1975 Swiss federal election

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 26 October 1975.^[1] The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 55 of the 200 seats.^[2] 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