Jump to content

1935 Swiss federal election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is part of a series on the
Politics of Switzerland
Constitution
Federal Council
Federal Assembly
Elections
Elections
Referendums
Federal courts
Foreign relations
Cantons
Municipalities
(Full list of Municipalities)
flag Switzerland portal

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 27 October 1935.[1] The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 50 of the 187 seats.[2]

Results

[edit]

National Council

[edit]
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party255,84328.0150+1
Free Democratic Party216,66423.7248–4
Conservative People's Party185,05220.2642–2
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents100,30010.9821–9
Alliance of Independents37,8614.147New
Liberal Democratic Party30,4763.3460
Young Farmers28,1613.084New
National Front13,7401.501New
Communist Party12,5691.3820
Liberal Socialist Party11,0781.210New
Social-Political Group10,6651.173+1
Evangelical People's Party6,7800.7410
National Union4,3340.471New
General People's List1New
Other parties0–
Total913,523100.001870
Valid votes913,52397.62
Invalid/blank votes22,2332.38
Total votes935,756100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,194,91078.31
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

[edit]
Constituency Seats Electorate Turnout Party Votes Seats
won
Aargau 12 72,982 65,837 Social Democratic Party 271,446 4
Conservative People's Party 166,454 3
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 121,180 2
Free Democratic Party 132,635 2
Young Farmers 36,481 1
Evangelical People's Party 28,117 0
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 2 13,702 10,849 Social Democratic Party 10,634 1
Free Democratic Party 4,975 1
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 4,184 0
Appenzell Innerrhoden 1 3,404 2,391 Conservative People's Party 1,244 1
Basel-Landschaft 4 27,020 17,822 Social Democratic Party 22,344 2
Free Democratic Party 18,749 2
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 6,949 0
Liberal Socialist Party 7,919 0
Conservative People's Party 7,618 0
Young Farmers 3,336 0
Communist Party 3,003 0
Action Committee for Interest Reduction 388 0
Basel-Stadt 7 49,161 35,357 Social Democratic Party 90,404 3
Liberal Democratic Party 38,630 1
Free Democratic Party 33,747 1
Communist Party 28,530 1
Conservative People's Party 26,362 1
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 19,874 0
Liberal Socialist Party 7,367 0
Bern 31 211,533 158,138 Social Democratic Party 1,642,382 11
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 1,451,157 11
Free Democratic Party 659,820 4
Young Farmers 490,181 3
Conservative People's Party 257,971 1
Ring of Independents 141,883 1
Liberal Socialist Party 121,249 0
National Front 75,276 0
Fribourg 7 40,416 31,752 Conservative People's Party 146,587 5
Free Democratic Party 54,497 0
Social Democratic Party 18,893 2
Geneva 8 48,044 32,026 Social Democratic Party 106,117 3
Free Democratic Party 49,227 2
Liberal Democratic Party 41,777 1
Conservative People's Party 29,693 1
National Union 21,655 1
Communist Party 5,242 0
New National Political Order 478 0
Glarus 2 10,147 8,223 Free Democratic Party 4,404 1
Social Democratic Party 4,372 0
Social-Political Group 4,006 1
Conservative People's Party 3,375 0
Grisons 6 34,326 27,093 Conservative People's Party 55,718 3
Social-Political Group 44,696 2
Free Democratic Party 35,919 1
Social Democratic Party 21,844 0
Lucerne 9 57,540 48,544 Conservative People's Party 220,461 5
Free Democratic Party 148,850 3
Social Democratic Party 59,349 1
Neuchâtel 6 36,216 25,453 Social Democratic Party 69,047 3
Free Democratic Party 36,773 2
Liberal Democratic Party 35,374 1
National Progressive Party 7,277 0
Nidwalden 1 4,284 2,960 Conservative People's Party 1,585 1
Obwalden 1 5,327 2,678 Conservative People's Party 1,543 1
Schaffhausen 2 14,351 13,055 Social Democratic Party 10,514 1
Free Democratic Party 6,178 1
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 5,395 0
National Front 3,087
Schwyz 3 17,912 13,404 Conservative People's Party 20,678 2
Free Democratic Party 11,082 1
Social Democratic Party 7,892 0
Solothurn 7 43,523 36,213 Free Democratic Party 109,975 3
Social Democratic Party 74,351 2
Conservative People's Party 63,018 2
St. Gallen 13 74,437 65,565 Conservative People's Party 314,870 5
Free Democratic Party 217,856 4
Social Democratic Party 149,748 2
Ring of Independents 66,571 1
General People's List 28,953 1
Young Farmers 27,747 0
Ticino 7 42,503 31,606 Free Democratic Party 104,980 3
Conservative People's Party 79,659 3
Social Democratic Party 33,795 1
Thurgau 6 38,283 31,290 Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 43,168 2
Social Democratic Party 50,243 2
Conservative People's Party 34,301 1
Free Democratic Party 33,007 1
Young Farmers 14,793 0
Young Thurgau List 4,867 0
Uri 1 6,460 3,978 Free Democratic Party 3,007 1
Vaud 15 100,819 76,759 Free Democratic Party 416,231 6
Social Democratic Party 322,373 4
Liberal Democratic Party 207,626 3
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 129,885 2
Communist Party 23,780 0
Independent Progressive Party 22,033 0
Valais 6 38,879 31,181 Conservative People's Party 115,862 4
Free Democratic Party 40,344 1
Social Democratic Party 26,512 1
Helvetic Action List 3,447 0
Zug 2 9,815 7,066 Conservative People's Party 6,495 1
Free Democratic Party 3,800 1
Social Democratic Party 3,236 0
Zürich 28 195,724 156,506 Social Democratic Party 1,282,080 9
Ring of Independents 788,261 5
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents 567,477 4
Free Democratic Party 434,764 3
Social-Political Group 300,315 2
Conservative People's Party 272,157 2
National Front 158,978 1
Communist Party 154,105 1
Evangelical People's Party 124,235 1
Liberal Socialist Party 115,787 0
Young Farmers 108,623 0
Source: Bundesblatt, 4 December 1935

