Swiss federal election, 1959

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The Swiss federal election, 1959 was a federal election that took place in Switzerland in 1959.

[edit] Results

Party	Abbr.	Seats	%
Social-Democratic Party	SP	51	26.4
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland	FDP	51	23.7
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland	CVP	48	23.3
Swiss People's Party	SVP	23	11.6
Ring of Independents	LdU	10	5.5
Liberal Party of Switzerland	LPS	5	2.3
Democratic Party	DP	4	2.2
Swiss Labour Party	PdA	3	2.7
Evangelical People's Party	EVP	1	1.4
Others	---	0	0.9

[edit] References

• Wolfram Nordsieck (2003). Parties and elections in Europe. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.

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