Social Democratic group (Switzerland)
Social Democratic group (S) Sozialdemokratische fraktion Groupe socialiste Gruppo socialista Fracziun Socialdemocratica | |
|---|---|
| Chamber | Swiss National Council and Council of States |
| Foundation | 1911 |
| Member parties | SP/PS |
| President | Roger Nordmann |
| Representation | 48 / 246 |
| Ideology | Center-left to left-wing |
The Social Democratic Group (German: Sozialdemokratische fraktion, French: Groupe socialiste, Italian: Gruppo socialista, abbreviated S) is the second largest parliamentary group in the Swiss Federal Assembly. It is formed by the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland.[1]
The Social Democratic Party were represented in the National Council; they sat as part of the Social-Political group with the democrats from 1896 then formed their own parliamentary group in 1911.[2]
Composition[edit]
| Legislature | NC | CS | Total | Changes during the legislature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd (1912) | 17 | 1 | 18 | Gained 1 NC in 1913 then gained 1 NC in 1914 |
| 23rd (1914) | 19 | 1 | 20 | Lost 1 NC in 1916 then lost 1 NC in 1917 |
| 24th (1917) | 19 | 1 | 20 | |
| 25th (1919) | 41 | 0 | 41 | Lost 3 NC then regained 1 NC in 2021 |
| 26th (1922) | 43 | 1 | 44 | Lost 1 NC then regained 1 NC in 1924 |
| 27th (1925) | 49 | 2 | 51 | |
| 28th (1928) | 50 | 0 | 50 | Gained 1 CS in 1930 |
| 29th (1931) | 49 | 2 | 51 | Lost 1 CS then 1 NC in 1933, then regained 1 NC in 1934 |
| 30th (1935) | 50 | 3 | 53 | |
| 31st (1939) | 45 | 3 | 48 | |
| 32nd (1943) | 56 | 5 | 61 | Lost 2 NC in 1944, gained 1 CS in 1945, then gained 1 NC in 1947 |
| 33rd (1947) | 48 | 5 | 53 | Lost 1 CS in 1948 then gained and lost 1 CS in 1949 |
| 34th (1951) | 49 | 4 | 53 | |
| 35th (1955) | 53 | 5 | 58 | |
| 36th (1969) | 51 | 2 | 53 | |
| 37th (1963) | 53 | 3 | 56 | |
| 38th (1967) | 51 | 2 | 53 | |
| 39th (1971) | 46 | 4 | 50 | |
| 40th (1975) | 55 | 5 | 60 | Gained 1 CS in 1978 |
| 41st (1979) | 51 | 9 | 60 | |
| 42nd (1983) | 47 | 6 | 53 | |
| 43rd (1987) | 42 | 5 | 47 | |
| 44th (1991) | 43 | 3 | 46 | |
| 45th (1995) | 58 | 5 | 63 | Lost 1 NC in 1999 |
| 46th (1999) | 53 | 6 | 59 | Lost 1 NC in 2002 |
| 47th (2003) | 52 | 9 | 61 | |
| 48th (2007) | 43 | 9 | 52 | Lost 1 NC in 2009, lost 1 NC in 2010, then lost 1 CS in 2011 |
| 49th (2011) | 46 | 11 | 57 | |
| 50th (2015) | 43 | 12 | 55 | Lost 1 NC in 2019 |
| 51st (2019) | 39 | 8 | 47 |
List of presidents of the group[edit]
The group is currently presided by national councillor Roger Nordmann (VD)
- Herman Greulich (1911)
- Hans Affolter (1917)
- Ernest-Paul Graber (1918)
- Arthur Schmid sr. (1925)
- Robert Grimm (1936)
- Walther Bringolf (1945)
- Fritz Grütter (1953)
- Mathias Eggenberger (1957)
- Pierre Graber (1966)
- Edmund Wyss (1969)
- Anton Muheim (1971)
- Richard Müller (1972)
- Heinz Bratschi (1978)
- René Felber (1980)
- Félicien Morel (1981)
- Dario Robbianni (1983)
- Ursula Mauch (1987)
- Ursula Hafner (1995)
- Franco Cavalli (1999)
- Hildegard Fässler (2002)
- Ursula Wyss (2006)
- Andy Tschümperlin (2012)
- Roger Nordmann (2015)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Parliamentary groups". parlament.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ "Présidents de groupes depuis 1917" [Group presidents since 1917]. parlament.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
- ^ "Statistics on parliamentary groups since 1912 (xls)". parlament.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-17.