Swiss parliamentary elections 1857 / results of the National Council elections

National Council constituencies from 1851 to 1863

The National Council elections for the 4th legislative period took place on October 28, 1857. 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 three 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 25, 1857	10 073	8 414	83.5%	Friedrich Frey-Herosé Samuel Frey Carl Feer-Duke Adolf Fischer Otto Senn	FL LM LM LM FL	07 515 05 253 03 254 02 793 02 789	89.3% 62.4% 38.7% 33.2% 33.1%
		December 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	10 080	8 584	85.2%	Carl Feer-Duke Otto Senn	LM FL	05 879 01,453	68.5% 16.9%
		January 3, 1858	10 059	8 213	81.7%	Johann Plüss Ms. Strähl Johann Haberstich	FL FL LM	02 559 01572 01077	31.2% 19.1% 13.1%
		January 24, 1858	10 005	8 062	80.6%	Johann Plüss Ms. Strähl Johann Haberstich	FL FL LM	03 920 02 337 01 015	48.6% 29.0% 12.6%
		February 7, 1858	9 966	8 109	81.4%	Johann Plüss Ms. Strähl	FL FL	05 339 01 807	65.8% 22.3%
No. 37	4th	October 25, 1857	16 941	13 662	80.6%	Johann Peter Bruggisser Johann Rudolf Ringier Gottlieb Jäger Franz Waller Peter Suter Carl Feer-Herzog	FL LM LM FL FL LM	10 128 10 021 09 104 07 487 03 452 01 559	74.1% 73.3% 66.6% 54.8% 25.3% 11.4%
No. 38	3	October 25, 1857	12 520	9 869	78.8%	Adolf Hauser Augustin Keller Wilhelm Karl Baldinger Wilhelm Ducloux Friedrich Joseph Bürli Joseph Stäuble Gregor Lützelschwab	FL FL KK FL FL FL KK	07 356 07 113 03 870 03 360 01 250 01 222 01 198	74.5% 72.1% 39.2% 34.0% 12.7% 12.4% 12.1%
		December 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	12 486	10 043	80.4%	Wilhelm Karl Baldinger Friedrich Joseph Bürli Joseph Stäuble	KK FL FL	04 862 02 133 01 789	48.4% 21.2% 17.8%
		December 27, 1857 (3rd ballot)	12 452	9 950	79.9%	Wilhelm Karl Baldinger Joseph Stäuble	KK FL	07,462 01,340	75.0% 13.5%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 26	2	October 25, 1857	approx. 10 200	Johann Konrad Oertli Adolf Friedrich Zürcher	FL LM

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 27	1	October 25, 1857	approx. 2,570	Josef Anton Fässler	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 25, 1857	10 600	2 132	20.1%	Stephan Gutzwiller Daniel Bieder Johann Jakob Jourdan Gottlieb Begle	FL FL DL DL	1 750 1 134 0657 0354	82.1% 53.2% 30.8% 16.6%

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 25, 1857	3 559	937	27.9%	Johann Jakob Stehlin	LM	807	86.1%

