Swiss Party of Labour
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The Swiss Party of Labour (German: Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz; French: Parti Suisse du Travail – Parti Ouvrier et Populaire; Italian: Partito Svizzero del Lavoro – Partito Operaio e Popolare; Romansh: Partida svizra da la lavur) is a communist party[3] in Switzerland.
History
The party was founded in 1944 by the illegal Communist Party of Switzerland. On 21 May the constituent conference of the Basel Federation of the party was held. On 14–15 October the same year, the first Party Congress of the party was held in Zürich, with Léon Nicole elected to the role of President and Karl Hofmaier to General Secretary. On 6–7 October 1945 the Second Congress was held in Geneva. By this time the party had 20 000 members. On 30 November to 1 December the 3rd Congress was held in Zürich. On 27 July a Swiss Party Conference was held in Bern, in which Karl Hofmaier was removed from his position as a result of a financial scandal. In the national elections of 1947 the party received 5.1% of the vote.
On 4–6 July 1949 the 4th Congress was held, during which steps to strengthen the organization as a Cadre Party were taken. As a result of this Congress, Edgar Woog was elected General Secretary. In 1950, the party worked intensively for the Stockholm Appeal, collecting 260 000 signatures from the Swiss population. From 31 May to 2 June 1952 the 5th Congress was held in Geneva. On 7 December the Central Committee expelled Léon Nicole from the party. On 28–30 May the 6th Congress was held in Geneva.
The 7th Congress was held in
The XXII Congress of the section of the Ticino, held on 10 November 2013, marked the unification of the organs partisan Ticino[clarify] with those of the Italian Grisons, creating the Communist Party of Southern Switzerland, which after 2014 has stopped the collaboration with the Swiss Party of Labour, becoming the Communist Party, which is not active on a national level.
2007 national elections
Holding two seats in the
Election results
National Council
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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1947 | 49,353 | 5.0 | 7 / 194
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New |
1951 | 25,659 | 2.7 | 5 / 196
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2 |
1955 | 25,060 | 2.6 | 4 / 196
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1 |
1959 | 26,346 | 2.7 | 1 / 196
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3 |
1963 | 21,088 | 2.2 | 4 / 200
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3 |
1967 | 28,723 | 2.9 | 5 / 200
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1 |
1971 | 51,341 | 2.6 | 5 / 200
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0 |
1975 | 45,799 | 2.4 | 4 / 200
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1 |
1979 | 38,187 | 2.1 | 3 / 200
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1 |
1983 | 17,488 | 0.9 | 1 / 200
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2 |
1987 | 15,528 | 0.8 | 1 / 200
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0 |
1991 | 15,871 | 0.8 | 2 / 200
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1 |
1995 | 22,850 | 1.18 | 3 / 200
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1 |
1999 | 18,569 | 1.0 | 2 / 200
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1 |
2003 | 14,595 | 0.68 | 2 / 200
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0 |
2007 | 17,218 | 0.74 | 1 / 200
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1 |
2011 | 21,482 | 0.54 | 0 / 200
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1 |
2015 | 21,574 | 0.4 | 1 / 200
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1 |
2019 | 25,427 | 0.6 | 1 / 200
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0 |
2023 | 18,435 | 0.7 | 0 / 200
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1 |
Cantonal-level
Canton | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 |
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Switzerland | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
Zürich | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | *a | * | * | * | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Bern | * | 0.6 | 0.3 | * | * | 0.2 | * | * | * | * | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Fribourg | * | * | * | * | * | * | 0.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Solothurn | * | * | 1.0 | * | 0.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Basel-Stadt | 6.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Basel-Landschaft | * | 1.8 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
St. Gallen | * | 0.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Ticino | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | * | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | * | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Vaud | 12.2 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 2.9b | 1.9 |
Valais | * | * | * | * | * | * | 0.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Neuchâtel | 13.7 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
Genève | 20.8 | 18.0 | 19.9 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 6.1b | 1.2 |
Jura | c | b | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 3.8 | * |
- 1.^a * indicates that the party was not on the ballot in this canton.
- 2.^b Combined result for PdA and Solidarity.
- 3.^c Part of the Canton of Bern until 1979.
References
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- ^ https://pst-pop.ch/
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