Swiss parliamentary elections 1848 / results of the National Council elections

National Council constituencies 1848

The National Council elections for the first legislative period took place in October 1848. There were 111 seats to be filled in the Swiss National Council . The detailed results in the cantons can be found on this page.

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Explanations

As in all elections before the introduction of proportional representation , which is customary today, in 1919, majority voting was applied. For this purpose the country was divided into 57 national council constituencies of different sizes , in which one to four seats were to be allocated. The so-called Romance majority vote was used , in which a candidate needed an absolute majority of the votes cast in order to be elected. Each voter had as many votes as there were seats to be allocated. Up to six ballots were necessary in individual constituencies.

In the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Appenzell Innerrhoden , Glarus , Obwalden , Nidwalden and Uri , the election was made by the respective regional municipality . For this reason, exact results are not available.

• Constituency: The cantonal governments determined the number and size of the constituencies themselves, as there were no statutory provisions at federal level. The constituencies linked on this page generally correspond to those that were used in 1851 and remained unchanged. The following articles have a lemma with an unofficial geographical name.
• Selected candidates are highlighted in bold , candidates not selected are highlighted in italics

Parties

Allocation of candidates to parties and political groups is only possible to a limited extent, as they did not run on official party lists. According to the political reality of the 19th century, one can speak more of party currents or directions. The party names used are therefore an ideological assessment.

• FL = liberal left ( liberal , radical, radical democrats)
• LM = Liberal Middle (Liberals, Liberal Democrats)
• KK = Catholic Conservative
• ER = Evangelical Rights (Evangelical / Reformed Conservatives)
• DL = Democratic Left (extreme left)

Results of the National Council elections

Canton of Aargau (9 seats)

In 1848 the entire canton of Aargau formed a single constituency for the only time in the Majorz era. In 1851 there was a division into three constituencies.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
whole canton one constituency	9	October 15, 1848	45 064	36 385	80.7%	Friedrich Frey-Herosé Adolf Fischer Johann Peter Bruggisser Karl Rudolf Tanner Gottlieb Jäger Johann Ulrich Hanauer Johann Dolekel Plazid Weissenbach sr. Jakob Isler Karl Ferdinand Schimpf Gregor Lützelschwab Karl Ludwig Baldinger Gottlieb Herzog Guillaume-Henri Dufour Udalrich Schaufelbühl Karl Ludwig Ringier Otto Senn	FL FL FL FL FL FL FL FL LM FL KK KK LM LM KK LM DL	29 860 24 882 24 678 22 535 22 356 20 714 16 564 12 339 11 744 11 442 09 136 09 042 05 877 05 237 04 612 04 562 03 788	82.1% 68.4% 67.8% 61.9% 61.4% 56.9% 45.5% 33.9% 32.3% 31.4% 25.1% 24.9% 16, 2% 14.4% 12.7% 12.5% 10.4%
		October 29, 1848 (2nd ballot)	44 310	35 882	81.0%	Johann Doekel Karl Ferdinand Schimpf Jakob Isler Plazid Weissenbach sr. Gregor Lützelschwab Karl Ludwig Baldinger Udalrich Schaufelbühl	FL FL LM FL KK KK KK	22 544 20 713 16 711 14 765 08 851 08 412 04 656	62.8% 57.7% 46.6% 41.1% 24.7% 23.4% 13.0%
		November 5, 1848 (3rd ballot)	43 625	35 989	80.5%	Jakob Isler Gregor Lützelschwab Plazid Weissenbach sr.	LM KK FL	22 222 06 532 06 383	61.7% 18.1% 17.7%
		February 25, 1849	43 625	34 702	79.6%	Samuel Friedrich Siegfried Franz Waller Johann Hartmann Künzli	FL FL DL	25 095 04 129 03 649	72.3% 11.9% 10.5%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
( No. 26 )	2	October 8, 1848	approx. 10 800	Johann Heinrich Heim Johann Jakob Sutter	FL FL

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
( No. 27 )	1	October 26, 1848	approx. 3 600	Johann Nepomuk Hautle	KK

