1947 Swiss federal election

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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 26 October 1947. [1] Although the Social Democratic Party received the most votes, the Free Democratic Party secured the most seats in the National Council, winning 52 of the 194 seats. [2]

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Results

National Council

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 251,62526.2048–8
Free Democratic Party 220,48622.9652+5
Conservative People's Party 203,20221.1644+1
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 115,97612.0821–1
Swiss Party of Labour 49,3535.147New
Alliance of Independents 42,4284.428+1
Liberal Democratic Party 30,4923.187–1
Social-Political Group 28,0962.9350
Evangelical People's Party 9,0720.9410
Liberal Socialist Party 4,6260.481+1
Other parties4,9310.510–2
Total960,287100.001940
Valid votes960,28797.44
Invalid/blank votes25,2122.56
Total votes985,499100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,360,45372.44
Source: Mackie & Rose, [3] Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

ConstituencySeatsElectorateTurnoutPartyVotesSeats
won
Aargau1285,60374,880 Social Democratic Party 305,6194
Conservative People's Party 192,0993
Free Democratic Party 160,5963
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 141,2292
Evangelical People's Party 39,3550
Swiss Party of Labour 17,8260
Appenzell Ausserrhoden2 Elected unopposed Free Democratic Party 1
Social Democratic Party 1
Appenzell Innerrhoden13,5481,674 Conservative People's Party 1,4041
Basel-Landschaft431,34421,160 Social Democratic Party 24,8911
Free Democratic Party 6,4011
Social-Political Group 15,4731
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 10,7891
Conservative People's Party 9,3720
Swiss Party of Labour 6,4390
Basel-Stadt858,80939,210 Social Democratic Party 63,5962
Swiss Party of Labour 61,3431
Free Democratic Party 50,5142
Liberal Party 45,6461
Ring of Independents 40,8591
Conservative People's Party 36,5641
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 12,3050
Bern33241,687161,927 Social Democratic Party 2,112,10314
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 1,787,25411
Free Democratic Party 906,9456
Conservative People's Party 324,8522
Swiss Party of Labour 83,1700
Fribourg746,11031,504 Conservative People's Party 123,5384
Free Democratic Party 53,7902
Social Democratic Party 27,4791
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 12,2070
Geneva856,98530,362 Free Democratic Party 70,8393
Swiss Party of Labour 70,2862
Liberal Party 42,9822
Conservative People's Party 33,6701
Social Democratic Party 22,2990
Republican Party for the United States of Europe1,0850
Glarus210,9048,509 Social Democratic Party 6,4791
Free Democratic Party 5,1101
Social-Political Group 4,8930
Grisons637,33328,102 Conservative People's Party 62,6063
Social-Political Group 54,9742
Free Democratic Party 26,8141
Social Democratic Party 19,9920
Lucerne965,02952,805 Conservative People's Party 236,1125
Free Democratic Party 173,5093
Social Democratic Party 59,7941
Neuchâtel540,36323,399 Social Democratic Party 42,2742
Free Democratic Party 30,1952
Liberal Party 28,2171
Swiss Party of Labour 13,1950
Nidwalden15,4493,489 Conservative People's Party 2,8581
Others5360
Obwalden16,1902,246 Conservative People's Party 1,9881
Schaffhausen217,10615,143 Social Democratic Party 13,4251
Free Democratic Party 8,6101
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 4,6250
Conservative People's Party 2,4840
Schwyz320,24714,864 Conservative People's Party 16,3271
Free Democratic Party 10,5431
Social Democratic Party 9,3431
Farmers Association7,0230
Solothurn750,57543,737 Free Democratic Party 111,7493
Social Democratic Party 97,8732
Conservative People's Party 79,8272
Ring of Independents 5,3660
St. Gallen1383,23867,745 Conservative People's Party 347,5166
Free Democratic Party 226,4684
Social Democratic Party 141,2982
Ring of Independents 55,6921
Young Farmers 28,3370
Social-Political Group 22,0330
Swiss Party of Labour 12,2530
Ticino749,55333,373 Conservative People's Party 92,0083
Free Democratic Party 88,6453
Social Democratic Party 37,9651
Ticino Agrarian Popular Group6,3800
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 5,3300
Thurgau643,01833,732 Social Democratic Party 60,5702
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 53,5632
Conservative People's Party 44,7571
Free Democratic Party 37,7691
Uri18,1095,374 Free Democratic Party 3,7921
Vaud16112,54675,579 Free Democratic Party 403,7116
Swiss Party of Labour 190,1433
Liberal Party 220,3713
Social Democratic Party 238,9303
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 114,5041
Valais745,80533,784 Conservative People's Party 149,7235
Free Democratic Party 52,4442
Social Democratic Party 25,9240
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 4,7860
Zug211,4418,600 Conservative People's Party 7,2181
Free Democratic Party 4,7731
Social Democratic Party 4,4620
Zürich31230,706174,303 Social Democratic Party 1,453,4519
Ring of Independents 1,000,1746
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 745,0344
Free Democratic Party 660,2714
Conservative People's Party 473,4793
Social-Political Group 338,3322
Swiss Party of Labour 321,6171
Evangelical People's Party 179,5491
Liberal Socialist Party 143,3011
Source: Bundesblatt, 27 November 1947

Council of the States

In several cantons the members of the Council of the States were chosen by the cantonal parliaments. [4]

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PartySeats+/–
Swiss Conservative People's Party 18–1
Free Democratic Party 11–1
Social Democratic Party 50
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 40
Social-Political Group 20
Liberal Democratic Party 20
Other parties2+2
Total440
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN   9783832956097
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1953
  3. ↑ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1956
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