Council of States — election-year composition
Switzerland elections · 1875 · held
Final reported chamber allocation; historical membership and ballot scope are documented in the notes.
Related elections
Results: final · complete coverage · Party seat composition; no nationwide Council of States popular-vote denominator
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Right | — | — | 16 | — |
| Radical Left | — | — | 11 | — |
| Liberal Centre | — | — | 9 | — |
| Democratic Left | — | — | 4 | — |
| Evangelical Right | — | — | 0 | — |
| Independents | — | — | 3 | — |
| Vacant | — | — | 1 | — |
Party and group labels reflect the referenced election-era table. Display colours are editorial; no legal continuity or ideology is inferred. Council of States members follow cantonal election law, varying dates and historically varying terms, indirect parliamentary selection or Landsgemeinde elections. This is the source’s election-year composition snapshot, not a claim that every seat was simultaneously contested nationwide. Votes, shares and nationwide turnout remain null; cantonal runoffs and earlier selections are not naively added. Year precision identifies the snapshot year; January 1 is only a sorting anchor. The chamber had 44 seats before Jura joined and 46 thereafter.
Sources & further reading
Election results and historical bibliography
Parliament: cantonal selection and absence of national general renewal