Canton of Basel-Country (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 24 )	2	October 8, 1848	10 150	3 813	37.6%	Johann Jakob Matt Emil Remigius Frey Johann Jakob Aenishänslin Anton von Blarer Stephan Gutzwiller Johann Jakob Hug Johann Heinrich Plattner	FL DL FL FL FL DL FL	2 324 1 174 0877 0627 0516 0396 0302	60.9% 30.8% 23.0% 16.4% 13.5% 10.4% 07.9%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	10 150	3,589	35.3%	Emil Remigius Frey	DL	1,680	46.8%

Canton of Basel-Stadt (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 23 )	1	October 19, 1848	3 712	2,760	74.4%	Achilles Bishop Karl Johann Brenner Johann Jakob Burckhardt	LM FL ER	1 564 1 111 0039	56.7% 40.3% 01.4%

Canton of Bern (20 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 5 )	4th	October 10, 1848	17 325	3 445	19.8%	Johann Karlen Jakob Imobersteg Albert Lohner Johann Anton von Tillier Ulrich Ochsenbein Johann Ritschard Friedrich Seiler	FL FL FL ER ER ER FL	2 225 1 474 1 363 1 277 1 232 1 039 1 029	64.6% 42.8% 39.6% 37.1% 35.8% 30.2% 29.9%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	17 325	4,890	28.2%	Albert Lohner Jakob Imobersteg Friedrich Seiler Johann Ritschard Johann Anton von Tillier	FL FL FL ER ER	2 663 2 529 2 497 1 275 0776	54.5% 51.7% 51.1% 26.1% 15.9%
( No. 6 )	4th	October 10, 1848	17 919	4 423	24.7%	Ulrich Ochsenbein Alexander Ludwig Funk Johann Anton von Tillier Friedrich Fueter Ludwig von Fischer Eduard Blösch Bendicht Straub Jakob Stämpfli Andreas Mathys Adolf Wyttenbach	FL FL ER ER ER ER ER FL FL ER	2 996 2 560 1 835 1 621 1 472 1 346 1 260 1 103 1 042 0689	67.7% 57.9% 41.5% 36.6% 33.3% 30.4% 28.5% 24.9% 23.6% 15.6%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	17 919	2 250	12.6%	Friedrich Fueter Johann Anton von Tillier Eduard Blösch Ludwig von Fischer	HE HE HE HE	2 224 1 586 0881 0378	98.8% 70.5% 39.2% 16.8%
		November 5, 1848 (3rd ballot)	17 919	approx. 1,700	9.5%	Guillaume-Henri Dufour Ludwig von Fischer Adolf Wyttenbach Andreas Mathys	ER ER ER FL	0663 0643 0244 0150	39.0% 37.8% 14.4% 08.8%
		November 12, 1848 (4th ballot)	17 919	approx. 2,200	12.3%	Guillaume-Henri Dufour Ludwig von Fischer	HE HE	1 142 1 078	51.9% 49.0%
		November 26, 1848 (5th ballot)	17 919	1 261	7.0%	Johann August Weingart	FL	0 775	61.5%
		January 19, 1849	17 462	3,539	19.7%	Ludwig von Fischer Johann August Weingart Andreas Mathys Eduard Blösch	ER FL FL ER	1 877 1 698 1 392 1 280	53.0% 48.0% 39.3% 36.2%
( No. 7 )	3	October 10, 1848	16 434	1 335	8.1%	Ulrich Ochsenbein Karl Neuhaus Alexander Ludwig Funk Eduard Blösch	FL FL FL ER	0978 0838 0487 0424	73.3% 62.8% 36.5% 31.8%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	16 434	1,980	12.0%	Alexander Ludwig Funk Eduard Blösch	FL ER	1 370 0607	69.2% 30.7%
		November 5, 1848 (3rd ballot)	16 434	1 567	9.5%	Johann Schneider Karl Karrer Guillaume-Henri Dufour	LM FL ER	1 180 0597 0390	75.3% 38.1% 24.9%
		November 5, 1848 (4th ballot)	16 434	1 446	8.8%	Guillaume-Henri Dufour Karl Karrer	ER FL	0952 0494	65.8% 34.2%
		November 19, 1848 (5th ballot)	16 434	approx. 1 050	6.4%	Karl Karrer David Moser	FL ER	0512 0254	48.8% 24.2%
		November 26, 1848 (6th ballot)	16 434	0 488	3.0%	Karl Karrer	FL	0 488	100.0%
( No. 8 )	3	October 8, 1848	17 028	1 445	8.5%	Johann Rudolf Schneider Johann Rudolf Vogel Friedrich Sigmund Kohler	FL FL FL	0959 0865 0763	66.4% 59.9% 52.8%
( No. 9 )	3	October 8, 1848	13 365	1,887	14.1%	Ulrich Ochsenbein Karl Neuhaus Jakob Stämpfli Johann Rudolf Schneider	FL LM FL FL	1 449 1 343 0842 0812	76.8% 71.2% 44.6% 43.0%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	13 365	1 763	13.2%	Jakob Stämpfli Johann Rudolf Schneider	FL FL	0961 0802	54.5% 45.5%
		November 5, 1848 (3rd ballot)	13 365	approx. 1 350	10.1%	Guillaume-Henri Dufour Jakob Steiner	ER FL	0673 0378	49.9% 28.0%
		November 12, 1848 (4th ballot)	13 365	2,220	16.6%	Guillaume-Henri Dufour Jakob Steiner	ER FL	467 1 0753	66.1% 33.9%
( No. 10 )	3	October 8, 1848	16 929	7 465	44.1%	Xavier Péquignot Xavier Stockmar Cyprien Revel Auguste Moschard	LM FL FL ER	6 179 4 242 2 846 1 964	82.8% 56.8% 38.1% 26.3%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	16 929	4 332	25.6%	Cyprien Revel Auguste Moschard	FL ER	234 3 0986	74.7% 22.8%

