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1890 Swiss federal election

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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 26 October 1890. The Radical Left narrowly retained its majority in the National Council.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/17/22/lexi.Document.137139.xls Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230855/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/17/22/lexi.Document.137139.xls |date=2015-09-23 }} BFS

Electoral system

The 147 members of the National Council were elected in 52 single- and multi-member constituencies using a three-round voting system of the Exhaustive ballot or a multiple-winner variant thereof. To be elected, in the first or second round a candidate or candidates had to receive a vote from a majority of the voters. If not all the seats were filled in the first or second round, it went to a third round. Again the least-popular candidate was eliminated but now only a plurality was required to determine the winner(s).

Voters could cast as many votes as there were seats in their constituency. There was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons based on that ratio.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1886 {{ISBN|9783832956097}}

The elections were held under the new Federal law concerning the elections of National Council members passed on 20 June 1890. Following the 1888 census (which had been brought forward from 1890 in order to redraw the constituencies prior to the elections) the number of seats was increased from 145 to 147, whilst the number of constituencies was increased from 49 to 52; Basel-Stadt, St. Gallen and Zürich all gained one seat, whilst Ticino lost a seat.

Results

=National Council=

Voter turnout was highest in Schaffhausen (where voting was compulsory) at 94.3% and lowest in Schwyz at 35.6%.

{{Election results

|image=300px

|party1=Radical Left|ipct1=40.9|seats1=74|sc1=+1|color1={{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}

|party2=Catholic Right|ipct2=25.6|seats2=35|sc2=0|color2={{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}

|party3=Liberal Centre|ipct3=15.7|seats3=20|sc3=+1|color3={{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}

|party4=Democratic Group|ipct4=10.4|seats4=15|sc4=+1

|party5=Social Democratic Party|ipct5=3.6|seats5=1|sc5=+1

|party6=Evangelical Right|ipct6=2.4|seats6=2|sc6=–2|color6={{party color|Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland}}

|party7=Independents|ipct7=1.4|seats7=0|sc7=0

|totalvotes=415098|total_sc=+2

|electorate=664144

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230855/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/17/22/lexi.Document.137139.xls BFS] (seats)

}}

== By constituency ==

class="wikitable"

!Constituency

!Seats

! colspan="2" |Party

!Seats

won

!Elected members

rowspan="3" |Zürich 1

| rowspan="3" |6

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Konrad Cramer

  • Arnold Bürkli
  • Hans Konrad Pestalozzi}}
style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Johann Jakob Schäppi

  • Carl Theodor Curti}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Social Democratic Party

|1

|Jakob Vogelsanger

rowspan="2" |Zürich 2

| rowspan="2" |4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Johann Heinrich Bühler

  • Johann Jakob Abegg
  • Johannes Eschmann}}
style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|1

|Johann Jakob Keller

Zürich 3

|4

| style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|4

|{{Plainlist|*Rudolf Geilinger

rowspan="2" |Zürich 4

| rowspan="2" |3

| style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Friedrich Scheuchzer

  • Johannes Moser}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|1

|Heinrich Steinemann

Bern 5

|5

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|5

|{{Plainlist|*Matthäus Zurbuchen

  • Arnold Gottlieb Bühler
  • Johann Zürcher
  • Johann Jakob Rebmann
  • Carl Samuel Zyro}}
Bern 6

|5

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|5

|{{Plainlist|*Karl Stämpfli

  • Eduard Müller
  • Johann Jakob Hauser
  • Rudolf Brunner
  • Johann Jenny}}
Bern 7

|4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|4

|{{Plainlist|*Fritz Bühlmann

  • Adolf Müller
  • Gottfried Joost
  • Gottlieb Berger}}
rowspan="3" |Bern 8

| rowspan="3" |4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Ernst August Grieb

  • Gottfried Bangerter}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

|Bern People's Party

|1

|Ulrich Burkhalter

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|1

|Jakob Adolf Roth

Bern 9

|4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|4

|{{Plainlist|*Eduard Bähler

  • Eduard Marti
  • Johannes Zimmermann
  • Rudolf Häni}}
Bern 10

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Pierre Jolissaint

  • Joseph Stockmar
  • Albert Gobat}}
rowspan="2" |Bern 11

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Joseph Choquard

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|1

|Henri Cuenat

Lucerne 12

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Josef Vonmatt

  • Friedrich Wüest}}
Lucerne 13

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Candid Hochstrasser

  • Josef Zemp
  • Josef Erni}}
Lucerne 14

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Franz Xaver Beck

  • Josef Anton Schobinger}}
Uri 15

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Franz Schmid

Schwyz 16

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Vital Schwander Sr.

