National Council constituency of Bern-Oberaargau
The National Council constituency of Bern-Oberaargau was a constituency in elections to the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1848 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and essentially comprised the Oberaargau region in the canton of Bern .
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
Bern-Oberaargau 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. Bern-Oberaargau had the number 8 for decades from 1851 (first application of a uniform federal law) and was given the number 9 in 1911.
Bern-Oberaargau had 3 seats in the first elections, from 1851 4 seats were always available.
expansion
The area of the constituency was made binding for the first time on December 21, 1850 with the "Federal Act on the Election of Members of the National Council", whereby the constituency created by the Bern cantonal government in 1848 was taken over unchanged. It comprised:
- the district of Aarwangen
- the district of Burgdorf
- the district of Fraubrunnen
- the district of Wangen without the municipality of Ursenbach
In accordance with the “Federal Act on Federal Elections and Votes” of July 19, 1872, Ursenbach was separated from the Bern-Emmental constituency and added to Bern-Oberaargau. The constituency thus comprised:
- the district of Aarwangen
- the district of Burgdorf
- the district of Fraubrunnen
- the district of Wangen
The last change in the area came with the Federal Law on the National Council constituencies of June 23, 1911. The municipality of Hasle near Burgdorf was separated and assigned to the constituency of Bern-Emmental . Bern-Oberaargau ultimately comprised:
- the district of Aarwangen
- the district of Burgdorf without the municipality of Hasle bei Burgdorf
- the district of Fraubrunnen
- the district of Wangen
In 1919, the seven constituencies of Bern were merged to form the still existing constituency of the National Council of Bern , 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 November 2, 2014 .
- ^ Message from the Federal Council to the High Federal Assembly on the elections to the National Council (of June 24, 1872). (PDF, 722 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 30 of July 6, 1872. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on November 2, 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 November 2, 2014 .