1935 Swiss federal election

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

Results

National Council

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	255,843	28.01	50	+1
	Free Democratic Party	216,664	23.72	48	–4
	Conservative People's Party	185,052	20.26	42	–2
	Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	100,300	10.98	21	–9
	Alliance of Independents	37,861	4.14	7	New
	Liberal Democratic Party	30,476	3.34	6	0
	Young Farmers	28,161	3.08	4	New
	National Front	13,740	1.50	1	New
	Communist Party	12,569	1.38	2	0
	Liberal Socialist Party	11,078	1.21	0	New
	Social-Political Group	10,665	1.17	3	+1
	Evangelical People's Party	6,780	0.74	1	0
	National Union	4,334	0.47	1	New
	General People's List			1	New
	Other parties			0	–
Total		913,523	100.00	187	0
Valid votes		913,523	97.62
Invalid/blank votes		22,233	2.38
Total votes		935,756	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,194,910	78.31
Source: Mackie & Rose, Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

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

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

Party		Seats	+/–
	Swiss Conservative People's Party	19	+1
	Free Democratic Party	15	–4
	Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents	3	0
	Social Democratic Party	3	+1
	Liberal Democratic Party	2	+1
	Social-Political Group	0	0
	Other parties	2	+1
Total		44	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By canton

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

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

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