Swiss parliamentary elections in 1971

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1967General election of
the National Council in 1971
1975
Turnout: 56.9%
 %
30th
20th
10
0
22.90
21.82
20.32
11.07
7.63
4.03
3.20
2.58
2.19
4.26
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1967
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.63
-1.88
-1.73
-0.85
-1.42
+4.03
+2.57
-0.31
-0.21
+0.38
Otherwise.
Bundeshaus in Bern:
seat of the Swiss parliament

The Swiss parliamentary elections in 1971 took place on October 31, 1971. The 200 mandates of the National Council and 31 of the 44 mandates in the Council of States were to be newly awarded. This 39th legislative period lasted four years until October 1975. It was the first National Council elections in which men and women were entitled to vote .

The big election winners were the two foreign parties, the Republicans (REP) and the National Action . The National Action increased from 1 to 4 seats, the Republicans were now represented with 7 seats. A smaller election winner was the EPP , which was able to increase its share of the vote , but did not win a seat. The newly founded SVP achieved a slightly lower share of the vote than its predecessor parties (BGB and Bündner Democrats) and had the same number of seats. The three major parties, the LPS and the 1967 election winners (LdU and PdA) lost share of the vote. This resulted in unusually high losses of seats for the Social Democrats (5 of their previous 51 seats) and the Landesring (13 instead of 16 seats).

There were no major changes in the Council of States. SPS and gained 2 seats. The SVP really lost its mandate because it was only able to hold one of the two Democratic Council of States seats from Glarus.

The turnout in the National Council elections in 1971 reached 56.9%, its lowest value at the time since the introduction of proportional representation in 1919, but fell even further in subsequent elections and reached its temporary low in 1995 at 42.2%.

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. There were several second ballots. In the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden , Nidwalden and Obwalden , the municipalities elected the Council of States. The cantons of Graubünden (electoral period from 1968 to 1972) and Zug (1970–1974) had different election dates. In the cantons of Bern and Friborg , the Council of States were elected by the cantonal parliament. In 7 cantons (GL, GR, SG, SZ, TG, UR and ZG) and 4 half cantons (AI, AR, NW and OW) women were not entitled to vote in the elections for the Council of States.

More detailed on this: Council of States - electoral procedure

Results National Council

Parties, vote, seats

The nationwide results were as follows:

5
46
13
3
44
49
6th
23
7th
4th
46 13 44 49 6th 23 7th 4th 
A total of 200 seats
Political party Voters % (+/-) Seats (+/-)
Social Democratic Party 456,233 22.90% −0.53% 46 1 -5
Liberal Democratic Party ^ 2 434,721 21.82% −1.88% 49 −1
Christian Democratic People's Party 404,763 20.32% −1.73% 44 −1
Swiss People's Party 3 220,487 11.07% −0.85% 23 ± 0
National Ring of Independents 152,086 7.63% −1.42% 13 −3
Republican Movement 80,309 4.03% + 4.03% 7th +7
National action against foreign infiltration of people and homeland 63,781 3.20% + 2.57% 4th +3
Party of labor 51,341 2.58% −0.31% 5 ± 0
Liberal Party of Switzerland 43,710 2.19% −0.15% 6th ± 0
Evangelical People's Party 42,778 2.15% +0.58% 3 +1
Independent Christian Social Parties (BE, FR) 5,946 0.30% + 0.30% 0 ± 0
Partito Socialista Autonomo (PSA) (TI) 4 5'271 0.26% + 0.26% 0 ± 0
Vigilance (GE) 4,391 0.22% + 0.05% 0 ± 0
Team 67 (AG) 3,760 0.19% −0.13% 0 ± 0
Mouvement sociale indépendant (VS) 5 3'009 0.15% + 0.01% 0 ± 0
Free voters and non-party voters (AG) 2,675 0.13% −0.08% 0 ± 0
We want to vote (SZ) 2,605 0.13% + 0.13% 0 ± 0
Parti progressiste national (NE) 6 2,426 0.12% + 0.12% 0 ± 0
European Federalist Party (ZH, AG, SG) 2,180 0.11% + 0.11% 0 ± 0
Progressive Organizations in Switzerland (BS + SG) 1,820 0.09% +0.09% 0 ± 0
Erwa-Bund (fight for law and environmental protection) (ZH) 1,147 0.06% +0.06% 0 ± 0
Helvetic people's movement against foreign infiltration (ZH) 931 0.05% + 0.05% 0 ± 0
The initiators (ZH) 710 0.04% + 0.04% 0 ± 0
Free Voters for Education and Progress (AG) 596 0.03% +0.03% 0 ± 0
Free Opposition Party Basel (BS) 288 0.01% + 0.01% 0 ± 0
Swiss People's Party (ZH) 260 0.01% −0.02% 0 ± 0
Popular (BE) 155 0.01% + 0.01% 0 ± 0
Isolated votes in single constituencies 863 0.04% + 0.01% 0 ± 0
Total 1,992,316 100% 200 ± 0
1In 1967 Karl Dellberg was elected to the National Council on an independent social democratic list, but then rejoined the SP parliamentary group . Without taking this seat into account, the SP would only have lost four seats.
2 Result 1967 including DP Zurich
3 Result 1967 including DP Graubünden
4th in German: Independent Socialist Party
5 in German: Independent social movement
6th in German (analogously): National Progressive Party

