Swiss parliamentary elections 1872 / results of the National Council elections

National Council constituencies from 1872 to 1881

The National Council elections for the 9th legislative period took place on October 27, 1872. 135 seats in the Swiss National Council had to be filled (7 more than before). 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 48 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.

• 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. 35	3	October 27, 1872	11 803	10 207	86.5%	Arnold Künzli Carl Feer-Duke Emil Welti	FL LM LM	09 472 09 184 09 059	97.4% 94.5% 93.2%
		November 17, 1872	11 691	9 942	85.0%	Johann Haberstich Theodor Lang	LM FL	06 248 01 785	64.1% 18.3%
No. 36	4th	October 27, 1872	17 479	14 862	85.0%	Peter Suter Theodor Haller Hans Weber Plazid Weissenbach Josef Meienberg Andreas Müller Jakob Fischer	FL FL LM FL KK KK LM	09 480 09 035 08 957 08 542 04 728 04 397 02 072	77.4% 73.8% 73.1% 69.7% 38.6% 35.9% 16.9%
No. 37	3	October 27, 1872	13 351	11 315	84.8%	Arnold Münch Emil Welti Karl von Schmid K. FS Fahrländer Josef Meienberg	KK LM KK LM KK	10 216 06 356 05 729 05 148 04 172	93.6% 58.3% 52.5% 47.2% 38.2%
		January 12, 1873	13 275	11 455	86.3%	KFS Fahrländer Josef Meienberg	LM KK	06 106 04 546	54.3% 40.4%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 27	2	October 27, 1872	12 800	10 078	78.7%	Adolf Friedrich Zürcher Johannes Hohl Christian Count Johann Ulrich Sutter	LM FL FL LM	5 592 5 101 3 293 2 910	57.7% 52.6% 34.0% 30.0%

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 28	1	October 27, 1872	3 124	2,810	89.9%	Alois Broger Karl Justin Sonderegger	KK LM	784 1 0656	65.8% 24.2%

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. 25	3	October 27, 1872	10 895	5 738	52.7%	Emanuel Löw Jakob Bernhard Count Emil Frey Martin Bider	FL FL DL LM	5,387 5,347 2,854 2,797	93.9% 93.2% 49.7% 48.7%
		November 14, 1872 (2nd ballot)	11 042	6 811	61.7%	Emil Frey Martin Bider	DL LM	3530 3206	51.8% 47.1%

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. 24	2	October 27, 1872	6 912	4,320	62.5%	Wilhelm Klein Johann Jakob Stehlin Samuel Bachofen August Stähelin	FL LM FL ER	2 798 2 611 1 402 1 001	64.8% 60.4% 32.5% 23.2%

Canton of Bern (25 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 5	5	October 27, 1872	20 502	7 820	38.1%	Carl Samuel Zyro Paul Cérésole Jakob Scherz Friedrich Seiler Johann Jakob Karlen Johann Friedrich Michel Wilhelm Teuscher Karl Schrämli Christian Gerber	FL FL FL FL FL FL FL ER ER	6 162 5 925 5 724 5 682 3 903 1 795 1 010 0947 0879	78.8% 75.8% 73.2% 72.7% 49.9% 23.0% 12.9% 12.1% 11.2%
		November 17, 1872 (2nd ballot)	20 500	6 677	32.6%	Wilhelm Teuscher	FL	5 804	87.0%
		February 9, 1873	20 500	7 562	36.7%	Johannes Ritschard Johann Zürcher	FL FL	3 789 3 455	50.1% 45.7%
No. 6	4th	October 27, 1872	18 120	8 961	49.5%	Otto von Büren Rudolf Brunner August von Gonzenbach Friedrich von Werdt Samuel Steiner	ER FL ER FL ER	7 612 6 981 6 894 4 525 3 613	89.0% 83.8% 82.8% 54.3% 43.4%
No. 7	4th	October 27, 1872	14 512	4 582	31.6%	Karl Schenk Karl Karrer Gottlieb Riem Gottfried Joost Gottlieb Rudolf Bühlmann Friedrich Lehmann	FL FL FL FL ER ER	3 785 3 613 3 325 3 121 0763 0725	82.6% 78.9% 72.6% 68.1% 16.7% 15.8%
		February 2, 1873	14 512	5 140	35.4%	Alfred Scheurer Gottlieb Berger Johann Friedrich Hofer	FL FL FL	2059 1443 1 364	40.1% 28.1% 26.5%
		February 9, 1873 (2nd ballot)	14 512	approx. 7,200	49.6%	Alfred Scheurer Gottlieb Berger Johann Friedrich Hofer	FL FL FL	3 123 1 992 1 987	43.4% 27.7% 27.6%
		February 16, 1873 (3rd ballot)	14 512	approx. 10,000	68.9%	Alfred Scheurer Johann Friedrich Hofer Gottlieb Berger	FL FL FL	4 200 3 740 1 871	42.0% 37.4% 18.7%
No. 8	4th	October 27, 1872	17 347	6 432	44.8%	Johann Bützberger Albert Friedrich Born Alexander Bucher Walther Munzinger Daniel Flückiger	FL FL FL FL LM	5 840 5 348 4 610 3 569 3 116	90.8% 83.1% 71.7% 55.5% 48.4%
No. 9	3	October 27, 1872	15 508	3 950	25.5%	Eduard Marti Jakob Stämpfli Friedrich Eggli	FL FL FL	3,883 3,853 3,637	98.3% 97.5% 92.1%
No. 10	5	October 27, 1872	22 011	14 860	67.5%	Pierre Jolissaint Niklaus Emperor Paul Migy Auguste-Adolphe Klaye Auguste Moschard Xavier Kohler Pierre-Joseph Koller Casimir Folletête Pierre Juillard Hippolyte Paulet Jules Frossard	FL FL FL FL ER KK KK KK KK FL DL	8 452 8 443 8 320 8 231 6 581 6 394 6 383 6 306 6 260 5 946 2 721	56.9% 56.8% 56.0% 55.4% 44.3% 43.0% 43.0% 42.4% 42.1% 40.0% 18.3%
		November 11, 1872 (2nd ballot)	22,000	approx. 11,000	50.0%	Hippolyte Paulet Auguste Moschard	FL ER	8 651 2 095	78.6% 19.0%

