1971 Swiss federal election
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 31 October 1971.[1] Although the Social Democratic Party received the most votes, the Free Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 49 of the 200 seats.[2] They were the first federal elections in which women were allowed to vote, following a referendum earlier in the year that introduced universal suffrage for federal elections.
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Results
Summary
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Social Democratic Party | 456,233 | 22.9 | 46 | –4 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 432,259 | 21.7 | 49 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 407,225 | 20.4 | 44 | –1 | |
| Swiss People's Party | 220,487 | 11.1 | 23 | –1 | |
| Ring of Independents | 152,086 | 7.6 | 13 | –3 | |
| Republican Movement | 84,700 | 4.3 | 7 | +7 | |
| National Action | 63,781 | 3.2 | 4 | +3 | |
| Swiss Party of Labour | 51,341 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democratic Union | 43,710 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Evangelical People's Party | 42,778 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Independent Social-Christian Party | 5,946 | 0.3 | 0 | – | |
| Autonomous Socialist Party | 5,271 | 0.3 | 0 | New | |
| Swiss Progressive Organisations | 1,820 | 0.1 | 0 | – | |
| Other parties | 24,679 | 1.2 | 0 | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 25,761 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,018,316 | 100 | 200 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,549,429 | 56.9 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
By constituency
Council of the States
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 17 | –1 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 15 | +1 | |
| Swiss People's Party | 5 | –1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 4 | +2 | |
| Liberal Democratic Union | 2 | –1 | |
| Ring of Independents | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||
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