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 25, 1857	17 500	6 290	36.0%	Jakob Imobersteg Johann Jakob Karlen Gottlieb Schneider Albrecht Weyermann Karl Engemann Jakob Karlen Johann Knechtenhofer Jakob Weissmüller Eduard von Müller Ulrich Ochsenbein	FL FL FL FL FL FL ER ER ER ER	4,435 4,223 3 903 2,627 2,556 0900 0324 0275 0225 0189	70.5% 67.1% 62.0% 41.7% 40.6% 14.3% 05.1% 04.4% 03.6% 03.0%
		November 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	17 500	4,571	26.1%	Karl Engemann	FL	3 246	71.5%
No. 6	4th	October 25, 1857	18 100	6 231	34.4%	Eduard Blösch Christoph Albert Kurz August von Gonzenbach Jakob Stämpfli Gottlieb Ludwig Lauterburg Gottlieb Schneider Otto von Büren	ER ER ER FL ER FL ER	4 956 3 452 3 036 2 908 2 699 2 520 2 386	79.5% 55.4% 48.7% 46.6% 43.3% 40.4% 38.3%
		November 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	18 100	6 414	35.4%	August von Gonzenbach Gottlieb Ludwig Lauterburg Niklaus Niggeler Jakob Leuenberger	ER ER FL FL	3 734 3 368 2 040 1 974	58.2% 52.5% 31.8% 30.8%
No. 7	4th	October 25, 1857	16 600	4,436	26.7%	Johann Ulrich Gfeller Karl Karrer Samuel Lehmann Christoph Albert Kurz Rudolf Schmid	FL FL FL ER FL	3 682 3 452 3 219 2 205 1 206	82.9% 77.7% 72.5% 49.7% 27.2%
		November 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	16 600	4,632	27.9%	Rudolf Schmid Gottlieb Rudolf Bühlmann	FL ER	2 138 1 905	46.2% 41.1%
		November 15, 1857 (3rd ballot)	16 600	4,539	27.3%	Rudolf Schmid Gottlieb Rudolf Bühlmann	FL ER	2,594 1,945	57.1% 42.9%
No. 8	4th	October 25, 1857	17 200	7 514	43.7%	Johann Bützberger Johann Rudolf Vogel Jakob Steiner Johannes Hubler	FL FL FL FL	5 566 5 539 5 481 5 478	74.1% 73.7% 72.9% 72.9%
No. 9	3	October 25, 1857	13 500	6 406	47.4%	Jakob Stämpfli Johann Rudolf Schneider Johann August Weingart Jakob Leuenberger Simon Bandelier Christian Sahli	FL FL FL ER ER FL	4 854 4 673 4 247  ?  ?  ?	75.7% 72.9% 66.3%  ?  ?  ?
		May 5, 1858	13 500	?	?	Christian Sahli	FL	?	?
No. 10	4th	October 25, 1857	17 100	7 904	46.2%	Paul Migy Édouard Carlin Cyprien Revel Xavier Stockmar Auguste Moschard Pierre-Ignace Aubry Simon Bandelier Xavier Alsatian Étienne Choffat Henri Parrat	FL FL FL FL ER KK ER KK KK KK	6 613 6 223 5 608 5 091 1 692 0579 0457 0234  ?  ?	83.7% 78.7% 71.0% 64.4% 26.4% 09.0% 07.1% 03.6%  ?  ?

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 25, 1857	14 152	8 175	57.8%	JFL Engelhard François-Xavier Bondallaz Alfred Vonderweid André Castella Dominique Dubey	LM KK KK FL FL	6 540 6 296 6 243 1 105 1 082	80.6% 77.5% 76.9% 13.6% 13.3%
No. 21	2	October 25, 1857	9 098	4 596	50.5%	Louis de Wuilleret Hubert Charles	KK KK	4388 4305	97.8% 95.9%

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 25, 1857	approx. 14,000	5,945	42.5%	Philippe Camperio James Fazy Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel Auguste Turettini Jean-Jacques Darier	LM FL FL LM LM	5 734 3 580 3 492 2 426 2 301	96.5% 60.2% 58.7% 40.8% 38.7%

Canton of Glarus (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 18	2	October 25, 1857	approx. 7,000	Joachim Heer Peter Jenny	LM LM

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 25, 1857	5 864	2 022	34.5%	Johann Andreas spokesman Peter Conradin von Planta	ER LM	0884 0776	46.8% 41.1%
		November 15, 1857 (2nd ballot)	5 864	2 565	43.7%	Johann Andreas spokesman Peter Conradin von Planta	ER LM	1 305 1 207	50.9% 47.1%
No. 33	1	October 25, 1857	5 280	2 093	39.6%	Remigius Peterelli Andreas Rudolf von Planta Peter Lorenz Steiner	KK LM LM	0773 0743 0320	39.3% 37.8% 16.3%
		November 15, 1857 (2nd ballot)	5 280	2,335	44.2%	Andreas Rudolf from Planta Peter Lorenz Steiner	LM FL	857 1 0286	80.9% 12.5%
No. 34	1	October 25, 1857	5 426	2,637	48.6%	Georg Michel Johann Gaudenz by Salis Johann Rudolf Brosi	FL FL FL	1 017 0676 0464	40.3% 26.8% 18.4%
		November 15, 1857 (2nd ballot)	5 426	2,857	52.7%	Georg Michel Johann Gaudenz von Salis	FL FL	1 674 0870	58.6% 30.5%
No. 35	1	October 25, 1857	5 231	3 095	59.2%	Caspar de Latour Johann Bartholome Arpagaus Johann R. von Toggenburg	FL LM KK	324 1 0547 0344	45.2% 18.7% 11.7%
		November 15, 1857 (2nd ballot)	5 231	3 449	65.9%	Caspar de Latour Johann R. of Toggenburg Johann Bartholome Arpagaus	FL KK LM	1 720 0760 0708	49.9% 22.0% 20.5%
		December 4, 1857 (3rd ballot)	5 231	3 160	60.4%	Caspar de Latour Johann R. of Toggenburg Johann Bartholome Arpagaus	FL KK LM	1 792 1 040 0328	56.7% 32.9% 10.4%

