Swiss parliamentary elections 1922

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Turnout: 76.4%, percentage of the vote

 %

30th

20th

10

0

28.34

23.28

20.95

16.12

3.95

2.06

1.83

1.27

0.86

1.34

FDP

SP

CIP

BGB

LPS

DP

KPS

Grüt

EPP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1919

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-0.51

-0.18

-0.02

+0.79

+0.14

+0.10

+1.83

-1.48

+0.05

-0.71

FDP

SP

CIP

BGB

LPS

DP

KPS

Grüt

EPP

Otherwise.

Bundeshaus in Bern:
seat of the Swiss parliament

The Swiss parliamentary elections in 1922 took place on October 29, 1922. All 198 mandates of the National Council and 25 of the 44 mandates in the Council of States were to be newly awarded. This 26th legislative period lasted three years until October 1925.

The elections did not bring about any major changes. Because the number of seats in the National Council increased from 189 to 198, most of the larger parties were able to record seats. The actual election winners were the peasant, commercial and civil parties , which won four seats and increased their share of the vote. The Communists (KPS), who had not yet formed a party of their own in the 1919 elections, won two seats.

There were no major changes in the Council of States. The SP won a seat at the expense of the LPS and was able to move back into the "Stöckli" after it was not represented there in the previous legislature.

The average turnout in the National Council elections in 1922 was 76.4%, with cantonal values ​​between 30.7% in Uri and 90.3% in Schaffhausen.

Election mode

National Council

The national councils have been elected according to the proportional representation system since 1919 . H. the seats are distributed in the individual cantons according to the proportion of voters on the party lists and only within the list according to the individual votes. The number of seats per canton is determined based on the number of inhabitants.

More detailed on this: National Council (Switzerland) - electoral process

Council of States

Every canton has elected two representatives for the Council of States since 1848 (former half-cantons : one representative). The elections to the Council of States are based on cantonal law. In most of the cantons, the cantons were also elected on October 29th. In the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden , Glarus , Nidwalden , Obwalden and Uri , the municipalities elected the Council of States in spring. The cantons not only had different election dates, but also terms of office of different lengths (1–4 years). In the cantons of Bern (November session ), Friborg (1 person in the May session, 1 person in the November session), Neuchâtel (on the same day with the National Council elections) and St. Gallen (in the spring session ), the councils of states were elected by the cantonal parliament. In all other cantons, the Council of States was determined in ballot boxes, usually on the same day as the National Council elections. In deviation from this, the voters in the cantons of Graubünden (first Sunday in March), Ticino (last Sunday in February) and Zug (in November) voted .

More detailed on this: Council of States - electoral procedure

Results National Council

The elected members of the National Council are listed in the Federal Gazette of November 29, 1922.

Parties, voters, seats

The nationwide results were as follows:

2

43

1

3

1

60

10

44

34

2 43 1 3 1 60 10 44 34 

A total of 198 seats

• KPS : 2
• SP : 43
• EVP : 1
• DP : 3
• PPN : 1
• FDP : 60
• LPS : 10
• KVP : 44
• BGB : 34

Strongest parties in the cantons and distribution of seats

Political party	Voters	%	(+/-)	Seats	(+/-)
Liberal Democratic Party	208'144	28.35%	−0.50%	60	± 0
Social Democratic Party	170,974	23.28%	−0.18%	43	+2
Conservative People's Party	153,836	20.95%	−0.02%	44	+3
Farmers, trade and citizens' parties	118,382	16.12%	+ 0.79%	34	+4
Liberal Party of Switzerland	29,041	3.95%	+ 0.14%	10	+1
Democratic Party	15'144	2.06%	+ 0.10%	3	−1
Communist Party of Switzerland	13,441	1.83%	+1.83%	2	+2
Grütlians	9,313	1.27%	−1.48%	0	−2
Evangelical People's Party	6,306	0.86%	+ 0.05%	1	± 0
Parti progressiste national (NE) 1	4,143	0.56%	−0.07%	1	+1
Young liberals (SG + GE)	3,052	0.42%	−0.25%	0	−1
Independent Free Voters (BE)	1,106	0.15%	+ 0.15%	0	± 0
Freiwirtschafter (LU)	656	0.09%	+0.09%	0	± 0
Isolated votes in single constituencies	866	0.12%	+0.09%	0	± 0
Total	734,404	100%	198	± 9

¹In German (analogous): National Progressive Party, comparison of the proportion of voters with the sum of the two predecessor parties Union helvétique and Ordre et Liberté from 1919.

