National Council constituency of Lucerne-Northeast
The National Council constituency of Lucerne-Northeast was a constituency in elections to the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1872 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and covered the northeastern 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-Nordost 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 1872, the north-east of Lucerne had the number 14, from 1890 the number 13, from 1902 the number 14 and from 1911 the number 15.
Lucerne-Northeast initially had 2 seats, from 1911 there were 3 seats.
expansion
The area of the constituency was determined in accordance with the “Federal Act on Federal Elections and Votes” of July 19, 1872. It comprised:
- the Hochdorf office without the municipalities of Emmen and Rothenburg
- the Sursee office without the municipalities of Büron , Knutwil , Kulmerau , Schlierbach , Triengen , Werthenstein , Wilihof , Winikon and Wolhusen
With the “Federal Law on Elections to the National Council” of June 20, 1890, a change of area took place when the constituencies of Lucerne-Northeast and Lucerne-West exchanged some communities in the Sursee district and the constituency of Lucerne-East exchanged the communities of Emmen and Rothenburg with Lucerne -Northeast ceded. The constituency of Lucerne-Northeast now included:
- the Hochdorf office
- the Sursee office without the Ruswil court district (corresponds to the municipalities of Buttisholz , Grosswangen , Ruswil and Wolhusen )
The last change came with the “Federal Law on the National Council constituencies” of June 4, 1902, when the Lucerne-West constituency ceded the area of the judicial district of Ruswil to Lucerne-Northeast. Most recently, the constituency of Lucerne-Northeast comprised:
- the Hochdorf office
- the Sursee office
In 1919, the three Lucerne constituencies were merged to form the Lucerne 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
- B = supplementary election for a Federal Councilor
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
- ^ 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 law on elections to the National Council (of May 3, 1881). (PDF, 296 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 26 of June 21, 1890. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on November 2, 2014 .
- ^ Federal law on the electoral districts of the National Council (of June 4, 1902). (PDF, 281 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 24 of June 11, 1902. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on November 2, 2014 .