Swiss parliamentary elections 1854 / results of the National Council elections

National Council constituencies from 1851 to 1863

The National Council elections for the 3rd legislative period took place on October 29, 1854. 120 seats in the Swiss National Council had to be filled . This page provides an overview of the detailed results in the cantons.

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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. The country was for this purpose in 49 different sizes of Representatives constituencies divided in which a were awarded to four seats to. 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 four 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 constituencies were numbered consecutively, in the order of the cantons in the Swiss Federal Constitution . Due to the changing number of constituencies over the years, some received a new number several times. Therefore 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 (10 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 36	3	October 29, 1854	10 073	8 538	84.8%	Friedrich Frey-Herosé Samuel Frey Samuel Friedrich Siegfried Johann Hartmann Künzli Adolf Fischer	FL LM FL DL LM	07 843 06 916 04 419 02 624 00873	91.9% 81.0% 51.8% 30.7% 10.2%
		December 31, 1854	9 879	8 120	82.9%	Adolf Fischer Johann Hartmann Künzli	LM DL	04,997 01,984	61.5% 24.4%
No. 37	4th	October 29, 1854	17 179	14 156	82.4%	Johann Peter Bruggisser Franz Waller Friedrich Schmid Gottlieb Jäger Johann Rudolf Ringier Plazid Weissenbach sr. Peter Suter	FL FL LM FL LM FL FL	11 842 10 205 08 733 07 381 05 064 02 285 01 002	83.7% 72.1% 61.7% 52.1% 35.8% 16.1% 07.1%
No. 38	3	October 29, 1854	12 591	9,983	79.3%	Karl Ferdinand Schimpf Udalrich Schaufelbühl Wilhelm Karl Baldinger Karl Emanuel Fahrländer Augustin Keller	FL KK KK KK FL	07 129 06 997 06 655 02 001 01 814	71.4% 70.1% 66.7% 20.0% 18.2%
		November 19, 1854 (2nd ballot)	12 531	9 908	79.1%	Augustin Keller Karl Emanuel Fahrländer	FL KK	04 703 04 158	47.5% 42.0%
		November 26, 1854 (3rd ballot)	approx. 12 500	10 182	81.5%	Augustin Keller Karl Emanuel Fahrländer	FL KK	05 952 03,665	58.5% 36.0%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 26	2	October 29, 1854	Jakob Kellenberger Titus Tobler	? FL

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 27	1	October 29, 1854	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 29, 1854	10 450	2 502	23.9%	August Gysin Johann Bussinger Stephan Gutzwiller Anton von Blarer	DL FL FL DL	0984 0947 0812 0693	39.3% 37.8% 32.5% 27.7%
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	10 450	2,358	22.6%	Johann Bussinger Stephan Gutzwiller August Gysin Anton von Blarer	FL FL DL DL	1 493 1 130 1 084 0670	63.3% 47.9% 46.0% 28.4%
		November 26, 1854 (3rd ballot)	10 450	2 709	25.9%	Stephan Gutzwiller August Gysin	FL DL	696 1 0834	62.6% 30.8%

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 29, 1854	3 408	780	22.9%	Johann Jakob Stehlin	LM	701	89.9%

