National Council constituency of Zurich-West

The National Council constituency of Zurich-West was a constituency in elections to the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1911 to 1919 (introduction of today's proportional voting rights ) and covered an area in the west 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-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 . Zurich-West was number 2.

During the constituency revision of 1911, Zurich-West was the only newly created constituency and received five seats.

expansion

Constituencies of the Canton of Zurich 1911–1919

The area of the constituency was determined by the “Federal Law on National Council constituencies” of June 23, 1911, as a result of the separation from the Zurich-Southwest constituency . It comprised:

District III of the City of Zurich ( Aussersihl , Industriequartier and Wiedikon )
in the rest of the Zurich district, the municipalities of Aesch bei Birmensdorf , Albisrieden , Altstetten , Birmensdorf , Dietikon , Niederurdorf , Oberurdorf , Schlieren and Uitikon

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

Social Democratic Party (SP)

date	choice		Political party
October 29, 1911	G	Herman Greulich , Robert Grimm , Paul Pflüger , Robert Seidel , Johannes Sigg	SP

10/25/1914	G	Herman Greulich , Robert Grimm , Paul Pflüger , Robert Seidel , Johannes Sigg	SP

11/19/1916	E.	Anton Rimathé	SP

10/28/1917	G	Herman Greulich , Robert Grimm , August Huggler , Fritz Platten , Anton Rimathé	SP

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 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 .

[1] 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 .