1975 Swiss federal election

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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 26 October 1975. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 55 of the 200 seats. As of 2023, this is the last time turnout has reached 50% in a federal election.

Results

National Council

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	480,396	24.87	55	+9
	Free Democratic Party	428,919	22.21	47	–2
	Christian Democratic People's Party	407,286	21.09	46	+2
	Swiss People's Party	192,053	9.94	21	–2
	Alliance of Independents	117,217	6.07	11	–2
	Republican Movement	57,192	2.96	4	–3
	National Action	47,796	2.47	2	–2
	Liberal Democratic Union	47,256	2.45	6	0
	Swiss Party of Labour	45,799	2.37	4	–1
	Evangelical People's Party	37,959	1.97	3	0
	Swiss Progressive Organisations	19,173	0.99	0	0
	Federal Democratic Union	6,717	0.35	0	–
	Autonomous Socialist Party	6,706	0.35	1	+1
	Independent Social-Christian Party	2,883	0.15	0	0
	Vaud People's Movement for the Environment	1,246	0.06	0	–
	Other parties	32,789	1.70	0	–
Total		1,931,387	100.00	200	0
Valid votes		1,931,387	98.75
Invalid/blank votes		24,353	1.25
Total votes		1,955,740	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,735,037	52.36
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

Constituency	Seats	Electorate	Turnout	Party		Votes	Seats won
Aargau	14	250,690	127,016		Social Democratic Party	425,626	4
					Christian Democratic People's Party	362,737	3
					Free Democratic Party	310,099	3
					Swiss People's Party	224,317	2
					Ring of Independents	116,355	1
					Republican Movement	114,327	1
					Evangelical People's Party	81,418	0
					National Action	61,001	0
					Team 67	34,740	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	10,054	0
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	9,842	0
					League for the Protection of Living Space and Quality of Life	5,871	0
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	29,485	13,020		Free Democratic Party	11,162	1
					Social Democratic Party	9,771	1
					Christian Democratic People's Party	3,431	0
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1	7,817	2,310		Christian Democratic People's Party	2,215	1
Basel-Landschaft	7	125,994	60,885		Social Democratic Party	128,040	2
					Free Democratic Party	101,186	2
					Christian Democratic People's Party	56,044	1
					Ring of Independents	47,318	1
					Swiss People's Party	44,991	1
					National Action	23,575	0
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	13,955	0
					Party of Labour	7,517	0
Basel-Stadt	7	141,727	62,009		Social Democratic Party	143,994	3
					Christian Democratic People's Party	52,180	1
					Liberal Party	49,989	1
					Free Democratic Party	49,111	1
					Ring of Independents	42,659	1
					National Action	35,270	0
					Party of Labour	19,948	0
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	18,263	0
					Evangelical People's Party	17,164	0
					League for the Protection of Living Space and Quality of Life	1,469	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	1,331	0
					Interest Group for Swiss Workers	442	0
Bern	31	621,787	337,852		Social Democratic Party	3,201,703	11
					Swiss People's Party	2,799,584	10
					Free Democratic Party	1,820,573	6
					Christian Democratic People's Party	546,802	1
					Ring of Independents	488,260	1
					Evangelical People's Party	356,708	1
					National Action	349,086	1
					Republican Movement	246,808	0
					Unité Jurassienne	189,346	0
					Federal Democratic Union	111,411	0
					Independent Social-Christian Party	88,568	0
					Party of Labour	65,427	0
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	47,740	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	16,505	0
Fribourg	6	110,279	52,557		Christian Democratic People's Party	144,411	3
					Social Democratic Party	79,215	2
					Free Democratic Party	68,083	1
					Swiss People's Party	13,175	0
					Socio-Ecological People's Movement	1,972	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	1,055	0
Geneva	11	177,047	80,338		Social Democratic Party	195,666	3
					Party of Labour	155,261	2
					Free Democratic Party	143,434	2
					Liberal Party	138,454	2
					Christian Democratic People's Party	126,622	1
					Vigilance	59,838	1
					Ring of Independents	20,728	0
					National Action	14,543	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	9,373	0
Glarus	1	22,277	7,434		Social Democratic Party	4,554	1
					Action for Real Elections	1,659	0
Grisons	5	95,389	47,340		Christian Democratic People's Party	83,395	2