Canton of Bern (23 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 5	4th	October 29, 1854	17 237	9 493	55.1%	Jakob Karlen Albrecht Weyermann Samuel Friedrich Moser Jakob Imobersteg Johannes Knechtenhofer Jakob Weissmüller Eduard von Müller Samuel Hutzli Abraham Mützenberg Samuel Teuscher	FL FL FL FL ER ER ER ER ER ER	5 797 5 278 4 221 4 136 3 671 3 192 3 098 3 073 1 356 1 233	61.1% 55.6% 44.5% 43.6% 38.7% 33.6% 32.6% 32.4% 14.3% 13.0%
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	17 237	7 560	43.9%	Samuel Friedrich Moser Jakob Imobersteg	FL FL	4479 4 387	59.2% 58.0%
No. 6	4th	October 29, 1854	17 828	8 191	45.9%	Friedrich Fueter Eduard Blösch August von Gonzenbach Bendicht Straub Christoph Albert Kurz Jakob Steiner	ER ER ER ER LM FL	6 419 6 356 4 103 3 880 3 110 3 029	78.4% 77.6% 50.1% 47.4% 38.0% 37.0%
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	17 438	7 118	40.8%	Bendicht Straub Christoph Albert Kurz Jakob Steiner	ER LM FL	3 426 2 004 0764	48.1% 28.2% 10.7%
		November 19, 1854 (3rd ballot)	17 438	7 548	43.3%	Christoph Albert Kurz Bendicht Straub	LM ER	4377 2699	58.0% 35.8%
No. 7	4th	October 29, 1854	16 351	5 720	35.0%	Johann Ulrich Gfeller Karl Karrer Gottlieb Rudolf Bühlmann Johannes Bach	FL FL ER FL	5 105 4 781 4 780 4 179	89.2% 83.6% 83.6% 73.1%
No. 8	4th	October 29, 1854	16 942	8 600	50.7%	Johann Bützberger Johann Rudolf Vogel Johannes Hubler Jakob Steiner Jakob Leuenberger	FL FL FL FL FL	7 092 6 738 4 472 0<50 0<50	82.5% 78.3% 52.0%  ?  ?
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	16 616	7 463	44.9%	Jakob Steiner	FL	6 121	82.0%
No. 9	3	October 29, 1854	12 889	approx. 5,900	45.7%	Jakob Stämpfli Johann Rudolf Schneider Johann August Weingart Guillaume-Henri Dufour Ulrich Ochsenbein	FL FL FL ER ER	6 038 5 180 4 988 1 330 1 087	79.8% 68.5% 65.9% 17.6% 14.4%
		June 10, 1855	12 889	approx. 5,900	45.7%	Jakob Leuenberger Jean Sessler Emil Vogt	FL FL FL	2 921 1 920 0382	49.5% 32.5% 06.4%
		June 24, 1855	12 889	7 840	60.8%	Jakob Leuenberger Jean Sessler	FL FL	4,867 3,000	62.1% 38.3%
No. 10	4th	October 29, 1854	16 843	9 577	56.8%	Paul Migy Édouard Carlin Cyprien Revel Xavier Stockmar Auguste Moschard Pierre-Ignace Aubry Simon Bandelier	FL FL FL FL ER KK ER	8 743 5 368 5 159 4 679 3 995 3 656 3 520	91.3% 56.1% 53.9% 48.9% 41.7% 38.2% 36.8%
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	16 469	about 5,000	30.4%	Xavier Stockmar	FL	4,679	93.6%

Canton of Friborg (5 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 20	3	October 29, 1854	approx. 14,000	10 848	77.5%	JFL Engelhard François-Xavier Bondallaz Alfred Vonderweid Félicien Rouiller Henri-Benjamin Presset Nicolas Glasson	LM LM KK FL FL FL	6 496 6 445 6 287 3 805 3 328 3 231	59.9% 59.4% 58.0% 35.1% 30.7% 29.8%
No. 21	2	October 29, 1854	approx. 9,000	6 193	68.8%	Louis de Wuilleret Hubert Charles Jacques Remy Louis Perrier	KK KK FL FL	4 341 4330 1821 1804	70.1% 69.9% 29.4% 29.1%

Canton of Geneva (3 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 49	3	October 29, 1854	approx. 13 500	9 909	73.4%	Guillaume-Henri Dufour Philippe Camperio Jean-Jacques Darier James Fazy Abraham Louis Tourte Jean-Adolphe Fontanel	LM LM LM FL FL FL	5 196 5 024 4 992 4 909 4 806 4 777	52.4% 50.7% 50.4% 49.5% 48.5% 48.2%

Canton of Glarus (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 18	2	October 22, 1854	approx. 6,900	Caspar Jenny Johannes Trümpy	FL 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
No. 32	1	October 29, 1854	5 890	2 009	34.1%	Johann Baptista Bavier	HE	1 684	83.8%
No. 33	1	October 29, 1854	5 304	1 900	35.8%	Andreas Rudolf from Planta Peter Lorenz Steiner	LM FL	224 1 0266	64.4% 14.0%
No. 34	1	October 29, 1854	5 450	2,761	50.7%	Georg Michel	FL	2 124	76.9%
No. 35	1	October 29, 1854	5 255	3 346	63.7%	Alois de Latour Ludwig Vieli Johann R. of Toggenburg	FL KK KK	2 208 0474 0394	66.0% 14.2% 11.8%

