1979_Swiss_federal_election

1979 Swiss federal election
	All 200 seats in the National Council (101 seats needed for a majority); All 46 seats in the Council of States (24 seats needed for a majority)
Turnout	48.0% 4.4 pp

1979 Swiss federal election

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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 21 October 1979.^[1] The Social Democratic Party and the Free Democratic Party emerged as the largest parties in the National Council, both winning 51 of the 200 seats.^[2]

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Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097

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Nohlen & Stöver, p1955

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	447,990	24.44	51	–4
	Free Democratic Party	440,099	24.01	51	+4
	Christian Democratic People's Party	390,281	21.29	44	–2
	Swiss People's Party	212,705	11.60	23	+2
	Alliance of Independents	74,623	4.07	8	–3
	Liberal Party	51,258	2.80	8	+2
	Evangelical People's Party	40,744	2.22	3	0
	Swiss Party of Labour	38,187	2.08	3	–1
	Swiss Progressive Organisations	31,128	1.70	2	+2
	National Action	24,257	1.32	2	0
	Republican Movement	11,587	0.63	1	–3
	Green Party	11,583	0.63	1	+1
	Autonomous Socialist Party	8,147	0.44	1	0
	Federal Democratic Union	4,626	0.25	0	0
	Feminist and Green Alternative Groups	3,236	0.18	0	–
	Other parties	42,740	2.33	2	–
Total		1,833,191	100.00	200	0

