1963 Swiss federal election
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 27 October 1963.[1] The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 53 of the 200 seats.[2]
Results[]
National Council[]
Summary[]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||||
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Social Democratic Party | 256,063 | 26.6 | 53 | +2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 230,200 | 23.9 | 51 | 0 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 225,160 | 23.4 | 48 | +1 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 109,202 | 11.4 | 22 | –1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 48,224 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
Liberal Democratic Union | 21,501 | 2.2 | 6 | +1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 21,088 | 2.2 | 4 | +1 | |||||
Social-Political Group | 16,978 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 15,690 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Other parties | 17,643 | 1.8 | 0 | – | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 25,248 | – | – | – | |||||
Total | 986,997 | 100 | 200 | +4 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,493,026 | 66.1 | – | – | |||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By constituency[]
Constituency | Seats | Electorate | Turnout | Party | Votes | Seats won | |
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Aargau | 13 | 98,595 | 81,249 | Social Democratic Party | 312,603 | 4 | |
Conservative People's Party | 230,646 | 3 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 196,631 | 3 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 144,763 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 55,165 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 28,002 | 0 | |||||
Free Eligible Voters | 26,879 | 0 | |||||
Non-Partisan List of Evangelical Christian Citizens | 11,089 | 0 | |||||
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | ||||
Social Democratic Party | 1 | ||||||
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | 3,705 | 1,203 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 897 | 1 | |
Basel-Landschaft | 5 | 42,790 | 25,426 | Social Democratic Party | 43,291 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 29,718 | 1 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 19,239 | 1 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 18,323 | 1 | |||||
Aktion Kanton Basel | 14,814 | 0 | |||||
Basel-Stadt | 8 | 67,406 | 40,457 | Social Democratic Party | 102,355 | 3 | |
Free Democratic Party | 79,944 | 2 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 41,864 | 1 | |||||
Liberal Party | 37,572 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 35,872 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 21,724 | 0 | |||||
Bern | 33 | 261,817 | 168,222 | Social Democratic Party | 1,954,709 | 12 | |
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 1,746,618 | 11 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 953,006 | 6 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 358,829 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 215,635 | 2 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 105,517 | 0 | |||||
Non-Partisan List of Evangelical Christian Citizens | 81,335 | 0 | |||||
Fribourg | 6 | 47,259 | 31,588 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 101,174 | 3 | |
Free Democratic Party | 42,696 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 24,108 | 1 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 18,897 | 0 | |||||
Geneva | 10 | 71,064 | 31,340 | Social Democratic Party | 76,363 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 61,622 | 2 | |||||
Party of Labour | 58,130 | 2 | |||||
Liberal Party | 51,990 | 2 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 48,249 | 2 | |||||
Movement for Economic and Social Democracy | 10,673 | 0 | |||||
Glarus | 2 | 10,782 | 8,357 | Social Democratic Party | 6,505 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 4,723 | 1 | |||||
Social-Political Group | 3,121 | 0 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 2,159 | 0 | |||||
Grisons | 5 | 38,865 | 27,605 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 55,869 | 2 | |
Social-Political Group | 39,508 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 20,723 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 18,219 | 0 | |||||
Lucerne | 9 | 72,436 | 60,804 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 269,439 | 5 | |
Free Democratic Party | 196,834 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 49,397 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 27,511 | 0 | |||||
Neuchâtel | 5 | 41,830 | 18,992 | Social Democratic Party | 36,354 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 24,256 | 2 | |||||
Liberal Party | 20,735 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 11,752 | 0 | |||||
Nidwalden | 1 | 6,123 | 2,673 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 2,070 | 1 | |
Obwalden | 1 | 6,437 | 3,716 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 2,351 | 1 | |
Liberal Party | 1,256 | 0 | |||||
Schaffhausen | 2 | 18,034 | 15,727 | Social Democratic Party | 13,120 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 12,488 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 3,398 | 0 | |||||
Schwyz | 3 | 22,023 | 16,214 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 23,482 | 2 | |
Social Democratic Party | 13,721 | 1 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 10,286 | 0 | |||||
Solothurn | 7 | 56,117 | 47,859 | Free Democratic Party | 136,130 | 3 | |
Social Democratic Party | 109,551 | 2 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 80,155 | 2 | |||||
St. Gallen | 13 | 89,306 | 66,320 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 387,078 | 6 | |
Free Democratic Party | 223,957 | 4 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 148,540 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 55,893 | 1 | |||||
Ticino | 7 | 53,710 | 36,719 | Free Democratic Party | 102,610 | 3 | |
Conservative Christian Social Party | 92,683 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 47,837 | 1 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 8,483 | 0 | |||||
Thurgau | 6 | 43,802 | 32,047 | Social Democratic Party | 52,964 | 2 | |
Conservative Christian Social Party | 50,272 | 1 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 46,689 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 37,409 | 1 | |||||
Uri | 1 | 8,894 | 5,662 | Free Democratic Party | 4,216 | 1 | |
Vaud | 16 | 121,832 | 52,307 | Free Democratic Party | 262,659 | 6 | |
Social Democratic Party | 230,205 | 4 | |||||
Liberal Party | 119,342 | 2 | |||||
Party of Labour | 101,271 | 2 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 66,096 | 1 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 44,872 | 1 | |||||
Valais | 7 | 51,557 | 36,878 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 163,699 | 5 | |
Free Democratic Party | 52,697 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 38,745 | 1 | |||||
Zug | 2 | Conservative Christian Social Party | 1 | ||||
Free Democratic Party | 1 | ||||||
Zürich | 35 | 269,670 | 183,995 | Social Democratic Party | 1,731,988 | 10 | |
Free Democratic Party | 1,031,813 | 6 | |||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 876,007 | 5 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 836,710 | 5 | |||||
Conservative Christian Social Party | 794,359 | 5 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 361,942 | 2 | |||||
Social-Political Group | 317,701 | 2 | |||||
Party of Labour | 135,780 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Popular Movement Against Foreign Infiltration | 111,629 | 0 | |||||
Non-Partisan List of Evangelical Christian Citizens | 76,452 | 0 | |||||
List for Cleanliness in Politics | 44,069 | 0 | |||||
Non-Partisan Union | 23,148 | 0 | |||||
New Gotthard Ring | 7,632 | 0 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 4,536 | 0 | |||||
Source: Bundesblatt, 28 November 1963 |
Council of the States[]
In several cantons the members of the Council of the States were chosen by the cantonal parliaments.[3]
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Party | Seats | +/– | |||||||
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Conservative Christian Social Party | 18 | +1 | |||||||
Free Democratic Party | 13 | 0 | |||||||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 4 | +1 | |||||||
Social Democratic Party | 3 | –1 | |||||||
Liberal Democratic Union | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Social-Political Group | 3 | +2 | |||||||
Ring of Independents | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 44 | 0 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References[]
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