Council of the States

[edit]

In several cantons the members of the Council of the States were chosen by the cantonal parliaments.[4]

PartySeats+/–
Swiss Conservative People's Party19+1
Free Democratic Party15–4
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents30
Social Democratic Party3+1
Liberal Democratic Party2+1
Social-Political Group00
Other parties2+1
Total440
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By canton

[edit]
Constituency Seats Party Elected members
Aargau 2 Conservative People's Party Hans Fricker
Free Democratic Party Gottfried Keller
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1 Free Democratic Party Walter Ackermann
Appenzell Innerrhoden 1 Conservative People's Party Carl Rusch
Basel-Landschaft 1 Social Democratic Party Walter Schaub
Basel-Stadt 1 Social Democratic Party Gustav Wenk
Bern 2 Free Democratic Party Henri Mouttet
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents Jakob Rudolf Weber
Fribourg 2 Conservative People's Party Joseph Piller
Conservative People's Party Bernard Weck
Geneva 2 Free Democratic Party Albert Malche
Liberal Party Auguste-Edouard-Frédéric Martin
Glarus 2 Social-Political Group Edwin Hauser
Free Democratic Party Philippe Mercier
Grisons 2 Social-Political Group Albert Lardelli
Conservative People's Party Georg Willi
Lucerne 2 Conservative People's Party Gotthard Egli
Conservative People's Party Albert Zust
Neuchâtel 2 Free Democratic Party Ernest Béguin
Liberal Party Marcel de Coulon
Nidwalden 1 Conservative People's Party Anton Zumbühl
Obwalden 1 Conservative People's Party Walter Amstalden
Schaffhausen 2 Free Democratic Party Hans Käser
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents Johannes Winzeler
Schwyz 2 Conservative People's Party Martin Ochsner
Conservative People's Party Adolf Suter
Solothurn 2 Free Democratic Party Hugo Dietschi
Free Democratic Party Robert Schöpfer
St. Gallen 2 Free Democratic Party Ernst Löpfe
Conservative People's Party Josef Schöbi
Ticino 2 Free Democratic Party Arnaldo Luigi Bolla
Conservative People's Party Antonio Luigi Riva
Thurgau 2 Free Democratic Party Paul Altwegg
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents Eduard Pfister
Uri 2 Conservative People's Party Leo Meyer
Conservative People's Party Ludwig Walker
Vaud 2 Free Democratic Party Norbert Bosset
Free Democratic Party Louis Chamorel
Valais 2 Conservative People's Party Pierre Barman
Conservative People's Party Ramond Evéquoz
Zug 2 Conservative People's Party Alphons Iten
Conservative People's Party Alois Müller
Zürich 2 Social Democratic Party Emil Klöti
Free Democratic Party Oskar Wettstein

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1894 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1953
  3. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1956
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1935_Swiss_federal_election&oldid=1251500645"