1971 Swiss federal election
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 31 October 1971.[1] Although the Social Democratic Party received the most votes, the Free Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 49 of the 200 seats.[2] They were the first federal elections in which women were allowed to vote, following a referendum earlier in the year that introduced universal suffrage for federal elections.
Results[]
National Council[]
Summary[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democratic Party | 456,233 | 22.9 | 46 | –4 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 432,259 | 21.7 | 49 | 0 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 407,225 | 20.4 | 44 | –1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 220,487 | 11.1 | 23 | –1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 152,086 | 7.6 | 13 | –3 | |||||
Republican Movement | 84,700 | 4.3 | 7 | +7 | |||||
National Action | 63,781 | 3.2 | 4 | +3 | |||||
Swiss Party of Labour | 51,341 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Liberal Democratic Union | 43,710 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 42,778 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
Independent Social-Christian Party | 5,946 | 0.3 | 0 | – | |||||
Autonomous Socialist Party | 5,271 | 0.3 | 0 | New | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 1,820 | 0.1 | 0 | – | |||||
Other parties | 24,679 | 1.2 | 0 | – | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 25,761 | – | – | – | |||||
Total | 2,018,316 | 100 | 200 | 0 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,549,429 | 56.9 | – | – | |||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By constituency[]
Constituency | Seats | Electorate | Turnout | Party | Votes | Seats won | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aargau | 14 | 232,941 | 145,512 | Social Democratic Party | 474,648 | 3 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 396,770 | 3 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 315,776 | 3 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 247,379 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 187,426 | 2 | |||||
Republican Movement | 115,305 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 76,306 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 68,260 | 0 | |||||
Team 67 | 51,975 | 0 | |||||
Free Eligible Voters and Non-Partisan Voters | 36,972 | 0 | |||||
Free Voters for Education and Progress | 8,243 | 0 | |||||
European Federalist Party | 6,570 | 0 | |||||
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | 28,671 | 13,915 | Free Democratic Party | 15,924 | 1 | |
Social Democratic Party | 9,521 | 1 | |||||
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | 7,624 | 2,386 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 2,217 | 1 | |
Basel-Landschaft | 7 | 114,565 | 59,320 | Social Democratic Party | 115,853 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 94,370 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 56,704 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 48,314 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 54,815 | 1 | |||||
National Action | 41,095 | 0 | |||||
Basel-Stadt | 7 | 149,309 | 69,418 | Social Democratic Party | 146,745 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 55,327 | 1 | |||||
Liberal Party | 62,533 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 61,133 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 54,238 | 1 | |||||
National Action | 38,678 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 29,246 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 23,593 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 8,859 | 0 | |||||
Free Opposition Party | 2,008 | 0 | |||||
Bern | 31 | 601,381 | 347,799 | Social Democratic Party | 3,272,395 | 10 | |
Swiss People's Party | 3,086,851 | 10 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 1,819,024 | 5 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 664,295 | 2 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 566,163 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 430,124 | 1 | |||||
National Action | 388,872 | 1 | |||||
Republican Movement | 221,004 | 1 | |||||
Independent Social-Christian Party | 91,632 | 0 | |||||
Volkstümlich | 4,736 | 0 | |||||
Fribourg | 6 | 104,385 | 55,827 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 136,147 | 3 | |
Free Democratic Party | 81,018 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 65,253 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 28,460 | 0 | |||||
Independent Social-Christian Party | 17,435 | 0 | |||||
Geneva | 11 | 173,910 | 81,670 | Party of Labour | 183,332 | 3 | |
Free Democratic Party | 168,724 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 167,854 | 2 | |||||
Liberal Party | 123,516 | 2 | |||||
Independent Social-Christian Party | 120,939 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 54,563 | 0 | |||||
Vigilance | 47,504 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 12,696 | 0 | |||||
Glarus | 1 | 22,016 | 13,582 | Social Democratic Party | 7,652 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 5,667 | 0 | |||||
Grisons | 5 | 89,842 | 50,960 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 93,234 | 2 | |
