Swiss parliamentary elections 1869 / results of the National Council elections

National Council constituencies from 1863 to 1872

The National Council elections for the 8th legislative period took place on October 31, 1869. 128 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. For this purpose the country was divided into 47 national council constituencies of different sizes , in which one to five 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 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, Democrats , Democratic Party )

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. 34	3	October 31, 1869	11 705	10 098	86.3%	Friedrich Frey-Herosé Arnold Künzli Carl Feer-Duke Samuel Frey Theodor Lang Emanuel Herosé	LM FL LM FL FL LM	06 994 06 993 05 642 03 848 02 470 01 242	69.3% 69.3% 55.9% 38.1% 24.5% 12.3%
No. 35	4th	October 31, 1869	17 748	15 168	85.7%	Peter Suter Alois Isler Theodor Bertschinger Rudolf Urech Hans Weber Ernst Widmer Josef Fischer Theodor Haller	LM LM LM DL FL LM FL FL	12 692 09 311 08 613 06 199 04 750 03 054 02 973 02 952	83.7% 61.4% 56.8% 40.9% 31.3% 20.1% 19.6% 19.5%
		November 14, 1869 (2nd ballot)	17 713	14 950	84.4%	Rudolf Urech Hans Weber	DL FL	09 118 04 581	61.0% 30.6%
No. 36	3	October 31, 1869	13 448	11 559	85.6%	Emil Welti Karl von Schmid Friedrich Joseph Bürli K. FS Fahrländer Fridolin Schneider Arnold Münch	LM KK FL KK LM KK	10 501 06 489 04 833 04 657 04 270 01 741	90.8% 56.1% 41.8% 40.3% 36.9% 15.1%
		November 14, 1869 (2nd ballot)	13 398	11 395	85.0%	Arnold Münch Friedrich Joseph Bürli	KK FL	05,779 04,462	50.7% 39.2%
		January 23, 1870	13 419	11 494	85.7%	Friedrich Joseph Bürli Wilhelm Karl Baldinger	FL KK	05 569 05 061	48.5% 44.0%
		February 6, 1870	13 441	11 828	88.0%	Friedrich Joseph Bürli Wilhelm Karl Baldinger	FL KK	06,465 04,985	54.7% 42.1%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 26	2	October 31, 1869	Adolf Friedrich Zürcher Johannes Hohl	LM FL

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 27	1	October 31, 1869	Alois Broger	KK

Canton of Basel-Country (3 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 24	3	October 31, 1869	10 158	3 014	29.7%	Martin Bider Emanuel Löw Stephan Gutzwiller Georg Schwarz	LM FL FL DL	2 614 2 226 2 006 0934	86.7% 73.9% 66.6% 31.0%

Canton of Basel-Stadt (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 23	2	October 31, 1869	6 493	3 744	57.7%	Johann Jakob Stehlin Wilhelm Klein Karl Sarasin	LM FL ER	3 020 2 021 1 587	80.7% 54.0% 42.4%

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 31, 1869	19 326	7 552	39.1%	Carl Samuel Zyro Friedrich Seiler Johann Jakob Karlen Jakob Scherz Johann Friedrich Michel Johann Gottfried Schmid Karl Schrämli	FL FL FL FL FL FL ER	4 862 4 470 3 803 3 320 1 838 1 334 0671	64.4% 59.2% 50.4% 44.0% 24.3% 17.7% 08.9%
		November 11, 1869 (2nd ballot)	19 326	6 537	33.8%	Jakob Scherz Johann Friedrich Michel Johann Gottfried Schmid	FL FL FL	3320 1883 1 334	50.8% 28.8% 20.4%
No. 6	4th	October 31, 1869	17 787	7 526	42.3%	Rudolf Brunner Otto von Büren Samuel Steiner August von Gonzenbach Johann Rudolf Schneider Christian Mischler Gustav Vogt	FL ER ER ER FL FL FL	5 852 4 605 4 147 3 763 2 209 1 951 1 636	77.8% 61.2% 55.1% 50.0% 29.4% 25.9% 21.7%
No. 7	4th	October 31, 1869	16 339	7 664	46.9%	Karl Schenk Samuel Lehmann Ludwig Wyss Karl Karrer	FL FL FL FL	5,545 5 530 5 460 5 289	72.4% 72.2% 71.2% 69.0%
		December 29, 1869	16 339	6 716	41.1%	Gottlieb Riem	FL	5 640	64.0%
No. 8	4th	October 31, 1869	17 697	approx. 9,000	50.9%	Andreas Schmid Johann Bützberger Jakob Leuenberger Daniel Flückiger Johann Jakob Lerch Albert Friedrich Born	FL FL FL LM FL FL	6 645 6 614 6 182 2 761 2 136 2 088	73.8% 73.5% 68.7% 30.7% 23.7% 23.2%
		November 11, 1869 (2nd ballot)	17 697	approx. 8,300	46.9%	Daniel Flückiger Johann Jakob Lerch Albert Friedrich Born	LM FL FL	2 964 2 861 2 432	35.7% 34.5% 29.3%
		November 18, 1869 (3rd ballot)	17 697	approx. 8,000	45.2%	Daniel Flückiger Johann Jakob Lerch Albert Friedrich Born	LM FL FL	3 433 2 256 2 248	42.9% 28.2% 28.1%
No. 9	3	October 31, 1869	15 508	3 950	25.5%	Eduard Marti Jakob Stämpfli Friedrich Eggli Johann Jakob Hartmann	FL FL FL FL	4938 4585 4224 1077	65.7% 61.0% 56.2% 14.3%
No. 10	4th	October 31, 1869	19 892	approx. 11 200	56.3%	Édouard Carlin Paul Migy Niklaus Kaiser Pierre Jolissaint Albert Morel Abraham Boivin Xavier Kohler Victor Gouvernon	FL FL FL FL ER ER KK KK	5 925 5 920 5 838 5 338 4 952 4 857 4 833 4 750	52.9% 52.9% 52.1% 47.7% 44.2% 43.4% 43.2% 42.4%
		November 7, 1869 (2nd ballot)	19 892	12 619	63.4%	Pierre Jolissaint Albert Morel	FL ER	6 447 5 940	51.1% 47.1%