  • Nikolaus Benziger
  • Fridolin Holdener}}
Obwalden 17

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Peter Anton Ming

Nidwalden 18

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Hans von Matt Sr.

rowspan="2" |Glarus 19

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|1

|Kaspar Schindler

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|1

|Rudolf Gallati

Zug 20

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Franz Hediger

rowspan="2" |Fribourg 21

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|1

|Friedrich Abraham Stock

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Georges Python

Fribourg 22

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Paul Aeby

  • Louis de Wuilleret}}
Fribourg 23

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Louis Grand

  • Alphonse Théraulaz}}
rowspan="2" |Solothurn 24

| rowspan="2" |4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Joseph Gisi

  • Wilhelm Vigier
  • Albert Brosi}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|1

|Bernard Hammer

rowspan="2" |Basel-Stadt 25

| rowspan="2" |4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Ernst Brenner

  • Eduard Eckenstein
  • Hermann Kinkelin}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|1

|Paul Speiser

Basel-Landschaft 26

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Emil Frey

  • Jakob Buser
  • Ambrosius Rosenmund}}
rowspan="2" |Schaffhausen 27

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|1

|Wilhelm Joos

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|1

|Robert Grieshaber

rowspan="2" |Appenzell Ausserrhoden 28

| rowspan="2" |3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Johannes Zuberbühler

  • Johann Jakob Sturzenegger}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|1

|Johann Conrad Sonderegger

Appenzell Innerhoden 29

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|J. B. E. Dähler

rowspan="2" |St. Gallen 30

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|1

|Johannes Blumer

style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|1

|J. A. Scherrer-Füllemann

rowspan="2" |St. Gallen 31

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Johann Gebhard Lutz

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Evangelical Right

|1

|Christoph Tobler

St. Gallen 32

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Wilhelm Good

  • Johann Baptist Schubiger}}
rowspan="2" |St. Gallen 33

| rowspan="2" |3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Johann Georg Berlinger

  • Carl Hilty}}
style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|1

|Eduard Steiger

St. Gallen 34

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Johann Joseph Keel

  • Othmar Staub}}
rowspan="2" |Grisons 35

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|1

|Peter Theophil Bühler

style="color:inherit;background:#0B3861" |

|Democratic Group

|1

|Matthäus Risch

Grisons 36

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Caspar Decurtins

  • Johann Schmid}}
Grisons 37

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|1

|Andrea Bezzola

Aargau 38

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Arnold Künzli

  • Jakob Lüthy
  • Erwin Kurz}}
Aargau 39

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Max Alphonse Erismann

  • Hans Riniker
  • Olivier Zschokke}}
Aargau 40

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Robert Weissenbach

Aargau 41

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Emil Albert Baldinger

  • Emil Welti
  • Albert Ursprung}}
rowspan="2" |Thurgau 42

| rowspan="2" |5

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|4

|{{Plainlist|*Karl Alfred Fehr

  • Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin
  • Gustav Merkle
  • Josef Anton Koch}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|1

|Jakob Huldreich Bachmann

Ticino 43

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Costantino Bernasconi

  • Leone de Stoppani}}
Ticino 44

|4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|4

|{{Plainlist|*Filippo Bonzanigo

  • Giuseppe Volonterio
  • Ignazio Polar
  • Agostino Gatti}}
Vaud 45

|5

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|5

|{{Plainlist|*Louis Ruchonnet

  • Charles-Eugène Fonjallaz
  • Eugène Ruffy
  • Louis Chausson
  • Louis Paschoud}}
Vaud 46

|4

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|4

|{{Plainlist|*Jacques-François Viquerat

  • Louis Déglon
  • Jean Cavat
  • Ami Campiche}}
Vaud 47

|3

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Adrien Thélin

  • Charles Baud
  • Jules Colomb}}
Valais 48

|2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Hans Anton von Roten

  • Victor de Chastonay}}
Valais 49

|1

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Joseph Kuntschen Sr.

rowspan="2" |Valais 50

| rowspan="2" |2

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|1

|Émile Gaillard

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Catholic Right

|1

|Charles de Werra

Neuchâtel 51

|5

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|5

|{{Plainlist|*Numa Droz

  • Robert Comtesse
  • Arnold Grosjean
  • Charles-Émile Tissot
  • Alfred Jeanhenry}}
rowspan="2" |Geneva 52

| rowspan="2" |5

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Liberal Centre

|3

|{{Plainlist|*Eugène Richard

  • Gustave Ador
  • Jean-Étienne Dufour}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

|Radical Left

|2

|{{Plainlist|*Adrien Lachenal

colspan="6" |
colspan="6" |Source: Gruner{{Cite book|last=Gruner|first=Erich|title=Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919|volume=3}}

= Council of States =

{{Election results

|image=

|party1=Catholic Right|seats1=17|sc1=–1|color1={{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}

|party2=Radical Left|seats2=17|sc2=0|color2={{party color|Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}

|party3=Democratic Group|seats3=2|sc3=–1

|party4=Liberal Centre|seats4=2|sc4=–2|color4={{party color|Liberal Party of Switzerland}}

|party5=Evangelical Right|seats5=1|sc5=0|color5={{party color|Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland}}

|party6=Social Democratic Party|seats6=1|sc6=New

|party7=Independents|seats7=1|sc7=+1

|row8=Vacant|seats8=3|sc8=+3

|total_sc=0

|source=[https://www.parlament.ch/en/ratsmitglieder?k=* The Federal Assembly]

}}

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