Canton of Friborg (5 seats)

See also : National Council constituencies in the canton of Friborg (1848)

The government of the canton of Friborg, which was still militarily occupied after the Sonderbund War , established five constituencies. In each of these constituencies it was only possible to vote in one place. In this way, the influence of the former conservative rulers and the Catholic clergy should be reduced as much as possible. In addition, voters were required to take an oath on the new liberal cantonal constitution before voting.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
1	1	October 20, 1848	3 251	about 100	3.2%	Jacques-Joseph Remy	FL	about 100	100.0%
2	1	October 20, 1848	4,531	approx. 1,500	33.1%	Nicolas Glasson	FL	approx. 1,500	100.0%
3	1	October 20, 1848	2,758	about 160	5.8%	Christophe Joachim Marro Adrien Monnerat	FL KK	approx. 88 approx. 82	55.0% 51.3%
4th	1	October 27, 1848	5 220	approx. 1,700	32.6%	Jean Folly	FL	approx. 1,650	97.1%
5	1	October 20, 1848	3,940	approx. 680	17.3%	Hubert Charles François-Xavier Badoud	KK LM	approx. 380 approx. 300	55.9% 44.1%
		October 31, 1848 (2nd ballot)	about 4,000	approx. 680	17.0%	François-Xavier Badoud	LM	approx. 680	100.0%

Canton of Geneva (3 seats)

The Geneva cantonal government canceled the first ballot because the number of ballot papers received was said to have been higher than the number of ballot papers distributed. In reality, the radicals did not accept the moderate liberals' election victory and urged the government not to accept the results. The moderate liberals refused to take part in the second ballot, but still received a number of votes in favor. Meanwhile, Guillaume-Henri Dufour was a successful candidate in the Canton of Bern.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 49 )	3	October 22, 1848	approx. 12,000	approx. 7 760	64.7%	Guillaume-Henri Dufour Henri Cramer Louis-Apollonie de Montfalcon Alexandre-Félix Alméras Joseph Girard Albert Galeer	LM LM LM FL FL FL	4 145 3 675 3 517 3 513 3 483 2 845	53.4% 47.4% 45.3% 45.3% 44.9% 36.7%
		October 28, 1848 (2nd ballot)	approx. 12,000	5,792	48.3%	Jean-Jacques Castoldi Joseph Girard Alexandre-Félix Alméras Guillaume-Henri Dufour Henri Cramer	FL FL FL LM LM	5 007 4 697 4 552 1 260 0576	86.4% 81.1% 78.6% 21.8% 09.9%

