Swiss parliamentary elections 1975

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Turnout: 55.1%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.87

22.21

21.09

9.94

6.07

2.67

2.47

2.45

2.37

5.85

SP

FDP

CVP

SVP

LdU

REP

N / A

LPS

PdA

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1971

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+1.97

+0.39

+0.77

-1.13

-1.56

-1.36

-0.73

+0.26

-0.21

+1.59

SP

FDP

CVP

SVP

LdU

REP

N / A

LPS

PdA

Otherwise.

Bundeshaus in Bern:
seat of the Swiss parliament

The Swiss parliamentary elections in 1975 took place on October 26, 1975. The 200 mandates of the National Council and 35 of the 44 mandates in the Council of States had to be reassigned. This 40th legislative period lasted four years until October 1979.

There were 1,947 candidatures (1,618 men and 329 women) for the 200 mandates of the National Council. The big election winners were the Social Democrats . They increased from 46 to 55 seats. At that time, their success was usually attributed to the economic crisis at the time . In contrast, the two foreign parties, National Action against Foreign and Homeland Foreign Immigration and Republicans, had to surrender a large part of the mandates they had won in 1971. In contrast, the right-wing populist local party Vigilance from Geneva won a National Council for the first time. The Partito Socialista Autonomo , a left-wing SP split from Ticino , also achieved one seat . On the other hand, the 68 parties POCH and RML , which had competed on a large scale for the first time, were unsuccessful .

There were no major changes in the Council of States: the SPS won 1 seat, the Liberals lost 1 seat.

The turnout in the National Council elections in 1975 reached 55.1%, its lowest value at the time since the introduction of proportional representation in 1919, but fell even further in subsequent elections and reached its provisional 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 26th. 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 1974 to 1979) and Zug (1974–1978) had different election dates. In the Canton of Bern , the Council of States were elected by the Cantonal Parliament. With the founding of the Canton of Jura, there were extraordinary elections to the Council of States on November 19, 1978.

More detailed on this: Council of States - electoral procedure

Results National Council

Parties, vote, seats

The nationwide results were as follows:

4th

1

55

11

3

46

47

6th

21st

3

1

2

4th 1 55 11 3 46 47 6th 21st 3 1 2 

A total of 200 seats

• PdA : 4
• PPE : 1
• SP : 55
• LdU : 11
• EVP : 3
• CVP : 46
• FDP : 47
• LPS : 6
• SVP : 21
• REP : 3
• Vig : 1
• NA : 2

Political party	Voters	%	(+/-)	Seats	(+/-)
Social Democratic Party	480,396	24.87%	+1.97%	55	+9
Liberal Democratic Party	428,919	22.21%	+ 0.39%	47	−2
Christian Democratic People's Party	407,286	21.09%	+ 0.77%	46	+2
Swiss People's Party	192,053	9.94%	−1.13%	21st	−2
National Ring of Independents	117'217	6.07%	−1.56%	11	−2
Republican Movement	51,660	2.67%	−1.36%	3	−4
National action against foreign infiltration of people and homeland	47,796	2.47%	−0.73%	2	−2
Liberal Party of Switzerland	47'256	2.45%	+ 0.26%	6th	± 0
Party of labor	45,799	2.37%	−0.21%	4th	−1
Evangelical People's Party	37,959	1.97%	−0.15%	3	± 0
Progressive organizations in Switzerland	19,173	0.99%	+ 0.90%	0	± 0
Revolutionary Marxist League	7,126	0.37%	+ 0.37%	0	± 0
Federal Democratic Union 1	6,717	0.35%	+ 0.35%	0	± 0
Partito Socialista Autonomo (PSA) (TI) 2	6,706	0.35%	+0.09%	1	+1
Unité Jurassienne (BE) 3	6,167	0.32%	+ 0.32%	0	± 0
Vigilance (GE)	5,532	0.29%	+0.07%	1	+1
Mouvement démocratie et progrès (VS) 4	3,340	0.17%	+ 0.17%	0	± 0
Parti chrétien-social indépendent du Jura (BE) 5	2,883	0.15%	−0.15%	0	± 0
Politically interested women (ZH)	2,584	0.13%	+ 0.13%	0	± 0
Team 67 (AG)	2,496	0.13%	−0.06%	0	± 0
Campaign for real elections in the canton of Glarus (GL)	2,483	0.13%	+ 0.13%	0	± 0
Parti progressiste national (NE) 6	2,434	0.13%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
League for the protection of living space and quality of life (ZH, BS, AG)	2,020	0.11%	+ 0.11%	0	± 0
Mouvement popular vaudois pour l'environnement (VD) 7	1,246	0.06%	+0.06%	0	± 0
Liberal Socialists and Free Citizens (ZH)	1,107	0.06%	+0.06%	0	± 0
New Democratic Movement - List of Democrats (ZH)	877	0.05%	+ 0.05%	0	± 0
Free Zurich Citizens (ZH)	403	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
List du Mouvement populaire socio-écologique (FR) 8	332	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
European Federalist Party (ZH)	303	0.02%	−0.09%	0	± 0
Diritti Democratici Ticinesi (TI) 9	209	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Liberal Movement (GR)	138	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Interest group for Swiss employees (BS)	63	0.00%	± 0.00%	0	± 0
Isolated votes in single constituencies (AI, NW, OW, UR)	708	0.04%	± 0.00%	0	± 0
Total	1,931,387	100%	± 0	200	± 0

¹ Including rassemblement national républicain vaudois (VD)

