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TheSocial-Political Group (French:Group de politique sociale;German:Sozialpolitische Gruppe) was a political faction inSwitzerland.
The faction was originally known as theDemocratic Group, and consisted of a coalition of parties from different cantons, including the Extreme Left party (Italian:Estrema Sinistra) fromTicino and the Democratic Group fromGraubünden.[1]
In the1919 federal elections, the faction won four seats. Although it was reduced to three seats in the1922 elections, it won five seats in the1925 elections. However, it was reduced back to three seats after the1928 elections.[2] In 1931, the faction was renamed the Social-Political Group,[1] and won only two seats in theelections that year.[2] In1935, it won three seats, and in "silent elections" of1939, it won five. It retained all five seats in the1943 and1947 elections, but was reduced to four seats in the1951 elections. The faction retained its four-seat strength in elections in1955,1959 and1963, before being reduced to three seats in the1967 elections.[3]
In 1971, before theelections that year, the faction split into two. TheGlarus andGraubunden branches merged with theParty of Farmers, Traders and Independents to form theSwiss People's Party, while the rest of the group merged into theFree Democratic Party.[4][1]
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