National Council constituency of Zurich-East
The National Council constituency of Zurich East 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 eastern part of the canton of Zurich .
From 1869 to 1893, with the exception of a Liberal who had only been in office for two weeks, only members of the Democrats represented the district in Winterthur. Historically, these were very strong in the Winterthur region and, among other things, achieved the total revision of the federal constitution and the introduction of the right of referendum in 1874. The influence of Winterthur on national politics at that time coined the term “ École de Winterthour ”.
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-East is an unofficial geographical name. In official use, consecutive numbering was used throughout Switzerland, arranged according to the order of the cantons in the Swiss Federal Constitution . 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-East was numbered 3, from 1911 numbered 4.
Due to the growing population, Zurich-East was awarded a higher number of seats several times during constituency audits.
- 1848 to 1878: 3 seats
- 1881 to 1899: 4 seats
- from 1902: 5 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 Pfäffikon district
- the district of Uster
- the guilds Elgg, Oberwinterthur, Turbenthal, Wiesendangen and Winterthur in the Winterthur district (entire district area excluding the communities of Brütten , Dägerlen , Dättlikon , Hettlingen , Neftenbach , Pfungen , Seuzach and Wülflingen )
With the “Federal Act on Elections to the National Council” of May 3, 1881, an expansion took place when the other communities in the Winterthur district were separated from the Zurich-North constituency and Zurich-East was added. The Zurich-East constituency now included:
- the Pfäffikon district
- the district of Uster
- the Winterthur district
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
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 .