1955 Swiss federal election
National Council
Table:
Party

Votes

%

Seats

+/–

Social Democratic Party
263,664
27.0
53
+4

Free Democratic Party
227,370
23.3
50
–1

Swiss Conservative People's Party
226,122
23.2
47
–1

Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents
117,847
12.1
22
–1

Ring of Independents
53,450
5.5
10
0

Swiss Party of Labour
25,060
2.6
4
–1

Liberal Democratic Party
21,688
2.2
5
0

Social-Political Group
21,003
2.2
4
0

Evangelical People's Party
10,581
1.1
1
0

Liberal Socialist Party
3,471
0.4
0
0

Other parties
5,639
0.6
0
–

Invalid/blank votes
22,986
–
–
–

Total
998,881
100
196
0

Registered voters/turnout
1,425,421
70.1
–
–

Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Taking into account the information in the given table titled "National Council" section of 1955 Swiss federal election, respond to this question in a short sentence: Which party was the largest in the National Council after the 1955 Swiss federal election? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 53 seats.