from 1901 the number 36.
Due to the stagnating population, Aargau-Südwest always had 3 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 Southwest comprised:
- the Kulm district
- the district of Zofingen
- in the Aarau district the municipalities of Aarau , Gränichen , Hirschthal , Muhen , Oberentfelden and Unterentfelden
With the “Federal Law on Elections to the National Council” of June 20, 1890, a downsizing took place when the city of Aarau was separated and added to the Aargau-Mitte constituency . Aargau Southwest now includes:
- the Kulm district
- the district of Zofingen
- in the Aarau district the communities of Gränichen, Hirschthal, Muhen, Oberentfelden and Unterentfelden
The last change in the area came with the Federal Law on the National Council constituencies of June 23, 1911. The remaining municipalities in the Aarau district now also become part of the Aargau-Mitte constituency. Aargau Southwest recently comprised:
- the Kulm district
- the district of Zofingen
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 .
- ↑ 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 .