Lucerne-West electoral district
The Lucerne-West National Council electoral district was an electoral district in the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1890 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and covered the western 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-West 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. Lucerne-West was numbered 12 from 1890, number 13 from 1902 and number 14 from 1911.
Lucerne-West initially had 3 seats, from 1902 there were 2 seats.
expansion
The area of the constituency was determined by the "Federal Act on Elections to the National Council" of June 20, 1890. It was created by merging the previous constituencies of Lucerne Northwest and Lucerne Southwest (with a small difference). Lucerne West comprised:
- the Entlebuch office
- In the Sursee district, the Ruswil district court (corresponds to the municipalities of Buttisholz , Grosswangen , Ruswil and Wolhusen )
- the Willisau office
A change came with the “Federal Law on the National Council constituencies” of June 4, 1902, when the area of the judicial district of Ruswil was ceded to the constituency of Lucerne-Northeast . Most recently, Lucerne West comprised:
- the Entlebuch office
- the Willisau 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
| date | choice | Elected | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/26/1890 | G | Josef Erni , Candid Hochstrasser , Josef Zemp | KK | |
| January 17, 1892 | B. | Theodor Schmid | KK | |
| 10/23/1893 | G | Josef Erni , Candid Hochstrasser , Theodor Schmid | KK | |
| 10/25/1896 | G | Josef Erni , Candid Hochstrasser , Theodor Schmid | KK | |
| October 29, 1899 | G | Josef Erni , Candid Hochstrasser , Theodor Schmid | KK | |
| 10/26/1902 | G | Candid Hochstrasser , Theodor Schmid | KK | |
| October 29, 1905 | G | Candid Hochstrasser , Theodor Schmid | KK | |
| 04/14/1907 | E. | Josef Anton Balmer | KK | |
| October 29, 1908 | G | Josef Anton Balmer , Candid Hochstrasser | KK | |
| 02/14/1909 | E. | Anton Erni | KK | |
| October 29, 1911 | G | Josef Anton Balmer , Anton Erni | KK | |
| 10/25/1914 | G | Josef Anton Balmer , Anton Erni | CIP | |
| 08/13/1916 | E. | Eduard Häfliger | CIP | |
| 10/28/1917 | G | Josef Anton Balmer , Eduard Häfliger | CIP | |
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 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 .