Lucerne-East National Council constituency

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The Lucerne-East National Council constituency was a constituency in elections to the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1872 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and in the canton of Lucerne essentially comprised the area around the city 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

Constituencies of the Canton of Lucerne 1872–1890
Constituencies of the Canton of Lucerne 1890–1902
Constituencies of the Canton of Lucerne 1902–1919

Luzern-Ost 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, Luzern-Ost was numbered 11, from 1902 it was number 12 and from 1911 it was number 13.

Initially, there were 2 seats in Luzern-Ost, from 1902 there were 3 seats.

expansion

The area of ​​the constituency is determined in accordance with the “Federal Act on Federal Elections and Votes” of July 19, 1872. It comprised:

A small change came with the “Federal Law on the National Council constituencies” of June 4, 1902, when the communities of Emmen and Rothenburg were added to the constituency of Lucerne-Northeast . Most recently, Lucerne East included the Lucerne 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

  • Liberal Left (FL), Liberal Democratic Party (FDP)
  • Liberal Middle (LM)
    • date choice Elected Political party
    10/27/1872 G   Josef Martin Knüsel (K), Joseph Zingg LM
    01/13/1873 B.   Josef Bühler FL
    05/25/1873 B.   Josef Vonmatt FL
    10/31/1875 G   Josef Vonmatt FL
      Joseph Zingg LM
    10/27/1878 G   Josef Vonmatt FL
      Josef Martin Knüsel LM
    10/30/1881 G   Josef Vonmatt , Friedrich Wüest FL
    10/26/1884 G   Josef Vonmatt , Friedrich Wüest FL
    10/30/1887 G   Josef Vonmatt , Friedrich Wüest FL
    10/26/1890 G   Josef Vonmatt , Friedrich Wüest FL
    06/07/1891 E.   Hermann Heller FL
    October 29, 1893 G   Hermann Heller , Josef Vonmatt FL
    11/11/1894 E.   Josef Leonz Weibel FDP
    25.10.1896
    08.11.1896    		 G   Friedrich Degen , Hermann Heller FDP
    October 29, 1899 G   Friedrich Degen , Hermann Heller FDP
    09/01/1900 E.   Franz Bucher FDP
    26.10.1902
    11.09.1902    		 G   Franz Bucher , Hermann Heller , Peter Knüsel FDP
    October
    29, 1905 November 12, 1905    		 G   Franz Bucher , Hermann Heller , Peter Knüsel FDP
    04/14/1907 E.   Otto Sidler FDP
    10/25/1908 G   Hermann Heller , Peter Knüsel , Otto Sidler FDP
    October 29, 1911 G   Hermann Heller , Peter Knüsel , Otto Sidler FDP
    10/25/1914 G   Hermann Heller , Peter Knüsel , Otto Sidler FDP
    08/19/1917 E.   Gustav Schaller FDP
    28.10.1917
    11.11.1917    		 G   Peter Knüsel , Gustav Schaller , Ferdinand Steiner FDP

    source

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ 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 .
    2. ^ 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 .