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 25, 1857	8 002	2,625	32.8%	Josef Martin Knüsel Josef Bucher Jost Peyer Josef Banz	LM FL KK KK	1 713 1 628 0912 0765	65.3% 62.0% 34.7% 29.1%
		December 27, 1857	8 002	approx. 1 200	15.0%	Josef Vonmatt	FL	approx. 1 200	100.0%
No. 12	2	October 25, 1857	7 858	approx. 2,200	28.0%	Philipp A. von Segesser Alois Kopp Jost Weber Franz Dula	KK KK LM FL	1 487 1 364 0777 0772	67.6% 62.0% 35.3% 35.1%
No. 13	3	October 25, 1857	11 437	approx. 2,500	21.9%	Casimir Pfyffer Josef Sigmund Bühler Anton Schnyder	FL FL FL	1 481 1 434 1 427	59.2% 57.4% 57.1%

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 25, 1857	18 500	10 217	55.2%	Alexis-Marie Piaget Louis Grandpierre Louis Constant Lambelet Gustave Irlet Eugène Huguenin Henri de Buren Fritz Lambelet Louis Denzler	FL FL FL FL otherwise. ER otherwise. Otherwise.	6 619 6 566 6 494 6 443 3 741 3 590 3 216 2 870	64.8% 64.3% 63.6% 63.1% 36.6% 35.1% 31.5% 28.1%

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 17	1	October 25, 1857	approx. 2,500	Melchior Joller Melchior Wyrsch	FL KK

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 16	1	October 25, 1857	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 25, 1857	approx. 6 500	5 613	86.4%	Friedrich Peyer in the yard of Johann Georg Fuog Wilhelm Joos Constant Fornerod Johannes Bringolf	FL FL DL LM LM	3 435 2 653 1 478 1 066 0985	61.2% 47.3% 26.3% 19.0% 17.4%
		November 1, 1857 (2nd ballot)	approx. 6 500	5 520	84.9%	Wilhelm Joos Johann Georg Fuog	DL FL	2,752 2,686	49.9% 48.7%
		November 15, 1857 (3rd ballot)	approx. 6 500	5,962	91.7%	Johann Georg Fuog Wilhelm Joos	FL DL	3 407 2 423	57.1% 40.6%

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 25, 1857	approx. 11 900	2,454	20.6%	Karl Styger Josef Anton Georg Büeler Jakob Meinrad Hegner	KK KK FL	2 226 1 866 0769	90.7% 76.0% 31.3%

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 25, 1857	16 177	13 237	81.8%	Simon Kaiser Franz Bünzli Benedikt von Arx Bernhard Hammer Johann Jakob Trog Josef Oberlin	FL KK FL LM LM KK	7 613 7 581 7 561 5 820 5 479 5 256	57.5% 57.3% 57.1% 44.0% 41.4% 39.7%

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 25, 1857	12 017	9 850	82.0%	Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Joseph Marzell Hoffmann Gallus Jakob Baumgartner Konrad Bärlocher	FL FL KK KK	5 869 5 642 3 916 3 644	59.3% 58.8% 40.8% 38.0%
		January 24, 1858	12 017	8 660	72.1%	Johann Baptist Weder Benedikt Höfliger	FL KK	5291 3353	61.1% 38.7%
No. 29	2	October 25, 1857	11 733	8 250	70.3%	Christian Rohrer Josef Leonhard Bernold Josef Guldin Johann Baptist Weder	KK FL KK FL	4,318 3,941 3,929 3,494	53.4% 48.7% 48.6% 43.2%
		November 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	11 733	8 705	74.2%	Josef Guldin Josef Leonhard Bernold	KK FL	4,340 4 039	51.2% 47.7%
No. 30	2	October 25, 1857	12 273	9 190	74.9%	Abraham Raschle Benedikt Schubiger Xaver Rickenmann Georg Friedrich Anderegg	FL FL KK ER	4,793 4,785 3,938 3 854	54.3% 54.2% 44.6% 43.7%
No. 31	2	October 25, 1857	12 074	10 206	84.5%	Johann Joseph Müller Johann Matthias Hungerbühler Carl Georg Jakob Sailer Leonhard Gmür	KK FL FL KK	5 217 5 189 4 842 4 753	51.8% 51.5% 48.1% 47.2%