					Swiss People's Party	62,551	1
					Free Democratic Party	42,067	1
					Social Democratic Party	35,384	1
					National Action	8,180	0
					Liberal Movement	685	0
Lucerne	9	173,714	110,968		Christian Democratic People's Party	492,254	5
					Free Democratic Party	285,562	3
					Social Democratic Party	131,826	1
					Ring of Independents	51,653	0
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	17,285	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	3,454	0
Neuchâtel	5	96,482	45,585		Social Democratic Party	86,051	2
					Free Democratic Party	49,586	2
					Liberal Party	48,935	1
					Party of Labour	21,777	0
					Progressive National Party	12,122	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	3,001	0
Nidwalden	1	16,600	6,455		Christian Democratic People's Party	5,240	1
Obwalden	1	15,213	3,222		Christian Democratic People's Party	2,668	1
Schaffhausen	2	42,032	31,139		Free Democratic Party	23,693	1
					Social Democratic Party	21,978	1
					Ring of Independents	9,832	0
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	3,614	0
Schwyz	3	54,425	29,016		Christian Democratic People's Party	38,795	2
					Social Democratic Party	24,537	1
					Free Democratic Party	17,796	0
					Swiss People's Party	2,541	0
Solothurn	7	133,245	85,667		Free Democratic Party	227,387	3
					Social Democratic Party	184,312	2
					Christian Democratic People's Party	152,623	2
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	20,002	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	3,465	0
St. Gallen	12	222,338	118,882		Christian Democratic People's Party	608,805	6
					Free Democratic Party	352,753	3
					Social Democratic Party	212,249	2
					Ring of Independents	112,850	1
					Republican Movement	75,384	0
					National Action	30,300	0
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	6,979	0
					Party of Labour	5,791	0
Ticino	8	141,564	91,281		Free Democratic Party	275,594	3
					Christian Democratic People's Party	251,299	3
					Social Democratic Party	97,672	1
					Autonomous Socialist Party	53,474	1
					Party of Labour	25,099	0
					Ticino Democratic Rights	1,666	0
Thurgau	6	101,617	57,555		Swiss People's Party	85,358	2
					Christian Democratic People's Party	75,767	2
					Social Democratic Party	73,350	1
					Free Democratic Party	49,054	1
					Republican Movement	25,719	0
					Ring of Independents	22,476	0
					National Action	8,397	0
Uri	1	20,704	9,785		Free Democratic Party	6,519	1
					Christian Democratic People's Party	1,596	0
Vaud	16	299,846	130,485		Social Democratic Party	562,139	5
					Free Democratic Party	522,416	5
					Liberal Party	277,595	2
					Party of Labour	217,472	2
					Swiss People's Party	163,959	1
					National Action	96,007	0
					Christian Democratic People's Party	94,074	1
					Revolutionary Marxist League	32,213	0
					Ring of Independents	31,758	0
					Republican Movement	21,245	0
					Vaud People's Movement for the Environment	19,803	0
Valais	7	128,056	85,263		Christian Democratic People's Party	349,366	5
					Social Democratic Party	101,895	1
					Free Democratic Party	110,273	1
					Movement for Democracy and Progress	23,273	0
Zug	2	40,584	23,901		Christian Democratic People's Party	18,620	1
					Social Democratic Party	16,858	1
					Free Democratic Party	10,934	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	864	0
Zürich	35	664,201	335,787		Social Democratic Party	2,781,707	9
					Free Democratic Party	2,144,524	7
					Ring of Independents	1,811,587	6
					Swiss People's Party	1,318,112	4
					Christian Democratic People's Party	1,089,140	4
					Republican Movement	720,884	2
					Evangelical People's Party	625,227	2
					National Action	507,637	1
					Swiss Progressive Organisations	177,032	0
					Party of Labour	127,893	0
					Politically Interested Women	89,584	0
					Federal Democratic Union	60,733	0
					League for the Protection of Living Space and Quality of Life	48,109	0
					Liberal Socialist and Free Citizens	38,390	0
					New Democratic Movement	30,415	0
					Revolutionary Marxist League	23,743	0
					Free Zürich Citizens	13,994	0
					European Federalist Party	10,498	0
Source: Bundesblatt, 1 December 1975

Council of the States

Party		Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic People's Party	17	0
	Free Democratic Party	15	0
	Swiss People's Party	5	0
	Social Democratic Party	5	+1
	Liberal Democratic Union	1	–1
	Alliance of Independents	1	0
Total		44	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097
2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1954