Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 21 October 1979.[1] The Social Democratic Party and the Free Democratic Party emerged as the largest parties in the National Council, both winning 51 of the 200 seats.[2]
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All 200 seats in the National Council (101 seats needed for a majority) All 46 seats in the Council of States (24 seats needed for a majority) | ||
Turnout | 48.0% ![]() |
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Results
editNational Council
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Social Democratic Party | 447,990 | 24.44 | 51 | –4 | |
Free Democratic Party | 440,099 | 24.01 | 51 | +4 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 390,281 | 21.29 | 44 | –2 | |
Swiss People's Party | 212,705 | 11.60 | 23 | +2 | |
Alliance of Independents | 74,623 | 4.07 | 8 | –3 | |
Liberal Party | 51,258 | 2.80 | 8 | +2 | |
Evangelical People's Party | 40,744 | 2.22 | 3 | 0 | |
Swiss Party of Labour | 38,187 | 2.08 | 3 | –1 | |
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 31,128 | 1.70 | 2 | +2 | |
National Action | 24,257 | 1.32 | 2 | 0 | |
Republican Movement | 11,587 | 0.63 | 1 | –3 | |
Green Party | 11,583 | 0.63 | 1 | +1 | |
Autonomous Socialist Party | 8,147 | 0.44 | 1 | 0 | |
Federal Democratic Union | 4,626 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |
Feminist and Green Alternative Groups | 3,236 | 0.18 | 0 | – | |
Other parties | 42,740 | 2.33 | 2 | – | |
Total | 1,833,191 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,833,191 | 98.74 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 23,460 | 1.26 | |||
Total votes | 1,856,651 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,864,285 | 48.05 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By constituency
editConstituency | Seats | Electorate | Turnout | Party | Votes | Seats won | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aargau | 14 | 268,819 | 122,659 | Social Democratic Party | 467,304 | 4 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 380,057 | 4 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 347,187 | 3 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 234,691 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 93,658 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 85,202 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 36,056 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 27,145 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 15,212 | 0 | |||||
Social Liberal European Federalist Party | 3,656 | 0 | |||||
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | Elected unopposed | Free Democratic Party | 1 | |||
Social Democratic Party | 1 | ||||||
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | 8,174 | 1,964 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 1,853 | 1 | |
Others | 54 | 0 | |||||
Basel-Landschaft | 7 | 134,554 | 57,940 | Social Democratic Party | 126,256 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 107,104 | 2 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 46,284 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 42,341 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 31,500 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 28,506 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 15,472 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 4,118 | 0 | |||||
Basel-Stadt | 7 | 140,392 | 55,356 | Social Democratic Party | 128,153 | 3 | |
Free Democratic Party | 54,225 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 53,570 | 1 | |||||
Liberal Party | 43,148 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 39,576 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 29,103 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 17,963 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 15,132 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 3,082 | 0 | |||||
Social Liberal European Federalist Party | 400 | 0 | |||||
Bern | 29 | 601,067 | 299,125 | Swiss People's Party | 2,689,061 | 10 | |
Social Democratic Party | 2,604,568 | 9 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 1,532,680 | 6 | |||||
National Action | 305,344 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 287,246 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 263,902 | 1 | |||||
Entente Jurassienne | 238,793 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 211,171 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 117,994 | 0 | |||||
Federal Democratic Union | 100,099 | 0 | |||||
Democratic Alternative | 92,612 | 0 | |||||
Citizens' List Against the Accumulation of Offices | 26,979 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 22,161 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 16,895 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 16,504 | 0 | |||||
Social Liberal European Federalist Party | 7,020 | 0 | |||||
Fribourg | 6 | 115,172 | 56,020 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 131,487 | 3 | |
Social Democratic Party | 101,272 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 75,731 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 21,237 | 0 | |||||
Geneva | 11 | 182,765 | 68,654 | Social Democratic Party | 156,909 | 3 | |
Liberal Party | 155,489 | 2 | |||||
Party of Labour | 145,154 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 107,497 | 2 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 102,239 | 1 | |||||
Vigilance | 47,865 | 1 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 10,936 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 4,428 | 0 | |||||
Glarus | 1 | 22,726 | 8,037 | Swiss People's Party | 6,394 | 1 | |
Others | 1,423 | 0 | |||||
Grisons | 5 | 100,685 | 46,168 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 79,143 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 51,169 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 47,280 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 45,878 | 1 | |||||
Jura | 2 | 40,981 | 24,010 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 17,901 | 1 | |
People's List for Jurassic Unity | 14,923 | 1 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 14,709 | 0 | |||||