Canton of Friborg (6 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 21	3	October 27, 1872	13 619	8 806	64.7%	Laurent Chaney Louis de Weck Karl Vissaula Jean Broye Louis-Auguste Marmier Oskar Engelhard	KK KK KK FL FL FL	6 549 6 546 6 337 2 187 2 076 2 052	74.4% 74.3% 72.0% 24.8% 23.6% 23.3%
No. 22	3	October 27, 1872	14 805	10 679	72.1%	Joseph Jaquet Louis Grand Louis de Wuilleret	KK KK KK	9 986 9 913 9 885	93.5% 92.8% 92.6%

Canton of Geneva (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
# 48	4th	October 27, 1872	20 630	8 397	40.7%	Antoine Carteret Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel Gustave-Jules Pictet Moïse Vautier Charles Friderich Alex Martin A. Ducret	FL FL FL FL LM LM LM	7 275 6 695 6 204 6 007 2 813 2 151 1 822	86.9% 80.0% 74.1% 71.8% 33.6% 25.7% 21.8%

Canton of Glarus (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 19	2	October 27, 1872	8 473	5 395	63.7%	Joachim Heer Niklaus Tschudi Esaja's Doubts Johann Heinrich Heer	LM FL LM KK	4 990 2 465 2 283 0448	93.0% 46.0% 42.6% 08.4%
		November 10, 1872 (2nd ballot)	8 511	4,768	56.0%	Niklaus Tschudi Esaja's doubts	FL LM	2 760 1 995	57.9% 41.8%

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. 32	2	October 27, 1872	8 830	5 688	64.4%	Simeon Bavier Hermann Jakob from speaker Gaudenz Gadmer	LM ER FL	4 863 2 824 2 606	85.5% 49.6% 45.8%
		November 11, 1872 (2nd ballot)	8 830	6 821	77.2%	Hermann Jakob from spokesman Gaudenz Gadmer	ER FL	3,542 3 149	51.9% 46.2%
No. 33	2	October 27, 1872	8 641	6 090	70.5%	Johann Anton Casparis sr. Johann R. von Toggenburg Johann Bartholome Caflisch Alois de Latour	LM KK FL FL	3 652 3 555 2 424 2 249	60.0% 58.4% 39.8% 36.9%
No. 34	1	October 27, 1872	4 226	2,693	63.7%	Johann Albert Romedi Andreas Rudolf von Planta	FL LM	1 581 1 022	60.7% 39.3%

