Ticino-South National Council constituency
The National Council constituency Ticino-South was an electoral district 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 Ticino .
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
Tessin-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 (first application of a uniform federal law), Ticino-South had the number 41, from 1863 the number 39, from 1872 the number 40, from 1881 the number 41, from 1890 the number 44 and from 1902 the number 42.
Tessin-Süd had a varying number of seats available:
- 1851 to 1878: 3 seats
- 1881 to 1899: 2 seats
- from 1902: 4 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” after the entire canton had formed a single constituency in 1848. It comprised:
According to the “Federal Law on Elections to the National Council” of May 3, 1881, a significant reduction took place when the Giubiasco district and larger areas in the Lugano district were separated and added to the Ticino-North constituency . This cut should guarantee the Ticino Liberals at least two seats. The constituency of Ticino-Süd received the derisive nickname "Circondarietto" (constituency). It now included:
- in the Lugano district the districts Agno , Carona , Ceresio , Lugano and Pregassona
- the Mendrisio district
With the “Federal Law on the National Council constituencies” of June 4, 1902, the Lugano district was reunited in one constituency, and two communities in the Bellinzona district were added on the south side of Monte Ceneri . Now the constituency comprised:
- in the Bellinzona district the municipalities of Isone and Medeglia
- the Lugano district
- the Mendrisio district
The last change in the area came with the “Federal Law on National Council constituencies” of June 23, 1911, when the two municipalities belonging to the Bellinzona district returned to the Ticino-North constituency. Ticino-South recently comprised:
- the Lugano district
- the Mendrisio district
In 1919, the two Ticino constituencies were to still existing National Constituency Ticino merged, where the proportional representation law.
National Councils
- G = total renewal election
- E = replacement election in the event of vacancies
- (A) = result canceled
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 1, 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 November 1, 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 1, 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 November 1, 2014 .