Bern-Seeland National Council constituency

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The National Council constituency of Bern-Seeland 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 Seeland 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-Seeland 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. From 1851 (first application of a uniform federal law), Bern-Seeland was numbered 9 for decades and was given number 10 in 1911.

Due to the growing population, Bern-Seeland was awarded a higher number of seats several times during constituency audits.

  • 1848 to 1878: 3 seats
  • 1881 to 1908: 4 seats
  • from 1911: 5 seats

expansion

Constituencies of the Canton of Bern 1848–1872
Constituencies of the Canton of Bern 1872–1890
Constituencies of the Canton of Bern 1890–1911
Constituencies of the Canton of Bern 1911–1919

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:

With the “Federal Act on Elections to the National Council” of June 20, 1890, the area was reduced in size when the parishes of Bremgarten, Kirchlindach and Wohlen were separated and added to the constituency of Bern-Mittelland . From now on, Bern-Seeland comprised:

  • the district of Aarberg
  • the district of Biel
  • the administrative district of Büren
  • the Erlach district
  • the district of Nidau
  • the Laupen district

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

  • Evangelical Rights (Evangelical / Reformed Conservatives) (ER)
  • Liberal Left (FL), Liberal Democratic Party (FDP)
  • Liberal Middle (LM)
  • Social Democratic Party (SP)
    • date choice Elected Political party
    08.10.1848
    22.10.1848
    05.11.1848
    12.11.1848    		 G   Guillaume-Henri Dufour HE
      Jakob Stämpfli FL
      Karl Neuhaus LM
    07/08/1849 E.   Johann Bützberger FL
    10/26/1851 G   Jakob Stämpfli , Xavier Stockmar , Johann August Weingart FL
    October 29, 1854 G   Johann Rudolf Schneider , Jakob Stämpfli , Johann August Weingart FL
    10.06.1855
    06.24.1855    		 B.   Jakob Leuenberger FL
    25.10.1857 G   Johann Rudolf Schneider , Jakob Stämpfli (K), Johann August Weingart FL
    05/05/1858 B.   Christian Sahli FL
    10/28/1860
    11/11/1860    		 G   Christian Sahli , Johann Rudolf Schneider , Jean Sessler FL
    25.10.1863
    08.11.1863
    15.11.1863    		 G   Peter von Känel HE
      Niklaus Niggeler , Johann Rudolf Schneider FL
    10/28/1866 G   Friedrich Eggli , Eduard Marti , Jakob Stämpfli FL
    10/31/1869 G   Friedrich Eggli , Eduard Marti , Jakob Stämpfli FL
    25.10.1872 G   Friedrich Eggli , Eduard Marti , Jakob Stämpfli FL
    10/31/1875 G   Friedrich Eggli , Eduard Marti , Jakob Stämpfli FL
    10/27/1878 G   Charles Kuhn , Johannes Schlup , Jakob Stämpfli FL
    10/10/1879 E.   Rudolf Niggeler FL
    10/30/1881 G   Charles Kuhn , Rudolf Niggeler , Johannes Schlup , Bendicht Tschannen FL
    10/26/1884 G   Charles Kuhn , Eduard Marti , Rudolf Niggeler , Johannes Schlup FL
    05/02/1886 E.   Karl Engel FL
    03/27/1887 E.   Eduard Bähler FL
    10/30/1887 G   Eduard Bähler , Rudolf Häni , Eduard Marti , Johannes Zimmermann FL
    10/26/1890 G   Eduard Bähler , Rudolf Häni , Eduard Marti , Johannes Zimmermann FL
    October 29, 1893 G   Eduard Bähler , Rudolf Häni , Eduard Marti , Johannes Zimmermann FL
    05/31/1896 E.   Jakob Freiburghaus FDP
    10/25/1896
    11/9/1896    		 G   Eduard Bähler , Jakob Freiburghaus , Eduard Will , Johannes Zimmermann FDP
    October 29, 1899 G   Eduard Bähler , Jakob Freiburghaus , Eduard Will , Johannes Zimmermann FDP
    10/26/1902 G   Eduard Bähler , Jakob Freiburghaus , Eduard Will , Johannes Zimmermann FDP
    October 29, 1905 G   Eduard Bähler , Jakob Freiburghaus , Eduard Will , Johannes Zimmermann FDP
    10/25/1908 G   Jakob Freiburghaus , Alfred Moll , Eduard Will , Johannes Zimmermann FDP
    10/25/1911 G   Jakob Freiburghaus , Alfred Moll , Karl Scheurer , Eduard Will FDP
      Johann Closer SP
    10/25/1914 G   Jakob Freiburghaus , Alfred Moll , Karl Scheurer , Eduard Will FDP
      Johann Closer SP
    28.10.1917
    11.11.1917    		 G   Jakob Freiburghaus , Alfred Moll , Karl Scheurer , Eduard Will FDP
      Arnold Knellwolf SP

    source

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ 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 .
    2. ^ Federal law on elections to the National Council (of June 20, 1890). (PDF, 296 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 26 of June 21, 1890. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on November 2, 2014 .