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 27, 1872	9 293	6 299	67.8%	Josef Martin Knüsel Joseph Zingg Alfred von Sonnenberg	LM LM KK	5 618 3 250 2 578	92.2% 53.3% 42.3%
		January 13, 1873	9 342	6 178	66.1%	Josef Bühler Franz Xaver von Moos	FL KK	3,287,2 727	53.8% 44.6%
No. 12	1	October 27, 1872	4,348	1 952	44.9%	Josef Zemp	KK	1,896	98.6%
No. 13	2	October 27, 1872	9 147	6 796	74.3%	Vinzenz Fischer Jost Peyer Xaver Wechsler Franz Pfenninger	KK KK FL FL	4 039 4 037 2 545 2 528	60.0% 60.0% 37.8% 37.6%
No. 14	2	October 27, 1872	9 443	4,798	50.8%	Franz Xaver Beck Philipp Anton von Segesser	KK KK	4497 4489	97.6% 97.4%

Canton of Neuchâtel (5 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 47	5	October 27, 1872	21 606	12 706	58.8%	Jules Philippin Zélim Perret Édouard Desor Fritz Berthoud Louis Constant Lambelet Constant Ribaux Édouard Perrochet Henri Jacottet Louis Michaud Henri du Pasquier	FL FL FL FL FL LM LM LM LM LM	7 825 7 667 6 969 6 909 6 760 5 784 4 661 4 441 4 335 4 278	61.6% 60.3% 54.8% 54.4% 53.2% 45.5% 36.7% 35.0% 34.1% 33.7%

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 18	1	October 27, 1872	2,986	2 306	77.2%	Walter Zelger Alois Wyrsch	KK LM	1 490 0581	65.9% 25.7%

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 17	1	October 27, 1872	3 703	2 613	70.6%	Alois Reinert Nicolaus Hermann	KK LM	1 613 0899	62.0% 34.6%

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. 26	2	October 27, 1872	7 658	5,762	75.2%	Friedrich Peyer in the Hof Wilhelm Joos Johannes Hallauer	LM DL ER	4 808 4 368 1 108	88.5% 80.4% 20.4%

Canton Schwyz (2 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 16	2	October 27, 1872	12 114	4 816	39.8%	Fridolin Holdener Johann Michael Stählin Gottfried Bürgi Josef Anton Eberle	KK KK LM LM	2 803 2 751 1 762 1 375	58.2% 57.1% 36.6% 28.4%

Canton of Solothurn (4 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 23	4th	October 27, 1872	17 493	13 545	77.4%	Benedikt von Arx Josef Bläsi Simon Kaiser Albert Brosi Josef von Sury Johann Kunz Xaver Kulli Anton Glutz	FL FL FL FL KK KK KK KK	9 510 9 427 9 404 9 349 4 003 4 002 4 000 3 932	70.2% 69.6% 69.4% 69.0% 29.6% 29.5% 29.5% 29.0%

Canton of St. Gallen (10 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 29	4th	October 27, 1872	18 809	14 551	77.4%	Arnold Otto Aepli Johann Ulrich Hafner Daniel Wirth-Sand Gustav Adolf Saxer Johannes Zündt Johann Gebhard Lutz Carl von Gonzenbach	LM DL LM DL KK KK ER	14 082 08 600 08 314 08 090 06 548 06 040 05 639	96.8% 59.1% 57.1% 55.6% 45.0% 41.5% 38.8%
No. 30	3	October 27, 1872	15 578	10 656	68.4%	Johannes Geel Johann Baptist Gaudy Rudolf Hilty Christian Rohrer Wilhelm Good Joseph Anton Head	FL FL LM ER KK KK	05 971 05 758 05 502 04 668 04 624 04 578	56.0% 54.0% 51.6% 43.8% 43.4% 43.0%
No. 31	3	October 27, 1872	15 633	13 823	88.4%	Georg Friedrich Anderegg Johann Fridolin Müller Johann M. Hungerbühler Leonhard Gmür Joseph Karl Pankraz Morel	LM KK FL KK FL	12 803 07 336 06 773 06 600 06 366	93.7% 53.7% 49.6% 48.3% 46.6%
		November 17, 1872 (2nd ballot)	15 633	14 173	90.7%	Johann M. Hungerbühler Leonhard Gmür	FL KK	07 109 06 931	50.2% 48.9%

