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Social Democratic group (Switzerland)

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Social Democratic group (S)
Sozialdemokratische fraktion
Groupe socialiste
Gruppo socialista
Fracziun Socialdemocratica
ChamberSwiss National Council and Council of States
Foundation1911
Member partiesSP/PS
PresidentRoger Nordmann
Representation
48 / 246
IdeologyCenter-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

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Historical composition of the Social Democratic group[3][1]
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

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The group is currently presided by national councillor Roger Nordmann (VD)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Parliamentary groups". parlament.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  2. ^ "Présidents de groupes depuis 1917" [Group presidents since 1917]. parlament.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  3. ^ "Statistics on parliamentary groups since 1912 (xls)". parlament.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-17.