Swiss parliamentary elections in 1971
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:
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 |
Distribution of seats in the cantons
Canton | Total | FDP 7 | SP | CVP | SVP 8 | LdU | REP | N / A | LPS | PdA | EPP | ||||||||||
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Aargau | 14th | 3 | +1 | 3 | −1 | 3 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Basel-Country | 7th | 2 | +1 | 2 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Basel city | 7th | 1 | −1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Bern | 31 | 5 | −1 | 10 | −2 | 1 | −1 | 10 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 |
Freiburg | 6th | 2 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 3 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Geneva | 11 | 2 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | ± 0 |
Glarus | 1 | 0 | −1 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Grisons | 5 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Lucerne | 9 | 3 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 5 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Neuchâtel | 5 | 2 | +1 | 2 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ± 0 |
Nidwalden | 1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Obwalden | 1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Schaffhausen | 2 | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Schwyz | 3 | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Solothurn | 7th | 3 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
St. Gallen | 12 | 3 | −1 | 2 | ± 0 | 6th | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Ticino | 8th | 4th | +1 | 1 | ± 0 | 3 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Thurgau | 6th | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Uri | 1 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Vaud | 16 | 5 | −1 | 4th | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | ± 0 | 2 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
Valais | 7th | 1 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 5 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
train | 2 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ± 0 |
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 |
Results of the Council of States elections
Distribution of 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 |
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 |
---|---|---|
Aargau | Robert Reimann , CVP (previously) | Willy Urech , FDP (new) |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | Hans Nänni , FDP (previously) | only one seat |
Appenzell Innerrhoden | Raymond Broger , CVP (new) | only one seat |
Basel-Country | Werner Jauslin , FDP (previously) | only one seat |
Basel city | Willi Wenk , SP (previously) | only one seat |
Bern | Fritz Krauchthaler , BGB / SVP (new) | Maurice Péquignot , FDP (previously) |
Freiburg | Gustave-Laurent Roulin , CVP (previously) | Paul Torche , CVP (previously) |
Geneva | Lise Girardin , FDP (previously) | Olivier Reverdin , LPS (so far) |
Glarus | Peter Hefti , FDP (previously) | Fridolin Stucki , DP / SVP (previously) |
Grisons | Arno Theus , DP / SVP (so far) | Gion Clau Vinzenz , CVP (previously) |
Lucerne | Peter Knüsel , FDP (new) | Franz-Xaver Leu , CVP (previously) |
Neuchâtel | Pierre Aubert , SP (new) | Carlos Grosjean , FDP (so far) |
Nidwalden | Eduard Amstad , CVP (previously) | only one seat |
Obwalden | Jost Dillier , CVP (previously) | only one seat |
Schaffhausen | Kurt Bächtold , FDP (previously) | Konrad Graf , BGB / SVP (previously) |
Schwyz | Heinrich Oechslin , CVP (previously) | Josef Ulrich , CVP (previously) |
Solothurn | Ulrich Luder , FDP (previously) | Walter Weber , SP (new) |
St. Gallen | Matthias Eggenberger , SP (new) | Paul Hofmann , CVP (previously) |
Ticino | Ferruccio Bolla , FDP (so far) | Alberto Stefani , CVP (previously) |
Thurgau | Heinrich Herzog , BGB / SVP (previously) | Hans Munz , FDP (previously) |
Uri | Leo Arnold , CVP (new) | Franz Muheim , CVP (new) |
Vaud | Louis Guisan , LPS (previously) | Jean-Pierre Pradervand , FDP (previously) |
Valais | Hermann Bodenmann , CVP (previously) | Marius Lampert , CVP (previously) |
train | Othmar Andermatt , FDP (new) | Hans Hürlimann , CVP (previously) |
Zurich | Albin Heimann , LdU (previously) | Fritz Honegger , FDP (previously) |
Web links
- Federal Gazette of December 3, 1971 with official final results
- International Parliamentary Union, results of elections 71 (English; PDF; 30 kB)
- Number of candidacies by canton
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Elections to the Council of States in the 39th legislative period