National Council constituency of Zurich-North
The National Council constituency of Zurich-North was a constituency in elections to the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1848 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and covered the northern part of the canton of Zurich .
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
Zurich-North 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), Zurich-North was numbered 4, and from 1911 it was numbered 5.
Due to the stagnating population, Zurich-North always had three seats.
expansion
The area of the constituency was made binding for the first time on December 21, 1850 with the “Federal Act on the Election of Members of the National Council”, whereby the constituency created by the Zurich cantonal government in 1848 was taken over unchanged. It comprised:
- the Andelfingen district
- the district of Bülach
- the Regensberg district ( called Dielsdorf district from 1871 )
- the guilds Neftenbach and Wülflingen in the Winterthur district (corresponds to the communities Brütten , Dägerlen , Dättlikon , Hettlingen , Neftenbach , Pfungen , Seuzach and Wülflingen )
With the “Federal Law on Elections to the National Council” of May 3, 1881, a downsizing took place when the eight communities in the Winterthur district were added to the Zurich-East constituency . The constituency now included:
- the Andelfingen district
- the district of Bülach
- the district of Dielsdorf
There was an increase in the "Federal Law on the National Council constituencies" of June 4, 1902, when the municipalities of the cantonal electoral district of Höngg-Weiningen were added. The constituency now included:
- the Andelfingen district
- the district of Bülach
- the district of Dielsdorf
- in the Zurich district the communities Geroldswil , Höngg , Oberengstringen , Oetwil an der Limmat , Unterengstringen and Weiningen
The last change in the area came with the Federal Law on National Council constituencies of June 23, 1911. The six municipalities that had been added in 1902 were returned to the Zurich-Southwest constituency . Zurich-North recently comprised:
- the Andelfingen district
- the district of Bülach
- the district of Dielsdorf
In 1919 the five Zurich constituencies were amalgamated to form the still existing Zurich National Council constituency , in which proportional representation applies.
National Councils
- G = total renewal election
- E = replacement election in the event of vacancies
- K = election of compliments by an incumbent Federal Councilor
- 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
- ^ 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 October 28, 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 October 28, 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 October 28, 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 October 28, 2014 .