² in German: Independent Socialist Party

³List of Jurassic Separatists

^4th in German: Movement for Democracy and Progress

⁵ in German: Independent Christian Social Party of the Jura

^6th in German: National Progressive Party

^7th in German: Vaudois people's movement for environmental protection, Vorgäinger of the green canton Waast

^8th in German: List of the social-ecological popular movement

⁹ in German: Ticino Democratic Rights

Distribution of seats in the cantons

Source:

Canton	Total	SP		FDP		CVP		SVP		LdU		LPS		PdA		EPP		REP		N / A		Vig		PPE
Aargau	14th	4th	+1	3		3		2		1	−1							1
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	1		1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1					1
Basel-Country	7th	2		2		1		1		1
Basel city	7th	3	+1	1		1				1		1								0	−1
Bern	31	11	+1	6th	+1	1		10		1	−1					1		0	−1	1
Freiburg	6th	2	+1	1	−1	3
Geneva	11	3	+1	2		1	−1					2		2	−1							1	+1
Glarus	1	1
Grisons	5	1	+1	1		2		1	−1
Lucerne	9	1		3		5
Neuchâtel	5	2		2								1		0
Nidwalden	1					1
Obwalden	1					1
Schaffhausen	2	1		1
Schwyz	3	1		0	−1	2	+1
Solothurn	7th	2		3		2
St. Gallen	12	2		3		6th				1
Ticino	8th	1		3	−1	3																		1	+1
Thurgau	6th	1		1		2	+1	2										0	−1
Uri	1			1
Vaud	16	5	+1	5		1		1				2		2						0	−1
Valais	7th	1		1		5
train	2	1	+1	0	−1	1
Zurich	35	9	+1	7th	+1	4th	+1	4th	−1	6th						2		2	−2	1
Switzerland	200	55	+9	47	−2	46	+2	21st	−2	11	−2	6th	± 0	4th	−1	3	± 0	3	−4	2	−2	1	+1	1	+1

Results of the Council of States elections

Distribution of seats

5

1

17th

15th

1

5

5 1 17th 15th 1 5 

A total of 44 seats

• SP : 5
• LdU : 1
• CVP : 17
• FDP : 15
• LPS : 1
• SVP : 5

Political party	Elections 1975	Elections 1971
CVP	17th	17th
FDP	15th	15th
SVP	5	5
SP	5	4th
LPS	1	2
LdU	1	1

Elected Councils of State

Despite the right to vote for women, all members of the Council of States were men. 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 (previously)
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Hans Ulrich Baumberger , FDP (new)	only one seat
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Raymond Broger , CVP (previously)	only one seat
Basel-Country	Werner Jauslin , FDP (previously)	only one seat
Basel city	Willi Wenk , SP (previously)	only one seat
Bern	Fritz Krauchthaler , SVP (previously)	Maurice Péquignot , FDP (previously)
Freiburg	Jean-François Bourgknecht , CVP (new)	Pierre Dreyer , CVP (previously)
Geneva	Willy Donzé , SP (new)	Olivier Reverdin , LPS (so far)
Glarus	Peter Hefti , FDP (previously)	Fridolin Stucki , DP / SVP (previously)
Grisons	Leon Schlumpf , SVP (new)	Gion Clau Vinzenz , CVP (previously)
Lucerne	Alphons Egli , CVP (new)	Peter Knüsel , FDP (previously)
Neuchâtel	Pierre Aubert , SP (previously)	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 , SVP (previously)
Schwyz	Alois Dobler , CVP (new)	Josef Ulrich , CVP (previously)
Solothurn	Ulrich Luder , FDP (previously)	Walter Weber , SP (new)
St. Gallen	Paul Bürgi , FDP (new)	Paul Hofmann , CVP (previously)
Ticino	Franco Masoni , FDP (new)	Alberto Stefani , CVP (previously)
Thurgau	Heinrich Herzog , SVP (previously)	Hans Munz , FDP (previously)
Uri	Leo Arnold , CVP (previously)	Franz Muheim , CVP (previously)
Vaud	Edouard Debétaz , FDP (new)	Jacques Morier-Genoud , SP (new)
Valais	Guy Genoud , CVP (new)	Odilo Guntern , CVP (new)
train	Othmar Andermatt , FDP (previously)	Hans Hürlimann , CVP (previously)
Zurich	Albin Heimann , LdU (previously)	Fritz Honegger , FDP (previously)

Political groups in the 40th legislative period

Political groups are associations of members of parliament from one or more parties. Only parliamentary groups have members in the commissions of the National Council or Council of States. Non-attached, however, do not have a seat in these commissions. The table below shows the status at the beginning of the legislative period.

fraction	total	National Council	Council of States
Christian Democratic Group	63	46	17th
Liberal Democratic Group	62	47	15th
Socialist Group	60	55	5
Group of the Swiss People's Party	26th	21st	5
Fraction of the state ring	12	11	1
Liberal and Protestant parliamentary groups	10	9	1
Labor Party and Autonomous Socialist Party	5	5	0
without party affiliation	6th	6th	0

Web links

• Federal Gazette of December 1, 1975 with official final results
• International Parliamentary Union, results of elections 75 (English; PDF; 30 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Number of candidacies by canton
2. ^ Année politique suisse 1975
3. ↑ cf. u. a. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/tabellen.assetdetail.258241.html
4. ↑ https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/tabellen.assetdetail.217225.html
5. ↑ National Council elections: distribution of mandates by party and canton. Federal Statistical Office, December 1, 2015, accessed on May 28, 2017 . 
6. ^ Elections to the Council of States in the 40th legislative period
7. ^ Parliamentary groups since 1912