The Social-Political Group (; ) was a political faction in

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History

The faction was originally known as the Democratic Group, and consisted of a coalition of parties from different cantons, including the Extreme Left party () from

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and the Democratic Group from Graubünden. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1898 In the 1919 federal elections, the faction won four seats. Although it was reduced to three seats in the

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, it won five seats in the 1925 elections. However, it was reduced back to three seats after the

1928 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1928. Africa * 1928 Southern Rhodesian general election Asia * 1928 Japanese general election * 1928 Persian legislative election * 1928 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1928 Philippine ...

.Nohlen & Stöver, p1953 In 1931, the faction was renamed the Social-Political Group, and won only two seats in the elections that year. In

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, it won three seats, and in "silent elections" of

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, it won five. It retained all five seats in the

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

and 1947 elections, but was reduced to four seats in the 1951 elections. The faction retained its four-seat strength in elections in

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

and

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

, before being reduced to three seats in the 1967 elections. In 1971, before the elections that year, the faction split into two. The

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branches merged with the

Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents The Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents () or Farmers', Traders' and Citizens' Party (, BGB) was a Swiss political party founded in 1936. It grew out of a merger between various farmers’ parties at canton level which had been established ...

to form the

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, while the rest of the group merged into the Free Democratic Party.

References

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