Canton of Lucerne (7 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 11	2	October 29, 1854	8 033	1 470	18.3%	Josef Bucher Josef Martin Knüsel	FL LM	1,455 1,352	99.0% 92.0%
No. 12	2	October 29, 1854	7 888	2 404	30.5%	Philipp Anton von Segesser Alois Kopp	KK KK	2,089 2,089	86.9% 86.9%
No. 13	3	October 29, 1854	11 481	2,612	22.8%	Casimir Pfyffer Josef Sigmund Bühler Anton Schnyder	FL FL FL	2,638 2,544 2,338	101.0% 97.4% 89.5%

Canton of Neuchâtel (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
# 48	4th	October 29, 1854	17 400	3 006	17.3%	Fritz Courvoisier Alexis-Marie Piaget Charles-Jules Matthey Frédéric Auguste Zuberbühler Jules Philippin Eugène Huguenin Louis Denzler Henri Grandjean Hugues Thomas	FL FL FL FL LM LM LM FL LM	2 749 2 152 1 679 1 531 1 196 0985 0840 0401 0315	91.5% 71.6% 55.9% 50.8% 39.8% 32.8% 27.9% 13.3% 10.5%

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected and unelected	Political party
No. 17	1	October 22, 1854	approx. 2,600	Melchior Wyrsch Franz Odermatt	KK FL

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 16	1	October 22, 1854	approx. 3,000	Franz Wirz	KK

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	2	October 29, 1854	6 474	1 827	28.2%	Johann Georg Fuog Johann Heinrich Ammann Friedrich Peyer in the Johann Georg Oschwald yard Johann Georg Böschenstein	FL FL FL LM LM	0667 0640 0467 0298 0236	36.5% 35.0% 25.6% 16.3% 12.9%
		November 5, 1854 (2nd ballot)	6 474	5 516	85.2%	Johann Georg Fuog Johann Georg Oschwald Johann Heinrich Ammann Friedrich Peyer in the Franz Adolf Schalch courtyard	FL LM FL FL LM	3,494 2,469 0811 0621 0564	63.3% 44.8% 14.7% 11.3% 10.2%
		November 12, 1854 (3rd ballot)	6 474	5 403	85.4%	Jakob Christian Schenkel Johann Georg Oschwald Franz Adolf Schalch Stefano Franscini	FL LM LM FL	1 370 0961 0642 0569	25.4% 17.8% 11.9% 10.5%
		November 19, 1854 (4th ballot)	6 474	5 420	83.8%	Stefano Franscini Jakob Christian Schenkel Franz Adolf Schalch	FL FL LM	3 108 1 601 0607	57.3% 29.5% 11.2%
		March 11, 1855	6 474	approx. 4,300	67.2%	Franz Adolf Schalch Johann Heinrich Ammann Jakob Christian Schenkel	LM FL FL	1 676 1 485 0744	39.0% 34.5% 17.3%
		March 27, 1855	6 474	5 364	83.8%	Franz Adolf Schalch Johann Heinrich Ammann	LM FL	3,158 1,754	58.9% 32.7%

Canton Schwyz (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 15	2	October 22, 1854	11 950	1 302	10.9%	Karl Styger Jakob Meinrad Hegner Johann Anton Steinegger Xaver Aufdermaur	KK FL KK KK	980 660 655 302	75.3% 50.7% 50.3% 23.2%

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 29, 1854	14 345	4,632	32.3%	Simon Lack Josef Munzinger Johann Jakob Trog Kaspar Affolter Joseph Wilhelm Viktor Vigier	LM FL LM DL DL	4,415 4 335 3 444 0543 0338	95.3% 93.6% 74.4% 11.7% 07.3%
		January 7, 1855	14 345	6 668	46.9%	Benjamin Brunner Kaspar Affolter	FL DL	4,039 2,445	60.6% 36.7%