Canton of Glarus (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
( No. 18 )	1	October 22, 1848	Caspar Jenny	FL

Canton of Graubünden (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
1 ( No. 32 )	1	October 1, 1848	5 917	3 130	52.9%	Johann Baptista Bavier Philipp Hössli Giuseppe a Marca	ER FL LM	1 379 0529 0353	44.1% 16.9% 11.2%
		October 1848 (2nd ballot)	5 917	2 902	49.0%	Johann Baptista Bavier Raget Abys Johann Anton Casparis sr.	ER FL LM	2 009 0426 0256	69.2% 14.7% 08.8%
2 ( No. 35 )	1	October 1, 1848	5 278	3 244	61.5%	Alois de Latour Remigius Peterelli	FL KK	1 909 0232	59.2% 07.2%
3 ( No. 34 )	1	October 1, 1848	5,475	3 033	55.4%	Georg Michel Johann Rudolf Brosi	FL FL	375 1 0732	45.3% 24.1%
		October 1848 (2nd ballot)	5,475	3 815	69.7%	Georg Michel Johann Rudolf Brosi	FL FL	616 2 0798	68.6% 20.9%
4 ( No. 33 )	1	October 1, 1848	5 330	approx. 2,500	46.9%	Andreas Rudolf von Planta Anton Philipp Ganzoni Peter Lorenz Steiner	LM FL FL	1 250 0600 0300	50.0% 24.0% 12.0%

Canton of Lucerne (6 seats)

See also : National Council constituencies in the canton of Lucerne (1848)

In order to keep the influence of the Catholic Conservatives as low as possible, it was only possible to vote at six election meetings with open voting, led by government representatives. The results were then added up, but these are only rough estimates.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
whole canton	6th	October 18, 1848	approx. 26 500	approx. 14 500	54.7%	Jakob Robert Steiger Johann Jakob Heller Philipp Anton von Segesser Casimir Pfyffer Anton Schnyder Jakob Kopp Jost Weber Jost Peyer Josef Georg Bossard Karl Anton Fischer Josef Banz	FL FL KK FL FL LM KK KK KK KK KK	2 500 2 500 2 500 2 500 2 500 1 500 0500  ?  ?  ?  ?	17.2% 17.2% 17.2% 17.2% 17.2% 10.3% 03.4%  ?  ?  ?  ?

Canton of Neuchâtel (3 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 48 )	3	October 15, 1848	approx. 16,000	7 120	44.5%	Frédéric Lambelet Louis-Eugène Favre Jules Matthey Frédéric de Perrot Charles Lardy Jules Cuche	FL FL FL ER ER ER	6 091 6 088 6 043 1 003 0996 0950	85.5% 85.5% 84.9% 14.1% 14.0% 13.3%

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected and unelected	Political party
( No. 17 )	1	October 22, 1848	Melchior Wyrsch Ludwig Businger	KK FL

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected and unelected	Political party
( No. 16 )	1	October 22, 1848	Franz Wirz Alois Michel Nikolaus Durrer	KK FL FL

Canton of Schaffhausen (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 25 )	3	October 8, 1848	6 111	2 913	47.7%	Johann Georg Böschenstein Friedrich Peyer in the Hof Ferdinand von Waldkirch Karl Hektor Ehrmann Zacharias Gysel Johann Georg Fuog	FL FL ER FL LM FL	1 352 0990 0727 0458 0292 0268	46.4% 34.0% 25.0% 15.7% 10.0% 09.2%
		October 15, 1848 (2nd ballot)	6 111	1 842	30.1%	Johann Georg Böschenstein Friedrich Peyer in the court of Johann Georg Fuog Zacharias Gysel	FL FL FL LM	1 648 0281 0221 0199	85.5% 15.3% 12.0% 10.8%
		October 19, 1848 (3rd ballot)	6 111	1 753	28.7%	Friedrich Peyer in the courtyard	FL	1 053	60.1%

Canton Schwyz (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
North / south	2	October 22, 1848	approx. 12 100	?	?	Dominik Kündig (South) Franz Anton Oetiker (North)	?  ?	?  ?	?  ?
		November 11, 1848 (2nd ballot)	approx. 12 100	1 375	11.4%	Franz Karl Schuler (South) Karl Styger (South) Johann A. Steinegger (North)	LM LM KK	446 331 330	32.4% 24.1% 24.0%

