Republican Movement (Switzerland)

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The Republican Movement (French: Mouvement républicain; German: Republikanische Bewegung) was a political party in Switzerland between 1971 and 1989.

History

The party was formed by James Schwarzenbach as a breakaway from the National Action against the Infiltration of People and Homeland party in 1971.^[1][2] It received 4.3% of the vote in the elections that year,^[3] winning seven seats.^[4] However, in the 1975 elections the party's share of the vote fell to 3% and it was reduced to four seats.^[3][4] The 1979 elections saw the party lose the majority of its support as it was reduced to 0.6% of the vote and won only one seat.^[3][5] It saw another fall in its vote share to 0.5% in the 1983 elections,^[3] but retained its single seat..^[5] In 1987 its vote share fell to just 0.3% and it lost its only seat.^[6][5] The party was subsequently dissolved on 22 April 1989.^[1][2]

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