1947 Swiss federal election

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 26 October 1947.^[1] Although the Social Democratic Party received the most votes, the Free Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 52 of the 194 seats.^[2]

Results

National Council



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	251,625	26.20	48	–8
	Free Democratic Party	220,486	22.96	52	+5
	Conservative People's Party	203,202	21.16	44	+1
	Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	115,976	12.08	21	–1
	Swiss Party of Labour	49,353	5.14	7	New
	Alliance of Independents	42,428	4.42	8	+1
	Liberal Democratic Party	30,492	3.18	7	–1
	Social-Political Group	28,096	2.93	5	0
	Evangelical People's Party	9,072	0.94	1	0
	Liberal Socialist Party	4,626	0.48	1	+1
	Other parties	4,931	0.51	0	–2
Total		960,287	100.00	194	0

Valid votes		960,287	97.44
Invalid/blank votes		25,212	2.56
Total votes		985,499	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,360,453	72.44
Source: Mackie & Rose,^[3] Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

Constituency	Seats	Electorate	Turnout		Votes	Seats won
Aargau	12	85,603	74,880	Social Democratic Party	305,619	4
				Conservative People's Party	192,099	3
				Free Democratic Party	160,596	3
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	141,229	2
				Evangelical People's Party	39,355	0
				Swiss Party of Labour	17,826	0
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	Elected unopposed		Free Democratic Party		1
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	Elected unopposed		Social Democratic Party		1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1	3,548	1,674	Conservative People's Party	1,404	1
Basel-Landschaft	4	31,344	21,160	Social Democratic Party	24,891	1
				Free Democratic Party	6,401	1
				Social-Political Group	15,473	1
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	10,789	1
				Conservative People's Party	9,372	0
				Swiss Party of Labour	6,439	0
Basel-Stadt	8	58,809	39,210	Social Democratic Party	63,596	2
				Swiss Party of Labour	61,343	1
				Free Democratic Party	50,514	2
				Liberal Party	45,646	1
				Ring of Independents	40,859	1
				Conservative People's Party	36,564	1
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	12,305	0
Bern	33	241,687	161,927	Social Democratic Party	2,112,103	14
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	1,787,254	11
				Free Democratic Party	906,945	6
				Conservative People's Party	324,852	2
				Swiss Party of Labour	83,170	0
Fribourg	7	46,110	31,504	Conservative People's Party	123,538	4
				Free Democratic Party	53,790	2
				Social Democratic Party	27,479	1
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	12,207	0
Geneva	8	56,985	30,362	Free Democratic Party	70,839	3
				Swiss Party of Labour	70,286	2
				Liberal Party	42,982	2
				Conservative People's Party	33,670	1
				Social Democratic Party	22,299	0
				Republican Party for the United States of Europe	1,085	0
Glarus	2	10,904	8,509	Social Democratic Party	6,479	1
				Free Democratic Party	5,110	1
				Social-Political Group	4,893	0
Grisons	6	37,333	28,102	Conservative People's Party	62,606	3
				Social-Political Group	54,974	2
				Free Democratic Party	26,814	1
				Social Democratic Party	19,992	0
Lucerne	9	65,029	52,805	Conservative People's Party	236,112	5
				Free Democratic Party	173,509	3
				Social Democratic Party	59,794	1
Neuchâtel	5	40,363	23,399	Social Democratic Party	42,274	2
				Free Democratic Party	30,195	2
				Liberal Party	28,217	1
				Swiss Party of Labour	13,195	0
Nidwalden	1	5,449	3,489	Conservative People's Party	2,858	1
Nidwalden	1	5,449	3,489	Others	536	0
Obwalden	1	6,190	2,246	Conservative People's Party	1,988	1
Schaffhausen	2	17,106	15,143	Social Democratic Party	13,425	1
				Free Democratic Party	8,610	1
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	4,625	0
				Conservative People's Party	2,484	0
Schwyz	3	20,247	14,864	Conservative People's Party	16,327	1
				Free Democratic Party	10,543	1
				Social Democratic Party	9,343	1
				Farmers Association	7,023	0
Solothurn	7	50,575	43,737	Free Democratic Party	111,749	3
				Social Democratic Party	97,873	2
				Conservative People's Party	79,827	2
				Ring of Independents	5,366	0
St. Gallen	13	83,238	67,745	Conservative People's Party	347,516	6
				Free Democratic Party	226,468	4
				Social Democratic Party	141,298	2
				Ring of Independents	55,692	1
				Young Farmers	28,337	0
				Social-Political Group	22,033	0
				Swiss Party of Labour	12,253	0
Ticino	7	49,553	33,373	Conservative People's Party	92,008	3
				Free Democratic Party	88,645	3
				Social Democratic Party	37,965	1
				Ticino Agrarian Popular Group	6,380	0
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	5,330	0
Thurgau	6	43,018	33,732	Social Democratic Party	60,570	2
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	53,563	2
				Conservative People's Party	44,757	1
				Free Democratic Party	37,769	1
Uri	1	8,109	5,374	Free Democratic Party	3,792	1
Vaud	16	112,546	75,579	Free Democratic Party	403,711	6
				Swiss Party of Labour	190,143	3
				Liberal Party	220,371	3
				Social Democratic Party	238,930	3
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	114,504	1
Valais	7	45,805	33,784	Conservative People's Party	149,723	5
				Free Democratic Party	52,444	2
				Social Democratic Party	25,924	0
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	4,786	0
Zug	2	11,441	8,600	Conservative People's Party	7,218	1
				Free Democratic Party	4,773	1
				Social Democratic Party	4,462	0
Zürich	31	230,706	174,303	Social Democratic Party	1,453,451	9
				Ring of Independents	1,000,174	6
				Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	745,034	4
				Free Democratic Party	660,271	4
				Conservative People's Party	473,479	3
				Social-Political Group	338,332	2
				Swiss Party of Labour	321,617	1
				Evangelical People's Party	179,549	1
				Liberal Socialist Party	143,301	1

Source: Bundesblatt, 27 November 1947

Council of the States

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



Party		Seats	+/–
	Swiss Conservative People's Party	18	–1
	Free Democratic Party	11	–1
	Social Democratic Party	5	0
	Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	4	0
	Social-Political Group	2	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	2	0
	Other parties	2	+2
Total		44	0

Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1953
^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1956

[NS-1] Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p1953

[3] Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan

[4] Nohlen & Stöver, p1956