1925 Swiss federal election
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 25 October 1925.[1] The Free Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 60 of the 198 seats.[2]
Results
[edit]National Council
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Free Democratic Party | 206,485 | 27.77 | 60 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 192,208 | 25.85 | 49 | +6 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 155,467 | 20.91 | 42 | –2 | |
| Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 113,512 | 15.26 | 30 | –4 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 22,217 | 2.99 | 7 | –3 | |
| Democratic Group | 16,362 | 2.20 | 5 | +2 | |
| Communist Party | 14,837 | 2.00 | 3 | +1 | |
| Evangelical People's Party | 6,888 | 0.93 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal Socialist Party | 1,602 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grütli Union | 427 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Union for Economic Defence | 13,674 | 1.84 | 1 | New | |
| Other parties | 0 | – | |||
| Total | 743,679 | 100.00 | 198 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 743,679 | 97.26 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 20,915 | 2.74 | |||
| Total votes | 764,594 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 995,551 | 76.80 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
By constituencies
[edit]Council of States
[edit]In several cantons the members of the Council of States were chosen by the cantonal parliaments.[3]
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
| Free Democratic Party | 21 | –2 | |
| Swiss Conservative People's Party | 18 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 2 | +1 | |
| Democratic Group | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 1 | 0 | |
| Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 1 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||
