National Council constituency Freiburg-Süd
The National Council constituency of Freiburg-Süd 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 southern 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-Süd 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-Süd was number 21, from 1872 number 22 and from 1881 number 23.
The number of seats in Freiburg-Süd changed several times:
- 1848 to 1869: 2 seats
- 1872 to 1878: 3 seats
- 1881 to 1908: 2 seats
- from 1911: 5 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 Glanebezirk
- the Gruyère district
- the 5th district court of justice in the Saane district (i.e. the communities 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 Vivisbach district
In accordance with the “Federal Act on Federal Elections and Votes” of July 19, 1872, the area was adjusted when the Sense district was separated from the Freiburg-Nord constituency , while the 5th district court of the Saane district was added from Freiburg-Süd. Freiburg-Süd thus comprised:
- the Glanebezirk
- the Gruyère district
- the Sense District
- the Vivisbach district
With the “Federal Law on Elections to the National Council” of May 3, 1881, a significant reduction took place when the Sense district was added to the newly created constituency of Freiburg-Mitte . Freiburg-Süd now comprised:
- the Glanebezirk
- the Gruyère district
- the Vivisbach district
The last change in the area came with the “Federal Law on the National Council constituencies” of June 23, 1911. The Freiburg-Mitte electoral district was dissolved and its area was completely transferred to Freiburg-Süd. Most recently Freiburg-Süd comprised:
- the Broye district without the district of Dompierre (corresponds to the area of the three exclaves)
- the Glanebezirk
- the Gruyère district
- the Saane district without the city of Freiburg and the district of Belfaux (i.e. without the municipalities of Autafond , Belfaux , Cormagens , Corminboeuf , Cutterwil , Formangueires , Givisiez , Granges-Paccot , Grolley , La Corbaz , Lossy and Villars-sur-Glâne )
- the Sense District
- the Vivisbach 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 .
- ↑ 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 .