Canton Ticino (6 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 39	3	October 27, 1872	18 592	9 836	52.9%	Carlo Battaglini Massimiliano Magatti Ignazio Polar Domenico Fraschina Carlo Pasta Costantino Bernasconi	FL KK KK FL KK FL	5 066 4 981 4 866 4 860 4 733 4 689	51.5% 50.6% 49.5% 49.4% 48.1% 47.7%
		December 3, 1872 (2nd ballot)	18 592	9 475	51.0%	Costantino Bernasconi Carlo Pasta	FL KK	4,756 4,670	50.2% 49.3%
No. 40	3	October 27, 1872	18 138	8 032	44.3%	Michele Pedrazzini Carlo Vonmentlen Giovanni Jauch Luigi Rusca Paolo Mordasini	KK KK FL FL FL	5 815 4 163 3 998 3 419 2 713	72.4% 51.8% 49.8% 42.6% 33.8%

Redial

The National Council elections in the canton of Ticino were affected by numerous irregularities and election fraud. The Federal Assembly declared the results in constituency No. 39 (southern Ticino) to be invalid and ordered new elections in October 1873. In constituency No. 40 (Northern Ticino) Giovanni Jauch had been declared elected by the Ticino State Council , although he most likely narrowly missed the absolute majority. After violent protests, Jauch did not take up his mandate, whereupon the State Council, in agreement with the Federal Council, scheduled a second ballot in April 1873. Because this could not be carried out properly either, the elections in October 1873 had to be repeated in full.

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 39	3	October 19, 1873	18 592	10 785	58.0%	Carlo Battaglini Massimiliano Magatti Emilio Censi Ignazio Polar Costantino Bernasconi Carlo Pasta	FL KK FL KK FL KK	5 581 5 444 5 278 5 259 5 242 5 157	51.7% 50.5% 48.9% 48.8% 48.6% 47.8%
		November 2, 1873 (2nd ballot)	18 592	5,800	31.2%	Emilio Censi	FL	5 230	90.2%
No. 40	3	April 6, 1873	18 138	8 032	44.3%	Michele Pedrazzini Carlo Vonmentlen Giovanni Jauch Luigi Rusca Paolo Mordasini	KK KK FL FL FL	5 815 4 163 3 998 3 419 2 713	72.4% 51.8% 49.8% 42.6% 33.8%
		October 19, 1873 (2nd ballot)	18 138	9 814	54.1%	Michele Pedrazzini Carlo Vonmentlen Agostino Gatti Giovanni Jauch Paolo Mordasini Luigi Bolla	KK KK KK FL FL FL	5 214 5 149 4 706 4 639 4 323 3 992	53.1% 52.5% 48.0% 47.3% 44.0% 40.7%
		November 2, 1873 (2nd ballot)	18 138	5 540	40.5%	Agostino Gatti	KK	5 160	93.1%

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. 38	5	October 27, 1872	23 456	18 634	79.4%	Johann Messmer Adolf Deucher Fridolin Anderwert Jakob Albert Scherb Severin Stoffel Friedrich H. Häberlin	LM DL DL DL DL LM	16 754 16 610 16 470 16 022 11 682 06 742	89.9% 89.1% 88.4% 86.0% 62.7% 36.2%

Canton Uri (1 seat)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
No. 15	1	October 27, 1872	approx. 3 900	3 629	93.1%	Josef Arnold	KK	3 235	90.5%

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. 41	4th	October 27, 1872	19 557	8 244	42.2%	Charles Cossy Louis Ruchonnet Jacob Dubs Jules Eytel	LM FL LM FL	07 593 07 573 07 401 07 093	92.1% 91.9% 89.8% 86.0%
No. 42	4th	October 27, 1872	23 287	10 762	46.2%	Jean-Louis Demiéville Georges-Louis Contesse Paul Wulliémoz Pierre-Isaac Joly Jean-Louis Chuard Constant Bourgeaud Victor Perrin	LM FL FL LM FL FL FL	10 389 10 111 09 915 03 279 02 998 02 409 01 795	96.5% 94.0% 92.5% 30.1% 27.9% 22.4% 16.7%
		November 10, 1872 (2nd ballot)	23 300	8 825	37.9%	Constant Bourgeaud Pierre-Isaac Joly	FL LM	04,265 03,989	48.3% 45.2%
		November 17, 1872 (3rd ballot)	23 373	11 379	48.7%	Pierre-Isaac Joly Constant Bourgeaud	LM FL	06,632 04,567	58.3% 40.1%
No. 43	3	October 27, 1872	15 690	7 672	48.9%	Louis-Henri Delarageaz Henri Reymond Charles Baud Aymon de Gingins	FL FL FL LM	07 443 07 138 06 144 01 542	97.0% 93.0% 80.1% 20.1%

