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Federal elections were held in Switzerland between 1 and 27 October 1848. The Radical Left emerged as the largest group, winning 79 of the 111 seats in the National Council.^[1]

Electoral system

The 111 members of the National Council were elected from 52 single- and multi-member constituencies. In six cantons (Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Glarus, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Uri), National Council members were elected by the Landsgemeinde.

Results

National Council



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Radical Left		58.0	79
	Liberal Centre		16.9	11
	Catholic Right		11.6	10
	Evangelical Right		8.6	5
	Democratic Left		4.3	6
Total				111

Total votes		228,877	–
Registered voters/turnout		512,691	44.64
Source: BFS

By constituency

Constituency	Seats		Seats won	Elected members
Aargau	9	Radical Left	8	Friedrich Frey-Herosé Adolf Fischer Johann Peter Bruggisser Karl Rudolf Tanner Gottlieb Jäger Johann Ulrich Hanauer Johann Dössekel Karl Ferdinand Schimpf
Aargau	9	Liberal Centre	1	Jakob Isler
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	Radical Left	2	Johann Heinrich Heim Johann Jakob Sutter
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1	Catholic Right	1	Johann Nepomuk Hautle
Basel-Landschaft	2	Radical Left	1	Johann Jakob Matt
Basel-Landschaft	2	Democratic Left	1	Emil Remigius Frey
Basel-Stadt	1	Liberal Centre	1	Achilles Bischoff
Bern 5	4	Radical Left	4	Johann Karlen Albert Lohner Jakob Imobersteg Friedrich Seiler
Bern 6	4	Evangelical Right	2	Friedrich Fueter Johann Anton von Tillier
Bern 6	4	Radical Left	2	Ulrich Ochsenbein Johann August Weingart
Bern 7	3	Radical Left	2	Alexander Ludwig Funk Karl Karrer
Bern 7	3	Liberal Centre	1	Johann Schneider
Bern 8	3	Radical Left	3	Johann Rudolf Schneider Johann Rudolf Vogel Friedrich Sigmund Kohler
Bern 9	3	Liberal Centre	1	Karl Neuhaus
		Radical Left	1	Jakob Stämpfli
		Evangelical Right	1	Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Bern 10	3	Radical Left	2	Xavier Stockmar Cyprien Revel
Bern 10	3	Liberal Centre	1	Xavier Péquignot
Fribourg 1	1	Radical Left	1	Jacques-Joseph Remy
Fribourg 2	1	Radical Left	1	Nicolas Glasson
Fribourg 3	1	Radical Left	1	Christophe Joachim Marro
Fribourg 4	1	Radical Left	1	Jean Folly
Fribourg 5	1	Liberal Centre	1	François-Xavier Badoud
Geneva	3	Radical Left	3	Jean-Jacques Castoldi Joseph Girard Alexandre-Félix Alméras
Glarus	1	Radical Left	1	Caspar Jenny
Grisons 1	1	Evangelical Right	1	Johann Baptista Bavier
Grisons 2	1	Radical Left	1	Alois de Latour
Grisons 3	1	Radical Left	2	Georg Michel
Grisons 4	1	Liberal Centre	1	Andreas Rudolf von Planta
Lucerne	6	Radical Left	4	Jakob Robert Steiger Johann Jakob Heller Casimir Pfyffer Anton Schnyder
		Catholic Right	1	Philipp Anton von Segesser
		Liberal Centre	1	Jakob Kopp
Neuchâtel	3	Radical Left	3	Frédéric Lambelet Louis-Eugène Favre Jules Matthey
Nidwalden	1	Catholic Right	1	Melchior Wyrsch
Obwalden	1	Catholic Right	1	Franz Wirz
Schaffhausen	2	Radical Left	2	Johann Georg Böschenstein Friedrich Peyer im Hof
Schwyz-North	1	Catholic Right	1	Johann A. Steinegger
Schwyz-South	1	Liberal Centre	1	Franz Karl Schuler
Solothurn	3	Radical Left	3	Johann Jakob Trog Niklaus Pfluger Benjamin Brunner
St. Gallen 1	2	Radical Left	2	Joseph Marzell Hoffmann Franz Eduard Erpf
St. Gallen 2	2	Radical Left	2	Josef Leonhard Bernold Johann Baptist Weder
St. Gallen 3	2	Radical Left	1	Dominik Gmür
St. Gallen 3	2	Liberal Centre	1	Johann Jakob Steger
St. Gallen 4	2	Radical Left	1	Johann M. Hungerbühler
St. Gallen 4	2	Liberal Centre	1	Johann Georg Anderegg
Thurgau 1	1	Radical Left	1	Johann Georg Kreis
Thurgau 2	1	Radical Left	1	Johann Konrad Kern
Thurgau 3	1	Democratic Left	1	Philipp Gottlieb Labhardt
Thurgau 4	1	Democratic Left	1	Johann Georg Rauch
Ticino	6	Radical Left	6	Stefano Franscini Giacomo Luvini Giovanni Battista Pioda Benigno Soldini Giovanni Jauch Carlo Battaglini
Uri	1	Catholic Right	1	Florian Lusser
Valais 1	1	Catholic Right	1	Joseph Anton Clemenz
Valais 2	1	Catholic Right	1	Antoine de Riedmatten
Valais 3	1	Radical Left	1	Maurice Barman
Valais 4	1	Radical Left	1	Adrien-Félix Pottier
Vaud 1	3	Radical Left	2	Louis Blanchenay François Veillon
Vaud 1	3	Democratic Left	1	Jules Eytel
Vaud 2	3	Radical Left	3	Benjamin Pittet Charles Vittel Rodolphe Soutter
Vaud 3	3	Radical Left	2	Louis Blanchenay François Veillon
Vaud 3	3	Democratic Left	1	Abram-Daniel Meystre
Zug	1	Catholic Right	1	Silvan Schwerzmann
Zürich 1	3	Radical Left	3	Georg Joseph Sidler Alfred Escher Johann Jakob Wieland
Zürich 2	3	Radical Left	3	Johannes Wild Hans Heinrich Hürlimann Rudolf Bollier
Zürich 3	3	Radical Left	2	Johann Jakob Müller Heinrich Rüegg
Zürich 3	3	Democratic Left	1	Heinrich Homberger
Zürich 4	3	Radical Left	2	Felix Wiedmann Rudolf Benz
Zürich 4	3	Evangelical Right	1	Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler

Source: Gruner^[2]

Council of States


Party		Seats
	Radical Left	30
	Liberal Centre	8
	Catholic Right	6
	Democratic Left	0
	Evangelical Right	0
Total		44

Source: Federal Assembly

References

^ Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine BFS
^ Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.

[1] Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine BFS

[:0-2] Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.

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