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
No. 28	2	October 29, 1854	11 895	7 145	60.1%	Joseph Marzell Hoffmann Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Johann Joseph Müller Konrad Bärlocher Jakob Ulrich Ritter	FL FL KK KK FL	3 286 2 369 2 292 1 717 1 394	46.0% 33.2% 32.1% 24.0% 19.5%
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	11 895	6,965	58.6%	Joseph Marzell Hoffmann Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Johann Joseph Müller Konrad Bärlocher	FL FL KK KK	4 202 3 638 2 675 1 490	60.3% 52.2% 38.4% 21.4%
		March 28, 1855	11 895	8 043	67.6%	Jakob Ulrich Ritter	FL	7 842	97.5%
No. 29	2	October 29, 1854	11 614	6 445	55.5%	Josef Leonhard Bernold Christian Rohrer Jakob Ulrich Ritter Gallus Jakob Baumgartner Johann Custer Josef Guldin	FL FL FL KK ER KK	3 630 2 265 1 903 1 792 1 121 0320	56.3% 35.1% 29.5% 27.8% 17.4% 05.0%
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	11 614	6 106	52.6%	Christian Rohrer Jakob Ulrich Ritter Gallus Jakob Baumgartner	FL FL KK	2,666 1,759 1,262	43.7% 28.8% 20.7%
		November 19, 1854 (3rd ballot)	11 614	6 835	58.9%	Christian Rohrer Jakob Ulrich Ritter Gallus Jakob Baumgartner	FL FL KK	548 3 2 377 0910	51.9% 34.8% 13.3%
No. 30	2	October 29, 1854	12 148	7 148	58.8%	Abraham Raschle Benedikt Schubiger Meinrad Breny Johann Georg Anderegg	FL FL KK KK	5 018 4 816 1 784 1 335	70.2% 67.4% 25.0% 18.7%
No. 31	2	October 29, 1854	11 951	8 453	70.7%	Johann M. Hungerbühler Johann Georg Anderegg Johann Joseph Müller Gallus Jakob Baumgartner Leonhard Gmür	FL LM KK KK KK	6 353 5 309 2 346 0914 0503	75.2% 62.8% 27.8% 10.8% 06.0%

Canton Ticino (6 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 40	3	October 29, 1854	12 553	approx. 9,000	71.7%	Leone de Stoppani Giuseppe Filippo Lepori Gaetano Luvisoni Cesare Bernasconi Giacomo Luvini Agostino Demarchi	KK KK KK FL FL FL	4 739 4 717 4 586 4 289 4 280 4 185	52.7% 52.4% 51.0% 47.7% 47.6% 46.5%
No. 41	3	October 29, 1854	12 447	approx. 8 400	67.5%	Rocco Bonzanigo Michele Pedrazzini Ferdinando Cattaneo Stefano Franscini Giovanni Battista Pioda Giovanni Jauch	LM KK KK FL FL FL	7 639 5 473 5 439 3 851 3 776 0815	90.9% 65.2% 64.8% 45.8% 45.0% 09.7%

After the electoral victory of the Catholic Conservatives, the Liberals challenged the result and were successful with their appeal in court. The elections were repeated on March 11, 1855. Federal Councilor Stefano Franscini was meanwhile running successfully in the canton of Schaffhausen.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 40	3	March 11, 1855	11 750	approx. 7,500	63.8%	Giacomo Luvini Cesare Bernasconi Giovanni Battista Ramelli Leone de Stoppani Giuseppe Filippo Lepori Gaetano Luvisoni	FL FL FL KK KK KK	7 038 6 974 6 925 0550 0496 0488	93.8% 93.0% 92.3% 07.3% 06.6% 06.5%
No. 41	3	March 11, 1855	11 750	approx. 7,000	59.6%	Giovanni Jauch Giuseppe Patocchi Giovanni Battista Pioda Rocco Bonzanigo Ferdinando Cattaneo Michele Pedrazzini	FL FL FL LM KK KK	5 441 5 380 5 363 1 553 1 538 1 490	77.7% 76.9% 76.6% 22.2% 22.0% 21.3%

Canton of Thurgau (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 39	4th	October 29, 1854	20 537	15 494	75.4%	Eduard Häberlin Johann Ludwig Sulzberger Johann Georg Circle Johann Baptist von Streng Augustin Ramsperger Ulrich Diethelm	FL FL FL LM KK DL	12 937 12 270 11 234 07 874 04 555 02 232	91.1% 86.4% 79.1% 55.4% 32.1% 15.7%

Canton Uri (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 14	1	October 22, 1854	approx. 3,200	Florian Lusser	KK

