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The 49 electoral districts

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 30 October 1887. The Radical Left narrowly retained its majority in the National Council.[1]

## Electoral system

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The 145 members of the National Council were elected in 49 single- and multi-member constituencies using a three-round system. Candidates had to receive a majority in the first or second round to be elected; if it went to a third round, only a plurality was required. Voters could cast as many votes as there were seats in their constituency.[2] There was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.[2]

## Results

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Voter turnout was highest in Schaffhausen (where voting was compulsory) at 95.5% and lowest in Zug at 18.5%.

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Radical Left| | 40.2| 73| –1
| Catholic Right| | 28.3| 35| –2
| Liberal Centre| | 15.9| 19| +1
| Democratic Group| | 9.4| 14| –1
| Evangelical Right| | 3.4| 4| +3
| Socialists| | 1.3| 0| 0
| Independents| | 1.5| 0| 0
Total| | 145| 0
Total votes| 359,317| –|
Registered voters/turnout| 649,229| 55.35|
Source: BFS[1] (seats)

### By constituency

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Constituency  | Seats  | Party  | Seats
won  | Elected members

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Zürich 1  | 5  |  | Liberal Centre  | 3  |

* Konrad Cramer
* Ulrich Meister Jr.
* Wilhelm Hertenstein

| Democratic Group | 2  |

* Arnold Syfrig
* Johann Jakob Schäppi

Zürich 2  | 4  |  | Liberal Centre  | 3  |

* Johann Heinrich Bühler
* Heinrich Landis
* Johann Jakob Abegg

| Democratic Group | 1  | Johann Jakob Keller
Zürich 3  | 4  |  | Democratic Group | 4  |

* Rudolf Geilinger
* Johannes Stössel
* Ludwig Forrer
* Friedrich Salomon Vögelin

Zürich 4  | 3  |  | Democratic Group | 3  |

* Friedrich Scheuchzer
* Johannes Moser
* Johann Jakob Sulzer

Bern 5  | 5  |  | Radical Left  | 5  |

* Matthäus Zurbuchen
* Johann Jakob Rebmann
* Jakob Scherz
* Johann Zürcher
* Carl Samuel Zyro

Bern 6  | 5  |  | Radical Left  | 5  |

* Johann Jakob Hauser
* Karl Stämpfli
* Rudolf Rohr
* Rudolf Brunner
* Eduard Müller

Bern 7  | 4  |  | Radical Left  | 4  |

* Fritz Bühlmann
* Karl Schenk
* Gottlieb Riem
* Gottlieb Berger

Bern 8  | 4  |  | Bern People's Party | 3  |

* Johannes Schär
* Emil Elsässer
* Ulrich Burkhalter

| Radical Left  | 1  | Johann Friedrich Gugelmann
Bern 9  | 4  |  | Radical Left  | 4  |

* Eduard Bähler
* Eduard Marti
* Johannes Zimmermann
* Rudolf Häni

Bern 10  | 5  |  | Radical Left  | 5  |

* Ernest Francillon
* Henri Cuenat
* Pierre Jolissaint
* Joseph Stockmar
* Auguste-Adolphe Klaye

Lucerne 11  | 2  |  | Radical Left  | 2  |

* Josef Vonmatt
* Friedrich Wüest

Lucerne 12  | 1  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Josef Zemp
Lucerne 13  | 2  |  | Catholic Right  | 2  |

* Candid Hochstrasser
* Josef Erni

Lucerne 14  | 2  |  | Catholic Right  | 2  |

* Philipp Anton von Segesser
* Franz Xaver Beck

Uri 15  | 1  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Josef Arnold
Schwyz 16  | 3  |  | Catholic Right  | 3  |

* Vital Schwander Sr.
* Fridolin Holdener
* Nikolaus Benziger

Obwalden 17  | 1  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Nicolaus Hermann
Nidwalden 18  | 1  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Robert Durrer
Glarus 19  | 2  |  | Democratic Group | 1  | Kaspar Schindler
| Liberal Centre  | 1  | Rudolf Gallati
Zug 20  | 1  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Alois Müller
Fribourg 21  | 2  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Georges Python
| Liberal Centre  |  | Georges Cressier
Fribourg 22  | 2  |  | Catholic Right  | 2  |