Canton of Solothurn (3 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 22 )	3	October 8, 1848	15 374	7 055	45.9%	Johann Jakob Trog Niklaus Pfluger Benjamin Brunner Simon Lack Franz Brunner Urs Josef Dietler Johann Mollet	FL FL FL LM FL FL LM	4 890 4 451 4 202 1 984 1 715 0844 0783	69.3% 63.1% 59.6% 28.1% 24.3% 12.0% 11.1%

Canton of St. Gallen (8 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
I ( No. 28 )	2	October 15, 1848	11 800	7 163	60.7%	Joseph Marzell Hoffmann Franz Eduard Erpf Johann Philipp Weidmann Benedikt Höfliger	FL FL KK KK	4 045 3 856 2 934 2 821	57.4% 54.7% 41.6% 40.0%
II ( No. 29 )	2	October 15, 1848	11 516	8 065	69.5%	Josef Leonhard Bernold Johann Baptist Weder Josef Guldin Michael August Wegelin	FL FL KK ER	5 166 4 897 2 967 2 539	64.6% 61.2% 37.1% 31.7%
III ( No. 30 )	2	October 15, 1848	12 036	8 173	67.4%	Dominik Gmür Johann Jakob Steger Xaver Rickenmann Johann Georg Anderegg	FL LM KK ER	4 606 4 451 3 448 3 409	56.9% 55.0% 42.6% 42.1%
IV ( No. 31 )	2	October 15, 1848	11 848	8 202	68.5%	Johann M. Hungerbühler Johann Georg Anderegg Gallus Jakob Baumgartner August von Gonzenbach	FL LM KK ER	4215 4138 3795 3739	52.0% 51.0% 46.8% 46.1%

Canton Ticino (6 seats)

In 1848, the entire canton of Ticino formed a single constituency for the only time in the Majorz era. In 1851 there was a division into two constituencies.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
whole canton one constituency	6th	October 22, 1848	approx. 22,000	approx. 12 500	56.8%	Stefano Franscini Giacomo Luvini Giovanni Battista Pioda Benigno Soldini Giovanni Jauch Carlo Battaglini Michele Pedrazzini Cristofero Cattaneo Rocco Bonzanigo Pietro Matti Giovanni Polar Giorgio Riva	FL FL FL FL FL FL KK KK KK KK KK KK	7 811 7 472 7 414 7 375 7 113 6 887 4 813 4 528 4 343 4 207 3 447 2 635	62.5% 59.8% 59.3% 59.0% 56.9% 55.1% 38.5% 36.2% 34.7% 33.7% 27.6% 21.1%
		February 22, 1849	approx. 22,000	5 041	22.9%	Severino Guscetti Cristofero Cattaneo Michele Pedrazzini	FL KK KK	4 726 0181 0053	93.8% 03.6% 01.1%

Canton of Thurgau (4 seats)

See also : National Council constituencies in the canton of Thurgau (1848)

In 1848, the canton of Thurgau was divided into four constituencies, each with one seat, for the only time in the Majorz era.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
I.	1	October 5, 1848	5 126	3 749	73.1%	Johann Georg Jakob Keller district Johann Konrad Kern	FL DL FL	227 2 0629 0347	59.4% 16.8% 09.3%
II	1	October 5, 1848	5 224	4 837	92.6%	Johann Konrad Kern	FL	4 424	91.5%
III	1	October 5, 1848	5 224	4 149	79.4%	Johann Konrad Kern Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt Augustin Ramsperger	FL DL KK	0954 0904 0530	23.0% 21.8% 12.8%
		October 15, 1848 (2nd ballot)	5 224	4 358	82.2%	Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt Johann Baptist von Streng	DL LM	624 2 0967	60.2% 22.2%
IV	1	October 9, 1848	5 126	4 126	80.5%	Johann Konrad Kern Johann Georg Rauch	FL DL	1 972 0430	47.8% 10.4%
		October 12, 1848 (2nd ballot)	5 126	approx. 3,000	57.7%	Johann Georg Rauch Augustin Ramsperger Johann Ludwig Sulzberger	DL KK LM	1 429 0605 0510	47.6% 20.2% 17.0%
		October 22, 1848 (3rd ballot)	5 126	about 4,000	76.9%	Johann Georg Rauch Johann Ludwig Sulzberger Augustin Ramsperger Joachim Bachmann	DL LM KK FL	1 609 1 152 0680 0259	40.2% 28.8% 17.0% 06.5%
		October 26, 1848 (4th ballot)	5 126	4,059	78.1%	Johann Georg Rauch Johann Ludwig Sulzberger Augustin Ramsperger	DL LM KK	2 264 1 368 0391	55.8% 33.7% 09.6%