Canton of Vaud (10 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 42	4th	October 29, 1854	19 348	7 557	39.1%	Jules Martin Louis Blanchenay Édouard Dapples Frédéric Fonjallaz Jules Eytel Édouard Cherix Jules Puenzieux Xavier Gottofrey	FL FL LM FL DL FL LM LM	4 247 3 719 3 485 3 418 3 138 2 867 2 723 2 352	57.7% 50.5% 47.4% 46.4% 42.6% 39.0% 37.0% 32.0%
		November 5, 1854 (2nd ballot)	19 306	7,989	41.4%	Louis Blanchenay Frédéric Fonjallaz Édouard Cherix Édouard Dapples Jules Eytel Jules Puenzieux	FL FL FL LM DL LM	4 879 4 571 4 093 3 309 2 776 2 319	61.1% 57.2% 51.2% 41.4% 34.7% 29.0%
No. 43	3	October 29, 1854	approx. 15 500	5 777	37.3%	Abram-Daniel Meystre Charles Estoppey Henri Druey Charles Burnand Jean-Louis Demiéville Emmanuel-David Bourgeois	DL FL FL LM LM LM	4479 4396 4 090 0844 0832 0293	82.1% 80.6% 75.0% 15.5% 15.3% 05.4%
		January 28, 1855	approx. 19,000	4 929	25.9%	Georges-Adolphe Flaction Jean-François Bettex Charles Bontems	FL FL LM	1 771 1 764 1 045	35.9% 35.8% 21.2%
		February 17, 1855	approx. 19,000	5 060	26.6%	Georges-Adolphe Flaction François Bettex	FL FL	3,520 1,264	69.6% 25.0%
No. 44	3	October 29, 1854	15 016	6 176	41.1%	Vincent Kehrwand François Thury Charles Bontems Maurice-Benjamin Bonard John Berney Auguste Audemars	FL FL LM FL FL ER	3 720 3 118 2 679 2 470 1 984 1 782	68.4% 57.3% 49.3% 45.4% 36.5% 32.8%
		November 16, 1854 (2nd ballot)	approx. 15,000	5 458	36.4%	Maurice-Benjamin Bonard Charles Bontems	FL LM	3 408 1 606	62.4% 29.4%

Canton of Valais (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 45	1	October 29, 1854	5 378	2,445	44.5%	Alexis Allet	KK	2 003	82.1%
No. 46	1	October 29, 1854	5 085	2,993	57.7%	Antoine de Riedmatten Maurice Barman	KK FL	1 819 1 008	61.7% 34.2%
No. 47	2	October 29, 1854	9 387	4 111	42.8%	Adrien-Félix Pottier Maurice Barman Maurice Claivaz Charles-Louis de Bons	FL FL KK KK	2 669 2 663 1 315 1 134	65.9% 65.7% 32.5% 28.0%

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 29, 1854	4,000	588	14.7%	Konrad Bossard	KK	588	100.0%

Canton of Zurich (13 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
number 1	4th	October 29, 1854	19 035	1 960	10.3%	Alfred Escher Georg Joseph Sidler Johann Jakob Treichler Heinrich Hüni Jonas Furrer Rudolf Stehli	FL FL DL FL FL FL	1 689 1 463 1 362 0974 0749 0487	86.2% 74.6% 69.5% 49.7% 38.2% 24.8%
		November 12, 1854 (2nd ballot)	19 249	691	3.6%	Heinrich Hüni	FL	0 596	86.3%
No. 2	3	October 29, 1854	14,985	914	6.1%	Jonas Furrer Karl Adolf Huber Hermann Stadtmann	FL FL FL	0767 0696 0688	83.9% 76.1% 75.3%
		March 11, 1855	14 521	936	6.5%	Johann Heinrich Fierz Hans Ott	FL ER	0546 0353	58.3% 37.7%
No. 3	3	October 29, 1854	14 820	1 033	6.8%	Rudolf Wäffler Hans Heinrich Zangger Heinrich Rüegg	FL FL FL	0964 0948 0865	93.0% 91.8% 82.9%
No. 4	3	October 29, 1854	15 278	1 009	6.6%	Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler Rudolf Benz Johann Jakob Ryffel	ER FL FL	0967 0942 0796	96.3% 93.4% 78.9%

Replacement elections until 1857

Due to vacancies during the third legislative period that followed , ten replacement elections were held in nine constituencies.