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 31, 1869	15 205	6 474	42.6%	Louis de Weck Alfred Vonderweid Laurent Chaney Jean Broye	KK KK KK FL	5 132 4 829 4 721 1 791	79.3% 74.6% 72.9% 27.7%
No. 21	2	October 31, 1869	10 933	5 301	48.1%	Pierre-Théodule Fracheboud Louis de Wuilleret Philippe Clément Joseph Jaquet	KK KK FL LM	4 087 4 074 1 143 1 075	77.1% 76.9% 21.6% 20.3%

Canton of Geneva (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 47	4th	October 31, 1869	14 950	6 835	45.7%	Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel Moïse Vautier Antoine Carteret François-Jules Pictet Philippe Camperio Albert Wessel James Fazy Charles Friderich	FL FL FL LM LM LM FL LM	4 778 3 579 3 502 3 480 3 361 2 968 2 905 2 592	70.1% 52.5% 51.4% 51.1% 49.3% 43.6% 42.6% 38.0%
		January 23, 1870	14 950	4,943	33.1%	Charles Friderich Carl Vogt	LM FL	2,673 2,270	54.1% 45.9%

Canton of Glarus (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 18	2	October 31, 1869	Joachim Heer Peter Jenny II	LM FL

Canton of Graubünden (5 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 31	2	October 31, 1869	8 678	4,503	51.9%	Simeon Bavier Remigius Peterelli Gaudenz Gadmer Hans Hold Christian Valentin	LM KK FL FL FL	3 445 1 186 0984 0965 0591	76.5% 26.3% 21.9% 21.4% 13.1%
		November 14, 1869 (2nd ballot)	8 678	4,519	52.1%	Gaudenz Gadmer Hans Hold Christian Valentin Remigius Peterelli	FL FL FL KK	1 368 1 339 0784 0718	30.3% 29.6% 17.3% 15.9%
		November 14, 1869 (3rd ballot)	8 678	4 186	48.2%	Gaudenz Gadmer Hans Hold Christian Valentin	FL FL FL	2 302 1 663 0521	55.0% 39.7% 12.4%
No. 32	2	October 31, 1869	8 678	4,503	51.9%	Johann R. von Toggenburg Johann Bartholome Caflisch Augustin Condrau Alois de Latour Johann Anton Casparis sr.	KK FL KK FL LM	2 968 1 715 1 494 0429 0410	65.9% 38.1% 33.2% 09.5% 09.1%
		November 14, 1869 (2nd ballot)	8 678	5 001	57.6%	Johann Bartholome Caflisch Augustin Condrau	FL KK	2,457 2,361	49.1% 47.2%
		November 28, 1869 (3rd ballot)	8 678	6 311	72.7%	Johann Bartholome Caflisch Augustin Condrau	FL KK	3582 2727	56.8% 43.2%
No. 33	1	October 31, 1869	4 244	1 756	41.4%	Jachen Ulrich Könz Johann Albert Romedi	LM FL	0708 0584	40.3% 33.3%
		November 14, 1869 (2nd ballot)	4 244	2,457	57.9%	Johann Albert Romedi Jachen Ulrich Könz	FL LM	1 416 1 015	57.6% 41.3%