Lucerne | 9 | 182,390 | 107,952 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 480,552 | 5 | |
Free Democratic Party | 302,011 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 119,289 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 48,860 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 1,855 | 0 | |||||
Neuchâtel | 5 | 97,241 | 42,059 | Social Democratic Party | 76,115 | 2 | |
Liberal Party | 53,729 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 41,855 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 15,649 | 0 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 9,732 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 3,360 | 0 | |||||
Democratic Alternative | 2,941 | 0 | |||||
Nidwalden | 1 | 18,345 | 10,951 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 5,318 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 4,189 | 0 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 1,135 | 0 | |||||
Others | 96 | 0 | |||||
Obwalden | 1 | 10,060 | 6,796 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 4,209 | 1 | |
Others | 188 | 0 | |||||
Schaffhausen | 2 | 42,953 | 32,240 | Social Democratic Party | 21,662 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 19,787 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 12,957 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 3,856 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 3,511 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 564 | 0 | |||||
Schwyz | 3 | 58,170 | 28,281 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 40,832 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 23,183 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 18,697 | 0 | |||||
Solothurn | 7 | 138,097 | 78,551 | Free Democratic Party | 210,598 | 3 | |
Social Democratic Party | 153,438 | 2 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 148,776 | 2 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 21,982 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 5,160 | 0 | |||||
St. Gallen | 12 | 231,681 | 104,269 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 542,444 | 6 | |
Free Democratic Party | 339,587 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 221,052 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 101,333 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 26,102 | 0 | |||||
Ticino | 8 | 150,693 | 90,519 | Free Democratic Party | 250,842 | 3 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 235,760 | 3 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 104,884 | 1 | |||||
Autonomous Socialist Party | 64,845 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 18,848 | 0 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 15,882 | 0 | |||||
Thurgau | 6 | 106,712 | 51,537 | Swiss People's Party | 80,645 | 2 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 75,144 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 68,381 | 1 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 51,507 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 16,054 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 6,142 | 0 | |||||
National Action | 5,834 | 0 | |||||
Social Liberal European Federalist Party | 1,218 | 0 | |||||
Uri | 1 | 21,549 | 12,112 | Free Democratic Party | 4,462 | 1 | |
Social Democratic Party | 2,635 | 0 | |||||
Others | 4,348 | 0 | |||||
Vaud | 16 | 310,274 | 115,657 | Free Democratic Party | 488,268 | 5 | |
Social Democratic Party | 449,401 | 5 | |||||
Liberal Party | 301,754 | 3 | |||||
Party of Labour | 168,088 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 122,621 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 115,465 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 91,630 | 0 | |||||
Constitution and Liberty Movement | 29,149 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 23,138 | 0 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 14,463 | 0 | |||||
Valais | 7 | 135,196 | 88,789 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 356,727 | 4 | |
Free Democratic Party | 137,383 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 70,086 | 1 | |||||
Critical Oberwallis | 15,423 | 0 | |||||
Social Independent Movement | 10,901 | 0 | |||||
Non-Partisan Movement for Democracy and Progress | 8,593 | 0 | |||||
Liberal Party | 4,970 | 0 | |||||
Alliance of Conservatives, Radicals and Socialists | 2,499 | 0 | |||||
Zug | 2 | 44,143 | 24,681 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 16,710 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 16,062 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 15,137 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 1,088 | 0 | |||||
Zürich | 35 | 694,321 | 322,362 | Social Democratic Party | 2,943,873 | 10 | |
Free Democratic Party | 2,489,440 | 9 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 1,607,460 | 5 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 1,241,695 | 4 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 1,080,046 | 3 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 630,485 | 2 | |||||
National Action | 279,222 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 254,429 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 149,069 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 133,483 | 0 | |||||
Republican Movement | 100,728 | 0 | |||||
Hopp Schwiiz! | 78,476 | 0 | |||||
Federal Democratic Union | 39,058 | 0 | |||||
Liberal Socialists | 34,463 | 0 | |||||
Revolutionary Marxist League | 28,735 | 0 | |||||
Social Liberal European Federalist Party | 18,097 | 0 | |||||
Christians at the Gotthard | 7,682 | 0 | |||||
European Federalist Party | 5,030 | 0 | |||||
Source: Bundesblatt, 4 December 1979 |
Council of the States
editParty | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|
Christian Democratic People's Party | 18 | +1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 11 | –4 | |
Social Democratic Party | 9 | +4 | |
Swiss People's Party | 5 | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 3 | +2 | |
Alliance of Independents | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 46 | +2 | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
edit- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1955