* Paul Aeby
* Louis de Wuilleret

Fribourg 23  | 2  |  | Catholic Right  | 2  |

* Louis Grand
* Alphonse Théraulaz

Solothurn 24  | 4  |  | Radical Left  | 3  |

* Joseph Gisi
* Wilhelm Vigier
* Albert Brosi

| Liberal Centre  | 1  | Bernard Hammer
Basel-Stadt 25  | 3  |  | Radical Left  | 3  |

* Karl Burckhardt-Iselin
* Eduard Eckenstein
* Ernst Brenner

Basel-Landschaft 26  | 3  |  | Radical Left  | 3  |

* Ambrosius Rosenmund
* Johann Jakob Stutz
* Gédéon Thommen

Schaffhausen 27  | 2  |  | Democratic Group | 1  | Wilhelm Joos
| Radical Left  | 1  | Robert Grieshaber
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 28  | 3  |  | Liberal Centre  | 1  |

* Johann Jakob Sturzenegger
* Johann Ulrich Eisenhut

| Radical Left  | 1  | Johann Conrad Sonderegger
Appenzell Innerhoden 29  | 1  |  | Liberal Centre  | 1  | Karl Justin Sonderegger
St. Gallen 30  | 4  |  | Democratic Group | 2  |

* Roderich Albert Kunkler
* Adolf Grubenmann

| Catholic Right  | 1  | Johann Gebhard Lutz
| Evangelical Right  | 1  | Christoph Tobler
St. Gallen 31  | 3  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Wilhelm Good
| Radical Left  | 1  | Gallus August Suter
| Democratic Group | 1  | Carl Theodor Curti
St. Gallen 32  | 3  |  | Catholic Right  | 3  |

* Johann Fridolin Müller
* Johann Joseph Keel
* Laurenz Schönenberger

Grisons 33  | 2  |  | Liberal Centre  | 1  | Peter Theophil Bühler
| Radical Left  | 1  | Luzius Raschein
Grisons 34  | 2  |  | Catholic Right  | 2  |

* Caspar Decurtins
* Johann Schmid

Grisons 35  | 1  |  | Radical Left  | 1  | Andrea Bezzola
Aargau 36  | 3  |  | Radical Left  | 3  |

* Arnold Künzli
* Erwin Kurz
* Ludwig Karrer

Aargau 37  | 4  |  | Liberal Centre  | 3  |

* Max Alphonse Erismann
* Johann Rohr
* Peter Emil Isler

| Radical Left  | 1  | Hans Riniker
Aargau 38  | 3  |  | Catholic Right  | 2  |

* Emil Albert Baldinger
* Arnold Münch

| Liberal Centre  | 1  | Emil Welti
Thurgau 39  | 5  |  | Radical Left  | 4  |

* Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin
* Johann Philipp Heitz
* Gustav Merkle
* Johann Jakob Schümperlin

| Liberal Centre  | 1  | Jakob Huldreich Bachmann
Ticino 40  | 2  |  | Radical Left  | 2  |

* Costantino Bernasconi
* Leone de Stoppani

Ticino 41  | 5  |  | Catholic Right  | 5  |

* Filippo Bonzanigo
* Martino Pedrazzini
* Giovanni Dazzoni
* Ignazio Polar
* Agostino Gatti

Vaud 42  | 5  |  | Radical Left  | 5  |

* Louis Ruchonnet
* Louis Chausson
* Charles-Eugène Fonjallaz
* Eugène Ruffy
* Louis Paschoud

Vaud 43  | 4  |  | Radical Left  | 4  |

* Jacques-François Viquerat
* Louis Déglon
* Jean Cavat
* Ami Campiche

Vaud 44  | 3  |  | Radical Left  | 3  |

* Adrien Thélin
* Jules Colomb
* Charles Baud

Valais 45  | 2  |  | Catholic Right  | 2  |

* Hans Anton von Roten
* Victor de Chastonay

Valais 46  | 1  |  | Catholic Right  | 1  | Joseph Favre
Valais 47  | 2  |  | Radical Left  | 1  | Émile Gaillard
| Liberal Centre  | 1  | Maurice Chappelet
Neuchâtel 48  | 5  |  | Radical Left  | 5  |

* Numa Droz
* Robert Comtesse
* Henri Morel
* Arnold Grosjean
* Charles-Émile Tissot

Geneva 49  | 5  |  | Radical Left  | 3  |

* Adrien Lachenal
* Georges Favon
* Antoine Carteret

| Liberal Centre  | 2  |

* Ernest Pictet
* Jean-Étienne Dufour

Source: Gruner[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine BFS
2. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1886 ISBN 9783832956097
3. ^ Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.

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