Switzerland 1963 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Switzerland won 53 of 200 seats with 26.6% of the vote; 66.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.4 points on 1959.
- Switzerland
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | 53 | +2 | 26.6 | +0.2 | 256,063 |
| Free Democratic Party of Switzerland | 51 | 0 | 23.9 | +0.2 | 230,200 |
| Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland | 48 | +1 | 23.4 | +0.1 | 225,160 |
| Swiss People's Party | 22 | −1 | 11.4 | −0.2 | 109,202 |
| Alliance of Independents | 10 | 0 | 5.0 | −0.5 | 48,224 |
| Liberal Party of Switzerland | 6 | +1 | 2.2 | −0.1 | 21,501 |
| Swiss Party of Labour | 4 | +1 | 2.2 | −0.5 | 21,088 |
| Democratic Group | 4 | 0 | 1.8 | −0.4 | 16,978 |
| Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | +0.2 | 15,690 |
± is the change against the Switzerland 1959 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 256,063
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 230,200
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 225,160
- Swiss People's Party 109,202
- Alliance of Independents 48,224
- Liberal Party of Switzerland 21,501
- Swiss Party of Labour 21,088
- Democratic Group 16,978
- Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 15,690
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
66.1% of the 1,493,026 registered voters cast a ballot (986,997 ballots), down 2.4 points on 1959. 969,037 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 Switzerland26.6% of votes26.5% of seats
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland23.9% of votes25.5% of seats
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland23.4% of votes24.0% of seats
- Swiss People's Party11.4% of votes11.0% of seats
- Alliance of Independents5.0% of votes5.0% of seats
- Liberal Party of Switzerland2.2% of votes3.0% of seats
- Swiss Party of Labour2.2% of votes2.0% of seats
- Democratic Group1.8% of votes2.0% of seats
- Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland1.6% of votes1.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.8 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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