Canton Uri (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected and unelected	Political party
( No. 14 )	1	October 22, 1848	Florian Lusser Jakob Gallus Baumgartner Alexander Muheim	KK KK FL

Canton of Vaud (9 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
I ( No. 42 )	3	October 8, 1848	15 500	7 382	47.6%	Louis Blanchenay Jules Eytel François Veillon Auguste de Loës Jean Muret Louis Pellis	FL DL FL LM LM LM	4,992 4,942 4 534 2 280 2 177 1 750	67.6% 66.9% 61.4% 30.9% 29.5% 23.7%
II ( No. 44 )	3	October 8, 1848	17 444	9 058	51.9%	Benjamin Pittet Charles Vittel Rodolphe Soutter Louis Frossard Charles Bontem's Jean Schopfer	FL FL FL LM LM LM	6 830 6 132 6 114 2 501 2 146 2 066	74.5% 67.7% 67.5% 27.6% 23.7% 22.8%
III ( No. 43 )	3	October 8, 1848	16 632	9 641	58.0%	Daniel Grivaz Abram-Daniel Meystre Jean-François Bettex Henri-Louis Tavel Henri Jan Gustave Jaccard Emmanuel Bourgeois	FL DL FL LM LM LM LM	5 932 5 778 4 099 2 792 2 763 2 412 2 322	61.5% 59.9% 42.5% 29.0% 28.7% 25.0% 24.1%
		October 15, 1848 (2nd ballot)	approx. 16 600	7 286	43.9%	Jean-François Bettex Emmanuel Bourgeois	FL LM	4 563 2 029	62.6% 27.8%

Canton of Valais (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
I ( No. 45 )	1	October 15, 1848	5,463	2,742	50.2%	Joseph Anton Clemenz Franz Taffiner	KK KK	1 453 0331	53.0% 12.1%
II ( No. 46 )	1	October 15, 1848	5 185	2 237	43.1%	Antoine de Riedmatten Joseph Rion	KK LM	452 1 0279	64.9% 12.5%
III ( No. 47 )	1	October 15, 1848	4 776	1,260	26.4%	Maurice Barman Maurice-Eugène Filliez	FL FL	0928 0148	73.7% 11.7%
IV ( No. 47 )	1	October 15, 1848	4 776	1 315	27.5%	Adrien-Félix Pottier Maurice Barman Antoine Luder	FL FL KK	0810 0243 0207	61.6% 18.5% 15.7%

Canton of Zug (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 19 )	1	October 22, 1848	3 740	2,668	71.3%	Silvan Schwerzmann Josef Anton Schön	KK FL	1 968 0700	73.8% 26.2%