Valid votes		1,833,191	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		23,460	1.26
Total votes		1,856,651	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,864,285	48.05
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Constituency	Seats	Electorate	Turnout		Votes	Seats won
Aargau	14	268,819	122,659	Social Democratic Party	467,304	4
				Christian Democratic People's Party	380,057	4
				Free Democratic Party	347,187	3
				Swiss People's Party	234,691	2
				Ring of Independents	93,658	1
				Evangelical People's Party	85,202	0
				Republican Movement	36,056	0
				National Action	27,145	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	15,212	0
				Social Liberal European Federalist Party	3,656	0
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	Elected unopposed		Free Democratic Party		1
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	Elected unopposed		Social Democratic Party		1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1	8,174	1,964	Christian Democratic People's Party	1,853	1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1	8,174	1,964	Others	54	0
Basel-Landschaft	7	134,554	57,940	Social Democratic Party	126,256	2
				Free Democratic Party	107,104	2
				Christian Democratic People's Party	46,284	1
				Swiss People's Party	42,341	1
				Ring of Independents	31,500	1
				Swiss Progressive Organisations	28,506	0
				Evangelical People's Party	15,472	0
				Party of Labour	4,118	0
Basel-Stadt	7	140,392	55,356	Social Democratic Party	128,153	3
				Free Democratic Party	54,225	1
				Christian Democratic People's Party	53,570	1
				Liberal Party	43,148	1
				Swiss Progressive Organisations	39,576	1
				Ring of Independents	29,103	0
				Party of Labour	17,963	0
				National Action	15,132	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	3,082	0
				Social Liberal European Federalist Party	400	0
Bern	29	601,067	299,125	Swiss People's Party	2,689,061	10
				Social Democratic Party	2,604,568	9
				Free Democratic Party	1,532,680	6
				National Action	305,344	1
				Evangelical People's Party	287,246	1
				Ring of Independents	263,902	1
				Entente Jurassienne	238,793	1
				Christian Democratic People's Party	211,171	0
				Swiss Progressive Organisations	117,994	0
				Federal Democratic Union	100,099	0
				Democratic Alternative	92,612	0
				Citizens' List Against the Accumulation of Offices	26,979	0
				Party of Labour	22,161	0
				Republican Movement	16,895	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	16,504	0
				Social Liberal European Federalist Party	7,020	0
Fribourg	6	115,172	56,020	Christian Democratic People's Party	131,487	3
				Social Democratic Party	101,272	2
				Free Democratic Party	75,731	1
				Swiss People's Party	21,237	0
Geneva	11	182,765	68,654	Social Democratic Party	156,909	3
				Liberal Party	155,489	2
				Party of Labour	145,154	2
				Free Democratic Party	107,497	2
				Christian Democratic People's Party	102,239	1
				Vigilance	47,865	1
				Revolutionary Marxist League	10,936	0
				National Action	4,428	0
Glarus	1	22,726	8,037	Swiss People's Party	6,394	1
Glarus	1	22,726	8,037	Others	1,423	0
Grisons	5	100,685	46,168	Christian Democratic People's Party	79,143	2
				Free Democratic Party	51,169	1
				Swiss People's Party	47,280	1
				Social Democratic Party	45,878	1
Jura	2	40,981	24,010	Christian Democratic People's Party	17,901	1
				People's List for Jurassic Unity	14,923	1
				Free Democratic Party	14,709	0
Lucerne	9	182,390	107,952	Christian Democratic People's Party	480,552	5
				Free Democratic Party	302,011	3
				Social Democratic Party	119,289	1
				Swiss Progressive Organisations	48,860	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	1,855	0
Neuchâtel	5	97,241	42,059	Social Democratic Party	76,115	2
				Liberal Party	53,729	2
				Free Democratic Party	41,855	1
				Party of Labour	15,649	0
				Ring of Independents	9,732	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	3,360	0
				Democratic Alternative	2,941	0
Nidwalden	1	18,345	10,951	Christian Democratic People's Party	5,318	1
				Free Democratic Party	4,189	0
				Social Democratic Party	1,135	0
				Others	96	0
Obwalden	1	10,060	6,796	Christian Democratic People's Party	4,209	1
Obwalden	1	10,060	6,796	Others	188	0
Schaffhausen	2	42,953	32,240	Social Democratic Party	21,662	1
				Free Democratic Party	19,787	1
				Swiss People's Party	12,957	0
				Evangelical People's Party	3,856	0
				Swiss Progressive Organisations	3,511	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	564	0
Schwyz	3	58,170	28,281	Christian Democratic People's Party	40,832	2
				Free Democratic Party	23,183	1
				Social Democratic Party	18,697	0
Solothurn	7	138,097	78,551	Free Democratic Party	210,598	3
				Social Democratic Party	153,438	2
				Christian Democratic People's Party	148,776	2
				Swiss Progressive Organisations	21,982	0
				Party of Labour	5,160	0
St. Gallen	12	231,681	104,269	Christian Democratic People's Party	542,444	6
				Free Democratic Party	339,587	3
				Social Democratic Party	221,052	2
				Ring of Independents	101,333	1
				Evangelical People's Party	26,102	0
Ticino	8	150,693	90,519	Free Democratic Party	250,842	3
				Christian Democratic People's Party	235,760	3
				Social Democratic Party	104,884	1
				Autonomous Socialist Party	64,845	1
				Party of Labour	18,848	0
				Swiss People's Party	15,882	0
Thurgau	6	106,712	51,537	Swiss People's Party	80,645	2
				Christian Democratic People's Party	75,144	2
				Social Democratic Party	68,381	1
				Free Democratic Party	51,507	1
				Ring of Independents	16,054	0
				Republican Movement	6,142	0
				National Action	5,834	0
				Social Liberal European Federalist Party	1,218	0
Uri	1	21,549	12,112	Free Democratic Party	4,462	1
				Social Democratic Party	2,635	0
				Others	4,348	0
Vaud	16	310,274	115,657	Free Democratic Party	488,268	5
				Social Democratic Party	449,401	5
				Liberal Party	301,754	3
				Party of Labour	168,088	1
				Swiss People's Party	122,621	1
				Green Party	115,465	1
				Christian Democratic People's Party	91,630	0
				Constitution and Liberty Movement	29,149	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	23,138	0
				Ring of Independents	14,463	0
Valais	7	135,196	88,789	Christian Democratic People's Party	356,727	4
				Free Democratic Party	137,383	2
				Social Democratic Party	70,086	1
				Critical Oberwallis	15,423	0
				Social Independent Movement	10,901	0
				Non-Partisan Movement for Democracy and Progress	8,593	0
				Liberal Party	4,970	0
				Alliance of Conservatives, Radicals and Socialists	2,499	0
Zug	2	44,143	24,681	Christian Democratic People's Party	16,710	1
				Free Democratic Party	16,062	1
				Social Democratic Party	15,137	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	1,088	0
Zürich	35	694,321	322,362	Social Democratic Party	2,943,873	10
				Free Democratic Party	2,489,440	9
				Swiss People's Party	1,607,460	5
				Ring of Independents	1,241,695	4
				Christian Democratic People's Party	1,080,046	3
				Evangelical People's Party	630,485	2
				National Action	279,222	1
				Swiss Progressive Organisations	254,429	1
				Green Party	149,069	0
				Party of Labour	133,483	0
				Republican Movement	100,728	0
				Hopp Schwiiz!	78,476	0
				Federal Democratic Union	39,058	0
				Liberal Socialists	34,463	0
				Revolutionary Marxist League	28,735	0
				Social Liberal European Federalist Party	18,097	0
				Christians at the Gotthard	7,682	0
				European Federalist Party	5,030	0

Source: Bundesblatt, 4 December 1979


Party		Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic People's Party	18	+1
	Free Democratic Party	11	–4
	Social Democratic Party	9	+4
	Swiss People's Party	5	0
	Liberal Party	3	+2
	Alliance of Independents	0	–1
Total		46	+2

Source: Nohlen & Stöver

1979_Swiss_federal_election

1979 Swiss federal election

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