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.
| Constituency | Seats | Party | Seats won | Elected members | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aargau | 9 | Radical Left | 8 | |||
| Liberal Centre | 1 | Jakob Isler | ||||
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Bern 6 | 4 | Evangelical Right | 2 | |||
| Radical Left | 2 | |||||
| Bern 7 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| Liberal Centre | 1 | Johann Schneider | ||||
| Bern 8 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Catholic Right | 1 | Philipp Anton von Segesser | ||||
| Liberal Centre | 1 | Jakob Kopp | ||||
| Neuchâtel | 3 | Radical Left | 3 | |||
| Nidwalden | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Melchior Wyrsch | ||
| Obwalden | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Franz Wirz | ||
| Schaffhausen | 2 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| Schwyz-North | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Johann A. Steinegger | ||
| Schwyz-South | 1 | Liberal Centre | 1 | Franz Karl Schuler | ||
| Solothurn | 3 | Radical Left | 3 | |||
| St. Gallen 1 | 2 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| St. Gallen 2 | 2 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Democratic Left | 1 | Jules Eytel | ||||
| Vaud 2 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 | |||
| Vaud 3 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| Democratic Left | 1 | Abram-Daniel Meystre | ||||
| Zug | 1 | Catholic Right | 1 | Silvan Schwerzmann | ||
| Zürich 1 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 | |||
| Zürich 2 | 3 | Radical Left | 3 | |||
| Zürich 3 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| Democratic Left | 1 | Heinrich Homberger | ||||
| Zürich 4 | 3 | Radical Left | 2 | |||
| Evangelical Right | 1 | Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler | ||||
| Source: Gruner[2] | ||||||