Canton of Zurich (12 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
( No. 1 )	3	October 15, 1848	15 652	4049	25.9%	Georg Joseph Sidler Alfred Escher Johann Jakob Wieland Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler Hans Konrad von Muralt	FL FL FL ER ER	2881 2764 2722 1 240 0988	71.2% 68.3% 67.2% 30.6% 24.4%
( No. 2 )	3	October 15, 1848	15 361	2,995	19.5%	Johann Heinrich Fierz Hans Konrad by Muralt Johannes Wild	FL ER FL	2 193 2 015 1 845	73.2% 67.3% 61.6%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	15 361	2 700	17.6%	Hans Heinrich Hürlimann Rudolf Bollier Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler	FL FL ER	2 195 1 513 0884	81.3% 56.0% 32.7%
( No. 3 )	3	October 15, 1848	15 072	3 429	22.8%	Johann Jakob Müller Heinrich Rüegg Heinrich Homberger Heinrich Guyer Hans Heinrich Zangger Johann Jakob Scheuchzer	FL FL DL ER FL ER	2 618 1 782 1 064 0752 0361 0344	82.2% 52.0% 31.0% 21.9% 10.5% 10.0%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	15 072	3 395	22.5%	Heinrich Homberger Heinrich Guyer Johann Jakob Scheuchzer	DL ER ER	1 486 1 255 0524	43.8% 37.0% 15.4%
		October 29, 1848 (3rd ballot)	15 072	6 195	41.1%	Heinrich Homberger Heinrich Guyer	DL ER	3302 2854	53.3% 46.1%
( No. 4 )	3	October 15, 1848	15 480	3,377	21.7%	Georg Joseph Sidler Felix Weidmann Rudolf Benz Jakob Meyer David Unholz Ulrich Meister sr.	FL FL FL FL ER FL	1 691 1 521 1 378 1 077 0704 0324	50.1% 45.0% 40.8% 31.9% 20.8% 09.6%
		October 22, 1848 (2nd ballot)	15 480	2 552	16.5%	Rudolf Benz David Unholz Jakob Meyer	FL FL ER	1 002 0527 0508	39.3% 20.7% 19.9%
		October 22, 1848 (3rd ballot)	15 480	2 564	16.6%	Rudolf Benz David Unholz Jakob Meyer	FL FL ER	231 1 0932 0284	48.0% 36.3% 11.1%
		October 29, 1848 (4th ballot)	15 480	2,650	17.1%	Rudolf Benz Jakob Meyer Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler David Unholz	FL FL ER ER	2,316 1,287 0806 0451	87.4% 48.6% 30.4% 17.0%
		November 11, 1848 (5th ballot)	15 480	2,331	15.1%	Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler Jakob Meyer	ER FL	499 1 0818	64.3% 35.1%

Replacement elections until 1851

Due to vacancies during the following first legislative period , 19 replacement elections were held in 17 constituencies.

