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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.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Social Democratic Party | 456,233 | 22.90 | 46 | –4 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 432,259 | 21.70 | 49 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 407,225 | 20.44 | 44 | –1 | |
| Swiss People's Party | 220,487 | 11.07 | 23 | –1 | |
| Alliance of Independents | 152,086 | 7.63 | 13 | –3 | |
| Republican Movement | 84,700 | 4.25 | 7 | +7 | |
| National Action | 63,781 | 3.20 | 4 | +3 | |
| Swiss Party of Labour | 51,341 | 2.58 | 5 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democratic Union | 43,710 | 2.19 | 6 | 0 | |
| Evangelical People's Party | 42,778 | 2.15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Independent Social-Christian Party | 5,946 | 0.30 | 0 | – | |
| Autonomous Socialist Party | 5,271 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
| Swiss Progressive Organisations | 1,820 | 0.09 | 0 | – | |
| Other parties | 24,679 | 1.24 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 1,992,316 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,992,316 | 98.72 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 25,761 | 1.28 | |||
| Total votes | 2,018,077 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,549,429 | 56.86 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
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| 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 | |
| Alliance of Independents | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||
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