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 25, 1857	13 391	8 700	65.0%	Cesare Bernasconi Giacomo Luvini Giovanni Battista Ramelli Carlo Pasta Giuseppe Filippo Lepori Bernardino Lurati	FL FL FL KK DL KK	5 859 5 842 5 746 2 448 2 393 2 392	67.3% 67.1% 66.0% 28.1% 27.5% 27.5%
No. 41	3	October 25, 1857	13 506	5 295	39.2%	Giovanni Battista Pioda Giovanni Jauch Giuseppe Patocchi	FL FL FL	4,753 4,717 4,604	89.8% 89.1% 86.9%
		January 17, 1858	13 506	approx. 3 400	25.2%	Giacomo Ciani	FL	3 322	97.7%

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 25, 1857	20 609	15 193	73.7%	Johann Ludwig Sulzberger Johann Baptist von Streng Johann Georg Kreis Alfred Escher	FL LM FL FL	13 120 13 075 12 907 09 706	94.4% 94.1% 92.9% 69.9%
		November 22, 1857 (2nd ballot)	approx. 20,000	14 825	74.1%	Johann Messmer Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt Augustin Ramsperger Friedrich Ludwig	FL DL KK FL	03,983 02,895 02,297 01,826	26.6% 19.5% 15.5% 12.3%
		December 4, 1857 (3rd ballot)	approx. 20,000	14 951	74.7%	Johann Messmer Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt Augustin Ramsperger	FL DL KK	09 816 02 896  ?	65.7% 19.4%  ?

Canton Uri (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Elected	Political party
No. 14	1	October 25, 1857	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 25, 1857	19 450	8 622	44.3%	Constant Fornerod Édouard Dapples Jules Martin Louis Blanchenay David Bachelard Jules Eytel Jules Puenzieux Édouard Cherix	DL LM FL FL DL DL LM FL	5 480 4 582 4 339 3 951 3 877 3 844 3 326 2 915	63.6% 53.1% 50.3% 45.8% 45.0% 44.6% 38.6% 33.8%
		November 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	19 866	8 441	42.5%	Louis Blanchenay David Bachelard	FL DL	4423 3790	52.4% 44.9%
		January 17, 1858	19 846	5,793	29.2%	Victor Luffy Jules Eytel Jules Puenzieux	FL DL LM	3 886 0883 0722	67.1% 15.2% 12.5%
No. 43	3	October 25, 1857	approx. 15 500	6 222	40.1%	Charles Estoppey Jean-Louis Demiéville Samuel Déglon Constant Fornerod	FL LM FL LM	5 605 5 135 4 015 2 157	90.1% 82.5% 64.5% 34.7%
No. 44	3	October 25, 1857	15 441	6 431	41.6%	Charles Bontems Louis-Henri Delarageaz Jean-Louis Ancrenaz John Berney	LM FL FL LM	5 912 5 306 4 388 1 112	91.6% 82.5% 68.2% 17.3%

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 25, 1857	5 172	3 028	58.6%	Alexis Allet Joseph Anton Clemenz	KK LM	318 2 0593	78.0% 20.0%
No. 46	1	October 25, 1857	4,992	2,319	46.5%	Adrien de Courten Charles de Rivaz	KK LM	1 484 0524	64.3% 22.7%
No. 47	2	October 25, 1857	9 181	4,084	44.9%	Antoine Luder Joseph-Hyacinthe Barman Camille de Werra Hippolyte Pignat Maurice Claivaz	KK FL KK FL FL	2 176 2 054 1 845 1 147 0670	54.2% 51.2% 46.0% 28.6% 16.7%
		December 6, 1857 (2nd ballot)	approx. 9,200	4,878	53.0%	Camille de Werra Maurice Barman	KK FL	2518 2353	51.6% 48.2%