Distribution of seats in the cantons

Canton	Total	FDP		SP		CIP		BB		LPS		Dem		KPS		EPP		PPN		Grütli		JR 2
Aargau	12	2	−1	4th	+1	3		3
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	3	2		1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1					1
Basel-Country	4th	3		1
Basel city	7th	1		2	−1	1		1		1				1	+1
Bern	34	5		10	+1	2	+1	17th	+1											0	−1
Freiburg	7th	2	+1			5	−1
Geneva	9	2		3	+1	1				3	+1											0	−1
Glarus	2	1										1
Grisons	6th	3		1		2
Lucerne	9	3		1	+1	5
Neuchâtel	7th	2		2	−1					2								1	+1
Nidwalden	1					1
Obwalden	1					1
Schaffhausen	3	1	+1					2
Schwyz	3	3 1				2
Solothurn	7th	3		2		2	+1
St. Gallen	15th	5		2		7th	+1					1	−1
Ticino	8th	4th		1		3
Thurgau	7th	1	−1	1		1		3	+1			1
Uri	1	1
Vaud	16	8th	−1	3				1	+1	4th
Valais	6th	1				5
train	2	1				1	+1
Zurich	27	8th	+1	9		1		7th	+1					1	+1	1				0	−1
Switzerland	198	60	± 0	43	+2	44	+3	34	+4	10	+1	3	−1	2	+2	1	± 0	1	+1	0	−2	0	−1

² Jeunes Radicaux (Young Liberals)

³National Councilor Josef Bürgi was elected to the list of the FDP, but then politicized in the BB parliamentary group.

Results of the Council of States elections

The elected members of the Council of States are listed in the Federal Gazette of November 29, 1922.

Distribution of seats

1

1

23

1

17th

1

1 1 23 1 17th 1 

A total of 44 seats

• SP : 1
• DP : 1
• FDP : 23
• LPS : 1
• KVP : 17
• BGB : 1

Political party	Elections 1922	Elections 1919
CIP	17th	17th
FDP	23	23
BGB	1	1
DP	1	1
LPS	1	1
PLC	1	1

Elected Councils of State

Canton	1. Seat of the Council of States	2. Seat of the Council of States
Aargau	Peter Emil Isler , FDP (previously)	Gottfried Keller , FDP (previously)
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Johannes Baumann , FDP (previously)	only one seat
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Carl Rusch , KVP (previously)	only one seat
Basel-Country	Gustav Johann Schneider , FDP (previously)	only one seat
Basel city	Victor Emil Scherer , FDP (previously)	only one seat
Bern	Paul Charmillot , FDP (previously)	Carl Moser , BGB (previously)
Freiburg	Georges de Montenach , KVP (previously)	Emile Savoy , KVP (previously)
Geneva	Charles Burklin , SP (new)	Alexandre Moriaud , FDP (new)
Glarus	Edwin Hauser , DP (previously)	Philippe Mercier , FDP (so far)
Grisons	Friedrich Brügger , KVP (previously)	Andreas Laely , FDP (so far)
Lucerne	Jakob Sigrist , KVP (previously)	Josef Winiger , KVP (previously)
Neuchâtel	Ernest Béguin , FDP (so far)	Pierre de Meuron , LPS (previously)
Nidwalden	Jakob Konstantin Wyrsch , KVP (previously)	only one seat
Obwalden	Adalbert Wirz , KVP (previously)	only one seat
Schaffhausen	Albert Ammann , FDP (previously)	Heinrich Bolli , FDP (previously)
Schwyz	Martin Ochsner , CIP (previously)	Joseph Räber , KVP (previously)
Solothurn	Hugo Dietschi , FDP (new)	Robert Schöpfer , FDP (so far)
St. Gallen	Johannes Geel , FDP (previously)	Anton August Messmer , KVP (previously)
Ticino	Brenno Bertoni , FDP (so far)	Arnaldo Bolla , FDP (previously)
Thurgau	Albert Böhi , FDP (previously)	Rudolf Huber , FDP (previously)
Uri	Karl Huber , KVP (previously)	Franz Muheim , KVP (previously)
Vaud	Émile Dind , FDP (previously)	Henri Simon , FDP (previously)
Valais	Raymund Loretan , KVP / CSP (previously)	Joseph Ribordy , KVP (previously)
train	Josef Andermatt , KVP (previously)	Josef Hildebrand , KVP (previously)
Zurich	Gustav Keller , FDP (new)	Oskar Wettstein , FDP (previously)

Web links

• Federal Gazette of November 29, 1922 with official final results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Table «National Council elections: distribution of mandates according to parties, 1919–2015» ( Memento of the original dated February 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Table «National Council elections: voter turnout, 1919–2015» ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Members of the National Council
4. ↑ National Council elections: distribution of mandates by party and canton. Federal Statistical Office, December 1, 2015, accessed on May 28, 2017 . 
5. ^ Franz Auf der Maur: Bürgi, Josef. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
6. ^ Members of the Council of States