The 52 electoral districts 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]
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 .
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
Constituency Seats Party 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 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 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 Radical Left 2 Ulrich Ochsenbein Johann August Weingart Bern 7 3 Radical Left 2 Alexander Ludwig Funk Karl Karrer 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 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 Liberal Centre 1 Johann Jakob Steger St. Gallen 4 2 Radical Left 1 Johann M. Hungerbühler 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 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 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 Democratic Left 1 Heinrich Homberger Zürich 4 3 Radical Left 2 Felix Wiedmann Rudolf Benz Evangelical Right 1 Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler Source: Gruner[ 2]
Party Seats Radical Left 30 Liberal Centre 8 Catholic Right 6 Democratic Left 0 Evangelical Right 0 Total 44 Source: Federal Assembly