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 31, 1869	8 265	2,776	33.6%	Josef Martin Knüsel Josef Bucher Friedrich Bell	LM FL KK	2 627 1 444 1 200	94.6% 52.0% 43.5%
		January 27, 1870	9 222	7 171	77.8%	Josef Vonmatt Friedrich Bell	FL KK	3 969 2 909	55.3% 40.6%
No. 12	2	October 31, 1869	7 748	2 157	27.8%	Philipp Anton von Segesser Vinzenz Fischer	KK KK	2 119 2 102	98.2% 97.5%
No. 13	3	October 31, 1869	11 317	6 751	59.7%	Franz Xaver Beck Jost Peyer Adam Duke Anton Hunkeler Josef Bühler Hans Theiler	KK KK KK FL FL FL	3 620 3 438 3 359 3 068 2 971 2 958	53.6% 50.9% 49.8% 45.4% 44.0% 43.8%
		November 28, 1869 (2nd ballot)	11 911	10 271	86.2%	Adam Duke Anton Wapf	KK FL	5 129 4 947	49.9% 48.2%
		December 19, 1869 (3rd ballot)	12 361	11 307	91.5%	Adam Duke Anton Wapf	KK FL	5 820 5 360	51.5% 47.4%

Canton of Neuchâtel (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 46	4th	October 31, 1869	21 200	6 165	29.1%	Jules Philippin Édouard Desor Zélim Perret Louis Constant Lambelet Jules Grandjean Ami Girard Louis Michaud Alphonse Dupasquier	FL FL FL otherwise. Otherwise. FL LM LM	4 110 3 600 3 265 3 201 2 921 2 889 2 373 2 116	66.7% 58.4% 53.0% 51.9% 47.4% 46.9% 38.5% 34.3%

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 17	1	October 31, 1869	Alois Wyrsch	KK

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 16	1	October 31, 1869	Simon Ettlin	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 31, 1869	7 041	5 570	79.1%	Wilhelm Joos Friedrich Peyer in the Heinrich Schoch court	DL LM DL	4 901 3 267 1 719	88.0% 58.7% 30.9%

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 31, 1869	10 900	2,611	24.0%	Josef Anton Eberle Karl Styger Dominik Karl Gemsch	LM KK FL	368 2 2 070 0785	90.7% 79.3% 30.1%

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 31, 1869	16 921	12 997	76.8%	Franz Bünzli Benedict von Arx Simon Emperor Carl von Glutz-Blotzheim Albert Brosi Josef Bläsi	KK FL FL KK FL FL	8 584 8 483 8 344 4 604 4 375 4 244	66.0% 65.3% 64.2% 35.4% 33.7% 32.7%

Canton of St. Gallen (9 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 28	3	October 31, 1869	17 189	11 629	67.7%	Johann Baptist Weder Daniel Wirth-Sand Johannes Zündt Friedrich Bernet Gustav Adolf Saxer Johann Ulrich Hafner	LM LM KK DL DL DL	8 668 6 856 6 121 5 303 3 745 1 368	77.3% 61.1% 54.6% 47.3% 33.4% 12.2%
No. 29	3	October 31, 1869	17 023	9 354	54.9%	Josef Leonhard Bernold Johann Baptist Gaudy Gallus August Suter Johann Ulrich Ambühl Xaver Rickenmann Carl Hilty	FL FL DL LM KK LM	6 117 5 842 4 449 2 389 2 006 1 755	68.4% 65.3% 49.7% 26.7% 22.4% 19.6%
		November 21, 1869 (2nd ballot)	17 023	9 902	58.2%	Johann Ulrich Ambühl Gallus August Suter	LM DL	4534 3963	50.3% 44.0%
No. 30	3	October 31, 1869	15 533	11 826	76.1%	Carl Georg Jakob Sailer Georg Friedrich Anderegg Johann M. Hungerbühler Benedikt Höfliger Josef Wagner Johann Georg Baumann	LM LM FL KK KK KK	8 196 7 979 5 954 3 992 2 579 1 764	71.7% 69.8% 52.1% 34.9% 22.6% 15.4%

Canton Ticino (6 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 38	3	October 31, 1869	17 587	3,945	22.4%	Giuseppe Soldini Costantino Bernasconi Carlo Battaglini	FL FL FL	3,696 3,674 3,662	99.3% 98.7% 98.4%
No. 39	3	October 31, 1869	17 168	3 721	21.7%	Michele Pedrazzini Giovanni Jauch Luigi Rusca	KK FL LM	3,696 3,674 3,662	99.3% 98.7% 98.4%