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. 44	2	October 27, 1872	approx. 10,000	6 014	60.0%	Hans Anton von Roten Ignaz Zenruffinen Victor de Chastonay	KK KK KK	5525 3086 1746	91.9% 51.3% 29.0%
No. 45	1	October 27, 1872	5 390	2,922	54.2%	Maurice Evéquoz Ferdinand de Montheys	KK KK	075 2 0776	72.8% 27.2%
No. 46	2	October 27, 1872	10 472	7 351	70.2%	Louis Gross Cyprien Barlatey Louis Barman Maurice de Lavallaz	KK KK FL FL	4 140 3 630 3 488 3 276	56.3% 49.4% 47.4% 44.6%
		? ( 2nd ballot)	10 472	7 714	73.7%	Louis Barman Cyprien Barlatey	FL KK	4293 3344	55.7% 43.3%

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. 20	1	October 27, 1872	4 603	2,930	63.7%	Alois Schwerzmann Karl Josef Merz	KK FL	051 2 0853	70.6% 29.4%

Canton of Zurich (14 seats)

Constituency	Seats	date	Eligible voters	Number of voters	Wahlbe- pation	Elected and unelected	Political party	be right	proportion of
number 1	5	October 27, 1872	23 305	15 404	66.1%	Alfred Escher Johann Jakob Widmer Melchior Römer Heinrich Studer Johann Jakob Schäppi Jakob Pfenninger Adrian Strohecker Paul Cérésole Ludwig Forrer Gustav Vogt Jakob Dubs	LM LM LM LM DL DL DL DL DL DL LM	8 829 8 488 8 173 7 694 6 244 5 407 5 284 5 219 5 206 4 789 4 048	62.9% 60.5% 58.2% 54.8% 44.5% 38.5% 37.7% 37.2% 37.1% 34.1% 28.8%
		November 10, 1872 (2nd ballot)	23 305	12 387	53.2%	Wilhelm Hertenstein Johann Jakob Schäppi	LM DL	7 276 4 656	58.7% 37.6%
No. 2	3	October 27, 1872	14 781	12 482	71.8%	Johann Heinrich Fierz Johann Jakob Keller Walter Hauser Heinrich Landis Jakob Dubs	LM DL DL LM LM	8 106 5 683 4 962 4 133 1 276	95.1% 66.7% 58.2% 48.5% 15.0%
No. 3	3	October 27, 1872	14 781	12 482	71.8%	Gottlieb Ziegler Hans Rudolf Zangger Salomon Bleuler Wilhelm Hertenstein Heinrich Rieter Johann Jakob Boller	DL DL DL LM LM LM	7 744 7 578 7 477 2 181 2 163 1 918	74.0% 72.4% 71.5% 20.9% 20.7% 18.3%
No. 4	3	October 27, 1872	15 439	11 682	60.0%	Johann Jakob Scherer Jakob Fehr Friedrich Scheuchzer Johann Jakob Bucher	DL DL DL LM	8 106 7 804 7 186 1 606	87.4% 84.2% 77.5% 17.3%
		January 12, 1873	15 369	11 348	73.8%	Ludwig Forrer Hans Jakob Albrecht	DL LM	4,765 4,671	48.2% 47.2%
		January 26, 1873 (2nd ballot)	15 458	12 273	79.4%	Hans Jakob Albrecht Ludwig Forrer	LM DL	5 816 5 590	50.5% 48.5%

