Abstract: An electromagnetic switching device includes a magnetic circuit having at least two open side legs, each carrying a control winding, said magnetic circuit being made of such a shape that when a signal is applied to one of the control windings, magnetic fluxes are produced in the open side legs, their direction being reversed when a signal is applied to the other control winding. Said electromagnetic switching device also includes at least one magnetically responsive contact featuring at least three contact members or at least two magnetically responsive contacts each featuring at least two contact members, each of the open side legs with a control winding being mounted thereon one contact member of at least one of the magnetically responsive contacts.