Canton of Thurgau (5 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 37	5	October 31, 1869	23 483	16 478	70.2%	Johann Messmer Fridolin Anderwert Jakob Albert Scherb Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin Adolf Deucher Eduard Häberlin Severin Stoffel Augustin Ramsperger Johann Conrad Widmer	LM DL DL DL DL LM DL KK LM	11 190 10 556 09 160 07 707 06 254 05 388 02 185 02 103 01 816	80.0% 75.4% 65.5% 55.1% 44.7% 38.5% 15.6% 15.0% 13.0%
		November 14, 1869 (2nd ballot)	23 339	15 617	66.9%	Adolf Deucher Eduard Häberlin	DL LM	08 818 05 995	56.5% 38.4%

Canton Uri (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Elected	Political party
No. 14	1	October 31, 1869	Josef Arnold	KK

Canton of Vaud (11 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 40	4th	October 31, 1869	18 616	7 338	39.4%	Victor Luffy Charles Cossy Louis Ruchonnet Paul Cérésole Constant Bourgeaud	FL LM FL LM FL	7 151 6 677 6 632 3 806 3 369	99.1% 92.5% 91.9% 52.8% 46.7%
		January 24, 1870	18 600	6 803	36.6%	Louis Rambert Constant Bourgeaud Jules Eytel	LM FL DL	2654 2400 1749	39.0% 35.3% 25.7%
		January 31, 1870	18 600	approx. 9,000	48.4%	Louis Rambert Constant Bourgeaud Jules Eytel	LM FL DL	4 102 2 826 2 032	45.6% 31.4% 22.6%
		February 7, 1870	18 600	8 853	47.6%	Louis Rambert Constant Bourgeaud Jules Eytel	LM FL DL	4,915 2,318 1,589	55.5% 26.2% 17.9%
No. 41	4th	October 31, 1869	20 206	7 637	37.8%	Jean-Louis Demiéville Abram-Daniel Meystre Victor Perrin Georges-Louis Contesse Victor Rapin Alfred-Emanuel Dufour	LM FL FL FL LM LM	7 068 6 873 6 431 5 891 1 797 0778	95.3% 92.6% 86.7% 79.4% 24.2% 10.5%
No. 42	3	October 31, 1869	14 212	6 164	43.4%	Louis-Henri Delarageaz Charles Baud Henri Reymond Henri Trenchin	FL FL FL LM	5 892 5 853 5 836 0394	96.0% 95.4% 95.1% 06.4%

Canton of Valais (5 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 43	2	October 31, 1869	9 447	5 190	54.9%	Alexis Allet Hans Anton von Roten Joseph Anton Clemenz Adrien de Courten	KK KK LM LM	4 833 3 950 0848 0534	93.1% 76.1% 16.3% 10.3%
No. 44	1	October 31, 1869	4,981	4,238	85.1%	Maurice Evéquoz Alexandre Dénériaz	KK FL	2,342 1,874	55.5% 44.4%
No. 45	2	October 31, 1869	10 124	6 124	60.5%	Louis Barman Maurice-Antoine Cretton Antoine Ribordy Emanuel Défagoz	FL FL KK KK	3 946 3 444 2 707 2 098	64.9% 56.7% 44.5% 34.5%

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 31, 1869	4,550	1 004	22.1%	Karl Josef Merz	FL	1 004	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 31, 1869	21 719	12 943	59.6%	Jakob Dubs Alfred Escher Eduard Suter Johann Jakob Widmer Johann Jakob Schäppi Hans Rudolf Zangger	LM LM LM LM DL DL	10 532 10 367 07 919 07 709 03 830 03 436	81.4% 80.1% 61.2% 59.6% 29.6% 26.5%
		January 9, 1870	21 784	12 192	56.0%	Eugen Escher Johann Heinrich Müller	LM DL	07 203 03 813	59.1% 31.3%
No. 2	3	October 31, 1869	14 849	12 172	82.0%	Johann Heinrich Fierz Johann Jakob Keller Heinrich Honegger Johann Jakob Treichler Walter Hauser François Wille Johannes Stössel	LM DL LM LM DL DL DL	08 455 05 426 04 886 04 480 04 132 02 009 01 576	69.5% 44.6% 40.1% 36.8% 33.9% 16.5% 12.9%
		November 18, 1869 (2nd ballot)	14 829	12 516	84.4%	Johann Jakob Keller Walter Hauser Heinrich Honegger Johann Jakob Treichler	DL DL LM LM	06 666 06 439 04 908 04 486	53.3% 51.4% 39.2% 35.8%
No. 3	3	October 31, 1869	15 272	13 754	90.1%	Hans Rudolf Zangger Johann Jakob Spörri Salomon Bleuler Heinrich Grunholzer Johannes Frick Heinrich Rieter	DL DL DL LM LM LM	08 502 08 430 08 305 03 761 03 209 02 698	61.8% 61.3% 60.4% 27.3% 23.3% 19.6%
No. 4	3	October 31, 1869	15 485	12 557	81.1%	Friedrich Scheuchzer Jakob Fehr Johann Jakob Scherer Johann Meier Johann Jakob Schenk Rudolf Benz Johann Jakob Bucher	DL DL DL LM LM LM LM	07 006 06 251 05 877 02 787 02 418 01 970 01 455	55.8% 49.8% 46.8% 22.2% 19.3% 15.7% 11.6%
		November 18, 1869 (2nd ballot)	15 442	12 505	81.0%	Jakob Fehr Johann Jakob Scherer Johann Jakob Schenk Johann Meier Rudolf Benz	DL DL LM LM LM	07 930 07 120 01 841 01 744 01 737	63.4% 56.9% 14.7% 13.9% 13.9%