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 25, 1857	4 175	466	11.2%	Konrad Bossard	KK	466	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 25, 1857	18 723	1 687	9.0%	Alfred Escher Johann Jakob Treichler Georg Joseph Sidler Heinrich Hüni Rudolf Stehli Jonas Furrer Johannes Ryff Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler	FL FL FL FL FL FL FL ER	1 443 1 417 1 092 0739 0351 0331 0223 0199	85.5% 84.0% 64.7% 43.8% 20.8% 19.6% 13.2% 11.8%
		November 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	18 723	1 335	7.1%	Heinrich Hüni Johann Jakob Sulzer Rudolf Stehli	FL DL FL	0630 0235 0187	47.2% 17.6% 14.0%
		November 22, 1857 (3rd ballot)	18 727	1 781	9.5%	Heinrich Hüni Rudolf Stehli Johann Jakob Sulzer	FL FL DL	1 007 0394 0374	56.5% 22.1% 21.0%
No. 2	3	October 25, 1857	15 024	845	5.6%	Jonas Furrer Karl Adolf Huber Hermann Stadtmann Johann Heinrich Fierz Hans Ott Gottfried Nussbaumer	FL FL FL FL ER FL	0696 0572 0416 0265 0104 0104	82.4% 67.7% 49.2% 31.4% 12.0% 12.0%
		November 8, 1857 (2nd ballot)	15 043	1 704	11.3%	Hermann Stadtmann Johann Heinrich Fierz Gottfried Nussbaumer	FL FL FL	0935 0382 0273	54.9% 22.4% 16.0%
		February 28, 1858	14 950	1 566	10.5%	Johann Heinrich Fierz Hans Ott	FL ER	0881 0622	56.3% 39.7%
No. 3	3	October 25, 1857	15 319	1 607	10.5%	Heinrich Rüegg Hans Heinrich Zangger Rudolf Wäffler Johann Jakob Sulzer Johann Heinrich Ernst Ernst Guyer	FL FL FL DL FL ER	1 281 1 181 1 154 0195 0167 0148	79.7% 73.5% 71.8% 12.1% 10.3% 09.3%
No. 4	3	October 25, 1857	15 195	1 556	10.2%	Rudolf Benz Ulrich Meister sr. Johann Jakob Bucher Heinrich Grunholzer Matthias Pfau	FL FL FL DL DL	1 439 1 117 0898 0319 0164	92.5% 71.6% 57.7% 20.5% 10.5%

Replacement elections until 1860

Due to vacancies during the following fourth legislative period , substitute elections were held in five constituencies .

Constituency / canton	Replacement for	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 5 (BE)	Jakob Imobersteg	December 26, 1858	approx. 17 500	5 097	29.1%	Jakob Karlen Johann Friedrich Michel	FL FL	251 3 0585	63.8% 11.3%
No. 8 (BE)	Johannes Hubler	June 20, 1858	approx. 17 200	approx. 7,300	42.4%	August Dür Jakob Leuenberger Schneeberger	FL FL ER	546 4 1 709 0854	62.3% 23.4% 11.7%
No. 12 (LU)	Alois Kopp	November 20, 1859	approx. 7 800	1 742	22.3%	Vinzenz Fischer Jost Weber	KK LM	992 673	57.0% 38.6%
No. 19 (ZG)	Konrad Bossard	January 1, 1860	approx. 4,350	1,798	41.3%	Franz Josef Michael Letter	KK	1 785	99.3%
		May 13, 1860	approx. 4,350	1,467	33.7%	Karl Kaspar Hotz	?	869	59.2%
		June 17, 1860	approx. 4,350	2 450	56.3%	Wolfgang Henggeler	LM	1 725	70.4%
No. 30 (SG)	Benedikt Schubiger	December 4, 1859	approx. 12 450	8 616	69.2%	Basil Ferdinand Curti Xaver Rickenmann	FL KK	4,743 3,743	55.1% 43.4%

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Election of compliments by an incumbent Federal Councilor
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Supplementary election for Friedrich Frey-Herosé elected to the Federal Council
3. ↑ Numbers of competitors not known
4. ^ Liberals, supported by the conservatives.
5. ↑ Supplementary election for Jakob Stämpfli, who was elected to the Federal Council
6. ↑ Supplementary election for Josef Martin Knüsel, who was elected to the Federal Council
7. ↑ ^{a b c} dissident liberals
8. ↑ Supported by the Liberals, joined the Catholic-Conservative faction.
9. ^ Supplementary election for Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, who was elected to the Federal Council
10. ^ Liberals, supported by the conservatives.
11. ↑ Supplementary election for Giovanni Battista Pioda, who was elected to the Federal Council
12. ↑ Alfred Escher accepted the election in the canton of Zurich, which made a supplementary election necessary.
13. ↑ ^{a b} Liberal, supported by the liberal.
14. ↑ Supplementary election for Constant Fornerod, who was elected to the Federal Council
15. ↑ Joseph-Hyacinthe Barman declined to accept the election, which resulted in a second ballot.
16. ↑ Supplementary election for Jonas Furrer, who was elected to the Federal Council
17. ↑ Michael Letter had to renounce the mandate of the National Council because he had received a medal and a pension in the Netherlands.
18. ↑ Karl Kaspar Hotz refused "because of insufficient qualification for such an office".

source

• Erich Gruner : The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 3 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1445-3 , p. 57-70 .