Constituency / canton	Replacement for	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 1 (ZH)	Johann Jakob Wieland	February 11, 1849	15 888	1 304	8.2%	Jakob Dubs Christian Beyel	FL ER	00939 00109	72.0% 08.4%
No. 2 (ZH)	Rudolf Bollier	April 9, 1849	15 327	1 048	6.8%	Karl Adolf Huber Ludwig Snell	FL DL	00617 00223	58.9% 21.3%
	Johannes Wild	September 23, 1849	13 436	889	6.6%	Hermann Stadtmann Ludwig Snell	FL DL	00639 00053	71.9% 06.0%
No. 3 (ZH)	Johann Jakob Müller	March 16, 1851	14 972	2 045	13.7%	Rudolf Wäffler Heinrich Gujer	FL ER	0415 1 00563	69.2% 27.5%
No. 4 (ZH)	Felix Weidmann	September 30, 1849	15 450	1 203	7.8%	Johann Jakob Ryffel Hans Konrad Pestalozzi	FL ER	00906 00149	75.3% 12.4%
No. 5 (BE)	Johann Karlen	October 7, 1850	approx. 17,000	9 922	58.4%	Johannes Knechtenhofer Jakob Karlen	ER FL	05622 04300	56.7% 43.3%
No. 7 (BE)	Johann Schneider	April 21, 1850	approx. 16 500	4 197	25.7%	Johann U. Lehmann Christian Mauerhofer	FL ER	02 292 01 905	54.6% 45.4%
No. 9 (BE)	Karl Neuhaus	July 8, 1849	approx. 13 200	1 484	11.2%	Johann Bützberger Eduard Blösch	FL ER	00834 00239	56.2% 16.1%
Lucerne	Johann Jakob Heller	October 20, 1850	4 352	800-1000	?	Vinzenz Huber Josef Sigmund Bühler	FL FL	approx. 600-800 approx. 200	?  ?
No. 24 (BL)	Johann Jakob Matt	April 15, 1849	approx. 10 250	3,283	32.0%	Johann H. Plattner Anton von Blarer	FL FL	01 828 01 091	55.7% 33.2%
No. 25 (SH)	Johann Georg Böschenstein	March 10, 1850	about 6,000	2,055	34.3%	Johann Georg Fuog Julius Ziegler Karl Hektor Ehrmann	FL ER FL	00652 00301 00262	31.7% 14.6% 12.7%
		March 17, 1850 (2nd ballot)	about 6,000	2 060	34.3%	Johann Georg Fuog Johann Surbeck	FL ER	00979 00859	47.5% 41.7%
		March 27, 1850 (3rd ballot)	about 6,000	2 163	36.1%	Johann Georg Fuog Johann Surbeck	FL ER	01,500 00236	69.3% 10.9%
No. 28 (SG)	Franz Eduard Erpf	March 23, 1851	approx. 11 800	6 681	56.6%	Jakob Ulrich Ritter Johann Joseph Müller	FL KK	03,466 02,771	51.9% 41.5%
3 (GR)	Georg Michel	November 18, 1849	?	?	?	Johann Rudolf Brosi	FL	?	?
Aargau	Johann Doekel	March 11, 1849	43 625	32 019	73.4%	Friedrich Schmid Gregor Lützelschwab Franz Waller	LM KK FL	19 069 06 475 06 475	59.6% 20.2% 20.2%
	Karl Rudolf Tanner	September 9, 1849	42 652	32 528	76.2%	Franz Waller Samuel Frey	FL LM	19 036 07 732	58.5% 23.8%
IV (TG)	Johann Georg Rauch	April 27, 1851	approx. 20,000	4 021	20.1%	Johann L. Sulzberger Augustin Ramsperger	FL KK	0035 2 00570	50.6% 14.2%
Ticino	Carlo Battaglini	October 27, 1850	approx. 11 600	3 903	33.6%	Agostino Demarchi	FL	03 819	97.8%
II (VD)	Rodolphe Soutter	March 10, 1850	approx. 15 600	7 700	49.4%	Constant Bourgeaud Charles Bontems Vincent Kehrwand	FL LM FL	02,659 02,498 01,390	34.5% 32.4% 18.1%
		March 17, 1850 (2nd ballot)	approx. 15 600	10 283	65.9%	Vincent Kehrwand Charles Bontem's Constant Bourgeaud	FL LM FL	04,433 03,259 02,376	43.1% 31.7% 23.1%
No. 48 (NE)	Jules Matthey	November 4, 1849	approx. 16 800	3880	23.1%	Amédor Humbert-Droz	FL	03 778	97.4%

Remarks

1. ↑ Supplementary election for Friedrich Frey-Herosé, who was elected to the Federal Council
2. ↑ Elected with a relative majority
3. ↑ Alexander Ludwig Funk accepted the election in constituency no. 7 (Emmental).
4. ↑ ^{a b} Guillaume-Henri Dufour accepted the election in constituency no. 9 (Zealand).
5. ↑ Supplementary election for Ulrich Ochsenbein, who was elected to the Federal Council
6. ↑ ^{a b} Ulrich Ochsenbein accepted the election in constituency no. 6 (Mittelland).
7. ↑ Karl Neuhaus accepted the election in constituency no. 9 (Zealand).
8. ↑ Because of the grape harvest, the election was postponed for a week.
9. ↑ The election of the liberal-conservative Hubert Charles was canceled on the pretext of alleged irregularities.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Estimated from the 1851 distribution
11. ↑ The results of the parishes Versam and Safien are missing .
12. ↑ The results of the municipalities Bergün and Zernez are missing .
13. ↑ Both Dominik Kündig and Franz Anton Oetiker decided not to accept the election.
14. ↑ Supplementary election for Stefano Franscini, who was elected to the Federal Council
15. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Konrad Kern accepted the election in constituency II.
16. ↑ Johann Heinrich Fierz and Hans Konrad von Muralt rejected the choice.
17. ↑ Georg Joseph Sidler accepted the election in constituency no. 1.
18. ↑ A Zurich regiment that served in the canton of Ticino was not included. For this reason, Weidmann also managed just about the absolute majority.
19. ↑ additional choice for the renouncing Georg Joseph Sidler

source

• Erich Gruner : The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 3 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1445-3 , p. 9-25 .