Replacement elections until 1872

Due to vacancies during the following 8th legislative period , just as many substitute 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. 1 (ZH)	Eugen Escher	October 15, 1871	21 726	9,947	45.8%	Hans Roth Johann Jakob Schäppi	LM DL	4,806 4,738	48.3% 47.6%
		October 29, 1871 (2nd ballot)	21 751	13 967	64.2%	Hans Roth Johann Jakob Schäppi	LM DL	6 517 6 445	46.7% 46.1%
		November 12, 1871 (3rd ballot)	22 022	15 280	69.4%	Johann Jakob Schäppi Hans Roth	DL LM	7 605 7 596	49.8% 49.7%
No. 3 (ZH)	Johann Jakob Spörri	October 15, 1871	14 926	11 633	77.9%	Gottlieb Ziegler Johannes Frick	DL LM	5 769 5 466	49.6% 47.0%
		October 29, 1871 (2nd ballot)	15 046	13 032	86.8%	Gottlieb Ziegler Johannes Frick	DL LM	7 213 5 600	55.3% 41.1%
No. 8 (BE)	Jakob Leuenberger	July 9, 1871	approx. 17 700	5 161	29.1%	Albert Friedrich Born Walther Munzinger	FL FL	2 917 2 005	50.7% 38.9%
No. 10 (BE)	Edouard Carlin	August 21, 1870	approx. 20,000	?	?	Auguste-Adolphe Klaye	FL	without competition
No. 29 (SG)	Josef Leonhard Bernold	June 5, 1872	approx. 15 600	10 623	68.1%	Johannes Geel Joseph Guldin	FL KK	5,932 4,213	55.8% 39.7%
No. 30 (SG)	Carl Georg Jakob Sailer	October 30, 1870	approx. 15 500	11 547	74.5%	Johann Fridolin Müller Gustav Adolf Saxer	KK DL	5 085 4 108	44.0% 35.6%
		November 13, 1870 (2nd ballot)	approx. 15 500	12 703	82.0%	Johann Fridolin Müller Gustav Adolf Saxer	KK DL	7 118 5 464	56.3% 43.0%
No. 40 (VD)	Paul Cérésole	April 10, 1870	approx. 18 600	5 667	30.5%	Jules Eytel Louis Ormand	FL LM	3349 2042	59.1% 36.0%
No. 41 (VD)	Abram-Daniel Meystre	January 15, 1871	20 552	8 730	42.5%	Paul Wulliémoz Charles Burnand	FL LM	5 179 3,237	59.3% 37.1%
No. 45 (VS)	Maurice-Antoine Cretton	January 7, 1872	10 325	7 574	73.4%	Alexandre Dénériaz Louis Gross	FL KK	3 870 3 671	51.1% 48.5%

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Election of compliments by an incumbent Federal Councilor
2. ↑ ^{a b} Supplementary election for Emil Welti, who was elected to the Federal Council
3. ↑ Supplementary election for Karl Schenk, who was elected to the Federal Council
4. ↑ Supplementary election for Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, who was elected to the Federal Council
5. ↑ Supplementary election for Josef Martin Knüsel, who was elected to the Federal Council
6. ↑ ^{a b} dissident free minds
7. ↑ Close to the conservatives, supported by the liberal.
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Supplementary election for Victor Luffy, elected to the Federal Council
9. ^ Supplementary election for Jakob Dubs, 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. 113-126 .