The Republican Movement (; ) 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.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1899 Swiss Democrats (SD) Political Year It received 4.3% of the vote in the elections that year,Nohlen & Stöver, p1950 winning seven seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1954 However, in the 1975 elections the party's share of the vote fell to 3% and it was reduced to four seats. 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p1955 It saw another fall in its vote share to 0.5% in the 1983 elections, but retained its single seat. In 1987 its vote share fell to just 0.3% and it lost its only seat.Nohlen & Stöver, p1951 The party was subsequently dissolved on 22 April 1989. Most of its members joined the Federal Democratic Union.
Platform The Republican Movement supported anti-immigrant and anti-establishment policies, as well as fundamentalist Protestant Christian views.
Affiliations In 1972 the Republican Movement officially associated itself with the anti-immigrant Vigilance, which was founded in 1964 and based in the Canton of Geneva. They presented themselves as an electoral alliance three years later.
Election results Federal Assembly ElectionVotes%RankSeats19671,6960.17%110 197184,7004.25%67197557,1922.96%64197911,5870.63%11119876,7690.35%150
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