Swiss People's Party | 85,146 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 37,034 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 34,801 | 0 | |||||
Lucerne | 9 | 165,445 | 109,655 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 473,336 | 5 | |
Free Democratic Party | 290,905 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 120,390 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 84,561 | 0 | |||||
Neuchâtel | 5 | 96,306 | 46,491 | Social Democratic Party | 68,715 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 54,661 | 2 | |||||
Liberal Party | 35,858 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 30,778 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 22,672 | 0 | |||||
Progressive National Party | 12,080 | 0 | |||||
Nidwalden | 1 | 14,794 | 7,596 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 6,425 | 1 | |
Obwalden | 1 | 14,371 | 7,721 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 7,547 | 1 | |
Schaffhausen | 2 | 40,982 | 32,257 | Social Democratic Party | 24,897 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 20,500 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 7,548 | 0 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 4,984 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 3,983 | 0 | |||||
Schwyz | 3 | 50,787 | 22,844 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 24,758 | 1 | |
Social Democratic Party | 18,652 | 1 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 13,124 | 1 | |||||
We Want to Vote | 7,800 | 0 | |||||
Solothurn | 7 | 128,238 | 82,369 | Free Democratic Party | 194,154 | 3 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 156,657 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 148,795 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 40,527 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 25,844 | 0 | |||||
St. Gallen | 12 | 211,565 | 131,082 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 679,985 | 6 | |
Free Democratic Party | 364,356 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 225,490 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 108,322 | 1 | |||||
Republican Movement | 108,035 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 46,530 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 6,552 | 0 | |||||
European Federalist Party | 5,227 | 0 | |||||
Ticino | 8 | 133,771 | 81,114 | Free Democratic Party | 242,069 | 4 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 219,389 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 82,930 | 1 | |||||
Autonomous Socialist Party | 42,116 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 17,314 | 0 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 15,364 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 10,984 | 0 | |||||
Thurgau | 6 | 96,996 | 60,159 | Swiss People's Party | 92,097 | 2 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 82,962 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 73,228 | 1 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 59,665 | 1 | |||||
Republican Movement | 31,120 | 1 | |||||
National Action | 14,999 | 0 | |||||
Uri | 1 | 19,694 | 11,039 | Free Democratic Party | 9,712 | 1 | |
Vaud | 16 | 288,668 | 132,382 | Free Democratic Party | 537,173 | 5 | |
Social Democratic Party | 515,893 | 4 | |||||
Party of Labour | 252,539 | 2 | |||||
Liberal Party | 256,061 | 2 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 159,490 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 108,558 | 1 | |||||
National Action | 87,146 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 85,011 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 60,816 | 0 | |||||
Valais | 7 | 119,854 | 80,589 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 341,294 | 5 | |
Free Democratic Party | 106,853 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 85,778 | 1 | |||||
Social Independent Movement | 20,380 | 0 | |||||
Zug | 2 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 1 | ||||
Free Democratic Party | 1 | ||||||
Zürich | 35 | 644,893 | 372,435 | Social Democratic Party | 2,688,278 | 8 | |
Free Democratic Party | 2,158,558 | 6 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 2,127,106 | 6 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 1,566,199 | 5 | |||||
Republican Movement | 1,448,131 | 4 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 1,228,888 | 3 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 668,427 | 2 | |||||
National Action | 637,912 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 205,984 | 0 | |||||
European Federalist Party | 43,931 | 0 | |||||
Erwa-Bund | 39,784 | 0 | |||||
Helvetic People's Movement Against Foreign Infiltration | 32,288 | 0 | |||||
The Initiators | 24,633 | 0 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 9,000 | 0 | |||||
Source: Bundesblatt, 17 November 1971 |
Council of the States[]
Party | Seats | +/– | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democratic People's Party | 17 | –1 | |||||||
Free Democratic Party | 15 | +1 | |||||||
Swiss People's Party | 5 | –1 | |||||||
Social Democratic Party | 4 | +2 | |||||||
Liberal Democratic Union | 2 | –1 | |||||||
Ring of Independents | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 44 | 0 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References[]
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