Constituency / canton	Replacement for	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 4 (ZH)	Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler	December 9, 1855	approx. 15 200	3 250	21.4%	Ulrich Meister sr. Johann Jakob Bucher	FL FL	1 689 1 505	52.0% 46.3%
No. 11 (LU)	Josef Martin Knüsel	October 28, 1855	approx. 8,000	922	11.5%	Josef Vonmatt	FL	0 922	100.0%
No. 31 (SG)	Johann Georg Anderegg	June 15, 1856	approx. 12,000	8 112	67.6%	Johann Joseph Müller Johann Jakob Weber	KK LM	4,481,3 148	55.2% 39.3%
No. 32 (GR)	Johann Baptista Bavier	December 7, 1856	approx. 5,800	2,749	47.4%	Peter C. von Planta Johann A. Sprecher	FL LM	1 488 1 244	54.1% 45.3%
No. 37 (AG)	Friedrich Schmid	November 14, 1856	16 766	13 475	80.4%	Johann Rudolf Ringier Carl Feer-Duke Samuel Wildi	LM LM FL	4 574 3859 1629	33.9% 28.6% 12.1%
		November 23, 1856 (2nd ballot)	16 775	13 470	80.3%	Johann Rudolf Ringier Carl Feer-Herzog	LM LM	7 319 4 462	54.3% 33.1%
No. 38 (AG)	Udalrich Schaufelbühl	September 5, 1856	12 196	9 750	80.0%	Wilhelm Ducloux Adolf Hauser Friedrich Joseph Bürli Karl Emanuel Fahrländer	FL FL FL KK	3 118 3 091 1 173 0807	31.8% 31.7% 12.0% 08.3%
		September 19, 1856 (2nd ballot)	12 196	9 959	81.7%	Adolf Hauser Wilhelm Ducloux	FL FL	4944 3735	49.6% 37.5%
		September 26, 1856 (3rd ballot)	12 196	9 897	81.4%	Adolf Hauser Wilhelm Ducloux	FL FL	6 311 2 936	63.8% 29.7%
No. 43 (VD)	Abram-Daniel Meystre	October 28, 1855	approx. 15 500	3 826	24.7%	Samuel Déglon	FL	3 276	85.6%
No. 47 (VS)	Adrien-Félix Pottier	November 4, 1855	approx. 9 400	2,507	26.6%	Maurice-Eugène Filliez Hippolyte Pignat Maurice Claivaz	FL FL FL	0927 0866 0714	36.9% 34.5% 28.4%
		November 18, 1855 (2nd ballot)	approx. 9 400	4 205	44.7%	Maurice-Eugène Filliez Hippolyte Pignat Maurice Claivaz	FL FL FL	1 711 1 494 0973	40.6% 35.5% 23.1%
		December 16, 1855 (3rd ballot)	approx. 9 400	5 429	57.7%	Maurice-Eugène Filliez Hippolyte Pignat	FL FL	3,032 2,348	55.8% 43.2%
	Maurice-Eugène Filliez	September 7, 1856	approx. 9,300	2,941	31.6%	Maurice Claivaz Antoine Luder	FL KK	1 598 1 208	54.3% 41.1%
No. 48 (NE)	Fritz Courvoisier	February 25, 1855	approx. 17 400	2 255	13.0%	Frédéric Lambelet Henri Grandjean	FL FL	1 221 1 023	54.2% 45.4%

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Election of compliments by an incumbent Federal Councilor
2. ↑ Supplementary election for Friedrich Frey-Herosé, who was elected to the Federal Council
3. ↑ Karl Ferdinand Schimpf resigned due to the incompatibility with his office as Aargau government councilor.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Supplementary election for Jakob Stämpfli, who was elected to the Federal Council
5. ↑ The fact that Casimir Pfyffer achieved over 100% is due to an inconsistent counting of the votes; a mean value is given.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Councilor Stefano Franscini failed in the election of compliments in the canton of Ticino and ran successfully in the canton of Schaffhausen.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Supplementary election for Stefano Franscini, who was elected to the Federal Council
8. ↑ Supplementary election for Josef Munzinger, who was elected to the Federal Council
9. ^ Supplementary election for Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, who was elected to the Federal Council
10. ↑ Louis Blanchenay achieved the majority of valid votes, but the basis of calculation was the majority of all votes cast.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Supplementary election for Henri Druey, who was elected to the Federal Council
12. ↑ Supplementary election for Jonas Furrer, who was elected to the Federal Council

source

• Erich Gruner : The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 3 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1445-3 , p. 41-55 .