Replacement elections until 1875

Due to vacancies during the following 9th legislative period , 21 substitute 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. 2 (ZH)	Johann Heinrich Fierz	August 2, 1874	14 667	9 655	65.8%	Johann Jakob Hasler Johannes Stössel	LM DL	06 472 02 908	67.0% 30.1%
No. 4 (ZH)	Hans Jakob Albrecht	December 20, 1874	15 397	11 547	75.0%	Ludwig Forrer Jakob Rüedi	DL LM	05197 04488	51.8% 39.0%
	Jakob Fehr	January 24, 1875	15 548	9 971	64.2%	Johannes Moser Jakob Rüedi	DL LM	05 209 04 412	52.2% 44.3%
No. 8 (BE)	Walther Munzinger	June 6, 1873	17 350	6 341	36.5%	Daniel Flückiger Rudolf Leuenberger	LM FL	02,732 02,386	43.1% 37.6%
		June 22, 1873 (2nd ballot)	17 350	6 138	35.4%	Daniel Flückiger Rudolf Leuenberger	LM FL	03 116 02 961	50.8% 48.2%
No. 11 (LU)	Josef Bühler	May 25, 1873	approx. 9,300	2,673	28.7%	Josef Vonmatt	FL	02,532	94.9%
No. 13 (LU)	Jost Peyer	October 19, 1873	approx. 9 150	3 434	37.5%	Johann Amberg	KK	03 434	100.0%
No. 16 (SZ)	Johann Michael Stählin	April 19, 1874	12 603	10 878	86.3%	Ambros Eberle	KK	05 904	54.3%
No. 17 (NW)	Walter Zelger	September 13, 1874	approx. 2 950	1 728	58.6%	Robert Durrer Franz Durrer Louis Wyrsch	KK KK LM	00701 00464 00386	40.6% 26.9% 22.3%
		October 4, 1874 (2nd ballot)	approx. 2 950	2 271	77.0%	Robert Durrer Franz Durrer	KK KK	0377 1 00800	60.6% 26.4%
No. 21 (FR)	Karl Vissaula	March 7, 1875	13 897	8 738	62.9%	Arthur Techtermann Édouard Fasnacht	KK FL	06 195 02 503	70.9% 28.6%
No. 23 (SO)	Benedict von Arx Albert Brosi	February 14, 1875	17 610	10 918	62.0%	Bonaventure Baumgartner Leo Weber Xaver Kulli Josef von Sury	FL FL KK KK	07 869 07 769 02 923 02 912	72.1% 71.2% 26.8% 26.7%
No. 24 (BS)	Johann Jakob Stehlin	February 21, 1875	9 615	3 422	35.6%	Karl Burckhardt-Iselin Felix Burckhardt	FL ER	03 193 00084	93.3% 02.5%
No. 27 (AR)	Johannes Hohl	June 15, 1873	approx. 12 800	8 916	69.7%	Christian Count Johann Ulrich Sutter Daniel Hofstetter	FL LM LM	05 241 00922 00786	58.8% 10.3% 08.8%
No. 29 (SG)	Johann Ulrich Hafner	November 15, 1874	approx. 19,000	11 839	62.3%	Thomas Thoma Johann Joseph Keel	DL KK	07 479 03 429	63.2% 29.0%
No. 32 (GR)	Hermann Jakob von spokesman	June 6, 1875	approx. 8,900	5 585	62.8%	Johann Gaudenz by Salis Peter Salzgeber	FL ER	02,888 02,539	51.7% 45.5%
No. 36 (AG)	Plazid Weissenbach	July 12, 1874	17 420	13 861	79.6%	Robert Straub Anton Bruggisser Johann Josef Meier	FL LM KK	06 689 04 201 04 032	33.8% 30.3% 29.1%
		August 19, 1874 (2nd ballot)	17 396	14 244	81.9%	Robert Straub Johann Josef Meier Anton Bruggisser	FL KK LM	05 861 03 939 03 803	41.1% 27.7% 26.7%
		August 30, 1874 (3rd ballot)	17 090	13 348	78.1%	Robert Straub Johann Josef Meier	FL KK	07 852 04 186	58.8% 31.4%
No. 38 (TG)	Adolf Deucher	June 8, 1873	23 815	17 058	71.6%	Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin	DL	13 379	78.4%
	Fridolin other value	March 7, 1875	23 484	18 353	78.1%	Gustav Merkle	DL	14 314	78.0%
No. 41 (VD)	Jules Eytel	April 20, 1873	19 235	4 603	23.9%	Louis Berdez	LM	04235	92.0%
	Charles Cossy	February 21, 1875	19 739	6 324	32.0%	Frédéric Chausson Louis Rambert	FL LM	03620 02570	57.2% 40.6%
No. 48 (GE)	Gustave-Jules Pictet	February 28, 1875	19 063	3 633	19.1%	Charles Chalumeau	FL	03 583	98.6%

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} 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 Paul Cérésole elected to the Federal Council
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Supplementary election for Karl Schenk, who was elected to the Federal Council
5. ↑ Liberal, supported by the Conservatives.
6. ↑ Liberal, supported by the liberal.
7. ↑ Supplementary election for Josef Martin Knüsel, who was elected to the Federal Council
8. ^ Freethinkers, supported by the Liberals.
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Declared invalid.
10. ↑ ^{a b} All other candidates did not participate in the second ballot.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Supplementary election for Johann Jakob Scherer, who was elected to the Federal Council
12. ↑ 2,116 blank and 1,939 invalid votes, other people accounted for 919 votes.

source

• Erich Gruner : The elections to the Swiss National Council 1848-1919 . tape 3 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7720-1445-3 , p. 127-141 .