Distribution of seats in the cantons

Canton Total FDP 7 SP CVP SVP 8 LdU REP N / A LPS PdA EPP
Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau 14th 3 +1 3 −1 3 ± 0 2 ± 0 2 ± 0 1 +1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of Appenzell AusserrhodenCanton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden 2 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of Appenzell InnerrhodenCanton of Appenzell Innerrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden 1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country 7th 2 +1 2 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 +1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of Basel-StadtCanton of Basel-Stadt Basel city 7th 1 −1 2 −1 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 +1 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton BernCanton Bern Bern 31 5 −1 10 −2 1 −1 10 ± 0 2 ± 0 1 +1 1 +1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0
Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg 6th 2 ± 0 1 ± 0 3 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of GenevaCanton of Geneva Geneva 11 2 ± 0 2 ± 0 2 +1 0 ± 0 0 −1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 2 ± 0 3 +1 0 ± 0
Canton of GlarusCanton of Glarus Glarus 1 0 −1 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Grisons 5 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 2 ± 0 2 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton lucerneCanton lucerne Lucerne 9 3 ± 0 1 ± 0 5 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of NeuchâtelCanton of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel 5 2 +1 2 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 −1 0 ± 0
Canton of NidwaldenCanton of Nidwalden Nidwalden 1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of ObwaldenCanton of Obwalden Obwalden 1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of SchaffhausenCanton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen 2 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of SchwyzCanton of Schwyz Schwyz 3 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of SolothurnCanton of Solothurn Solothurn 7th 3 ± 0 2 ± 0 2 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen St. Gallen 12 3 −1 2 ± 0 6th ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino 8th 4th +1 1 ± 0 3 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau 6th 1 ± 0 1 −1 1 ± 0 2 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 +1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of UriCanton of Uri Uri 1 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud 16 5 −1 4th ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 +1 2 ± 0 2 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais 7th 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 5 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton of ZugCanton of Zug train 2 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich 35 6th ± 0 8th ± 0 3 −1 5 ± 0 6th −3 4th +4 1 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 2 ± 0
Switzerland 200 49 −1 46 −5 44 −1 23 ± 0 13 −3 7th +7 4th +3 6th ± 0 5 ± 0 3 ± 0
7th Result 1967 including DP Zurich
8th Result 1967 including DP Graubünden

Results of the Council of States elections

Distribution of seats

4th
1
17th
15th
2
5
4th 17th 15th 
A total of 44 seats
Political party Elections 1971 Elections 1967
CVP 17th 18th
FDP 15th 14th
SVP 9 5 6th
SP 4th 4th
LPS 2 3
LdU 1 1
9 including Glarus and Graubünden democrats

Elected Councilors of States

Detailed results with votes from all candidates below

Canton 1. Seat of the Council of States 2. Seat of the Council of States
Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau Robert Reimann , CVP (previously) Willy Urech , FDP (new)
Canton of Appenzell AusserrhodenCanton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hans Nänni , FDP (previously) only one seat
Canton of Appenzell InnerrhodenCanton of Appenzell Innerrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden Raymond Broger , CVP (new) only one seat
Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country Werner Jauslin , FDP (previously) only one seat
Canton of Basel-StadtCanton of Basel-Stadt Basel city Willi Wenk , SP (previously) only one seat
Canton BernCanton Bern Bern Fritz Krauchthaler , BGB / SVP (new) Maurice Péquignot , FDP (previously)
Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg Gustave-Laurent Roulin , CVP (previously) Paul Torche , CVP (previously)
Canton of GenevaCanton of Geneva Geneva Lise Girardin , FDP (previously) Olivier Reverdin , LPS (so far)
Canton of GlarusCanton of Glarus Glarus Peter Hefti , FDP (previously) Fridolin Stucki , DP / SVP (previously)
canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Grisons Arno Theus , DP / SVP (so far) Gion Clau Vinzenz , CVP (previously)
Canton lucerneCanton lucerne Lucerne Peter Knüsel , FDP (new) Franz-Xaver Leu , CVP (previously)
Canton of NeuchâtelCanton of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Pierre Aubert , SP (new) Carlos Grosjean , FDP (so far)
Canton of NidwaldenCanton of Nidwalden Nidwalden Eduard Amstad , CVP (previously) only one seat
Canton of ObwaldenCanton of Obwalden Obwalden Jost Dillier , CVP (previously) only one seat
Canton of SchaffhausenCanton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Kurt Bächtold , FDP (previously) Konrad Graf , BGB / SVP (previously)
Canton of SchwyzCanton of Schwyz Schwyz Heinrich Oechslin , CVP (previously) Josef Ulrich , CVP (previously)
Canton of SolothurnCanton of Solothurn Solothurn Ulrich Luder , FDP (previously) Walter Weber , SP (new)
Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen St. Gallen Matthias Eggenberger , SP (new) Paul Hofmann , CVP (previously)
Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino Ferruccio Bolla , FDP (so far) Alberto Stefani , CVP (previously)
Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau Heinrich Herzog , BGB / SVP (previously) Hans Munz , FDP (previously)
Canton of UriCanton of Uri Uri Leo Arnold , CVP (new) Franz Muheim , CVP (new)
Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud Louis Guisan , LPS (previously) Jean-Pierre Pradervand , FDP (previously)
Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais Hermann Bodenmann , CVP (previously) Marius Lampert , CVP (previously)
Canton of ZugCanton of Zug train Othmar Andermatt , FDP (new) Hans Hürlimann , CVP (previously)
Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich Albin Heimann , LdU (previously) Fritz Honegger , FDP (previously)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics of the parliamentary groups since 1912 ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlament.ch
  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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bfs.admin.ch
  3. Source, if not deviated from it: Federal Statistical Office: Election Results 1971 ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bfs.admin.ch
  4. ^ Elections to the Council of States in the 39th legislative period