Switzerland 1959 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Switzerland won 51 of 196 seats with 26.4% of the vote; 68.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.6 points on 1955.
- Switzerland
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | 51 | −2 | 26.4 | −0.6 | 259,139 |
| Free Democratic Party of Switzerland | 51 | +1 | 23.7 | +0.4 | 232,557 |
| Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland | 47 | 0 | 23.3 | +0.1 | 229,088 |
| Swiss People's Party | 23 | +1 | 11.6 | −0.5 | 113,611 |
| Alliance of Independents | 10 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 54,049 |
| Swiss Party of Labour | 3 | −1 | 2.7 | +0.1 | 26,346 |
| Liberal Party of Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 2.3 | +0.1 | 22,934 |
| Democratic Group | 4 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 21,170 |
| Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland | 2 | +1 | 1.4 | +0.3 | 14,038 |
± is the change against the Switzerland 1955 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 259,139
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 232,557
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 229,088
- Swiss People's Party 113,611
- Alliance of Independents 54,049
- Swiss Party of Labour 26,346
- Liberal Party of Switzerland 22,934
- Democratic Group 21,170
- Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 14,038
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
68.5% of the 1,473,155 registered voters cast a ballot (1,008,563 ballots), down 1.6 points on 1955. 989,005 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1947. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland26.4% of votes26.0% of seats
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland23.7% of votes26.0% of seats
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland23.3% of votes24.0% of seats
- Swiss People's Party11.6% of votes11.7% of seats
- Alliance of Independents5.5% of votes5.1% of seats
- Liberal Party of Switzerland2.3% of votes2.6% of seats
- Democratic Group2.2% of votes2.0% of seats
- Swiss Party of Labour2.7% of votes1.5% of seats
- Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland1.4% of votes1.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Switzerland led Free Democratic Party of Switzerland by 2.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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