National Council constituency Freiburg-Nord
The Friborg North constituency was an electoral constituency in 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 Friborg .
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
Freiburg-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. From 1851 (the first application of a uniform federal law) Freiburg-Nord was numbered 20, from 1872 to number 21 and from 1911 to number 22.
Initially, Freiburg-Nord had 3 seats, from 1881 there were 2 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”. It comprised:
- the Broye district
- the Saane district without the 5th district court of justice (i.e. without the municipalities of Arconciel , Bonnefontaine , Chésalles , Ependes , Essert , Ferpicloz , Marly-le-Grand , Marly-le-Petit , Montécu , Montévraz , Oberried , Pierrafortscha , Praroman , Sales , Senèdes , Treyvaux , Villarsel-sur-Marly and Zénauva )
- the lake district
- the Sense District
In accordance with the “Federal Act on Federal Elections and Votes” of July 19, 1872, the area was adjusted when the 5th district court of the Saane district was added to the Freiburg-Nord constituency and the Sense district was ceded to the Freiburg-Süd constituency . Freiburg-Nord thus comprised:
- the Broye district
- the Saane district
- the lake district
With the “Federal Law on Elections to the National Council” of May 3, 1881, a significant reduction took place when parts of the Broye district and the Saane district were separated and added to the newly created constituency of Freiburg-Mitte . From now on, Freiburg-Nord comprised:
- in the Broye district, the Dompierre district (corresponds to the area without the three exclaves)
- in the Saane district the city of Freiburg and the district of Belfaux (corresponds to the municipalities of Autafond , Belfaux , Cormagens , Corminboeuf , Cutterwil , Formangueires , Givisiez , Granges-Paccot , Grolley , La Corbaz , Lossy and Villars-sur-Glâne )
- the lake district
In 1919 the two Freiburg constituencies were amalgamated to form the Freiburg 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 .
- ^ 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 October 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Federal law on elections to the National Council (of May 3, 1881). (PDF, 288 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 20 of May 10, 1881. admin.ch , May 21, 2013, accessed on October 31, 2014 .