National Council constituency of Luzern-Mitte

The Lucerne-Mitte National Council electoral district was an electoral district in the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1851 to 1872 and covered the central part of the canton of Lucerne .

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

Luzern-Mitte 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 onwards, when a uniform federal law was applied for the first time, Luzern-Mitte was number 12.

Lucerne-Mitte always had 2 seats.

expansion

Constituencies of the Canton of Lucerne 1851–1872

The area of the constituency was made binding on December 21, 1850 with the "Federal Act on the Election of Members of the National Council". It comprised:

in the Entlebuch district, the municipalities of Doppleschwand , Romoos and Schachen
in the Hochdorf district, the communities Ballwil , Emmen , Eschenbach , Hämikon , Hohenrain , Inwil , Lieli , Müswangen , Rain , Römerswil , Rothenburg , Schongau and Sulz
in the Lucerne office the municipalities of Buchrain , Dierikon , Ebikon , Gisikon , Honau , Meierskappel and Root
in the Sursee office the communities Buttisholz , Eich , Hildisrieden , Neuenkirch , Nottwil , Ruswil , Sempach , Werthenstein , Wolhusen and Wolhusen Markt
in the Willisau district the communities Luthern and Menznau

National Councils

G = total renewal election
E = replacement election in the event of vacancies

Catholic Conservatives (KK)

date	choice		Political party
10/26/1851	G	Alois Kopp , Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK

October 29, 1854	G	Alois Kopp , Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK

25.10.1857	G	Alois Kopp , Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK

11/20/1859	E.	Vincent Fischer	KK

10/28/1860	G	Vinzenz Fischer , Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK

10/25/1863	G	Vinzenz Fischer , Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK

10/28/1866	G	Vinzenz Fischer , Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK

10/31/1869	G	Vinzenz Fischer , Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK

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 .

[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 .