National Council of Switzerland
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The National Council of Switzerland (German: Nationalrat, French: Conseil National, Italian: Consiglio Nazionale, Romansh: Cussegl Naziunal) is the large Chamber of the parliament and has 200 seats. Each canton is a constituency. The number of deputies of each constituency depends on the population of the canton. Zürich, which is the largest canton of Switzerland, has 34 seats. Uri, Glarus, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden, on the other hand, each have only one seat. For cantons with more than one seat proportional representation is used.
There are currently (2005) 53 women in the National Council (26.5%).
The National Council is elected by the Swiss citizens, as is most of the Swiss Council of States. There were 4.6 million citizens in 2003.
[edit] Latest election
| Parties | Abbr. | Votes | % | +/- % | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss People's Party | SVP/UDC | 561817 | 26.6 | +4.1% | 55 | +11 |
| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | SPS/PSS | 490388 | 23.4 | +0.9% | 52 | +1 |
| Free Democratic Party of Switzerland | FDP/PRD | 363643 | 17.3 | -2.6% | 36 | -7 |
| Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland | CVP/PDC | 302355 | 14.4 | -1.4% | 28 | -7 |
| Green Party of Switzerland | GPS/PES | 155110 | 7.4 | +2.4% | 13 | +4 |
| Evangelical People's Party | EVP/PEV | 47839 | 2.3 | +0.5% | 3 | 0 |
| Liberal Party of Switzerland | LPS/PLS | 45864 | 2.2 | 0.0% | 4 | -2 |
| Federal Democratic Union | EDU/UDF | 26586 | 1.3 | +0.1% | 2 | +1 |
| Swiss Democrats | SD/DS | 20175 | 1.0 | -0.8% | 1 | 0 |
| Swiss Labour Party | PdA/PST | 14595 | 0.7 | -0.3% | 2 | -1 |
| Alternative List (include Socialist Green Alternatives of Zug) | AL | 12523 | 0.6 | +0.4% | 1 | +1 |
| Solidarities | SOL | 10563 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 1 | +1 |
| Christian Social Party | CSP/PCS | 7358 | 0.4 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 |
| Ticino League | LEGA | 7304 | 0.4 | -0.5% | 1 | -1 |
| Freedom Party of Switzerland | FPS | 3999 | 0.2 | -0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Total (turnout %) | 200 | |||||
| Source: www.wahlen.ch/www.ch03.ch. | ||||||
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[edit] Members per canton
| Abbr | Canton | Number of Seats |
|---|---|---|
| ZH | Zurich | 34 |
| BE | Bern | 26 |
| LU | Lucerne | 10 |
| UR | Uri | 1 |
| SZ | Schwyz | 4 |
| OW | Obwalden (Obwald) | 1 |
| NW | Nidwalden (Nidwald) | 1 |
| GL | Glarus | 1 |
| ZG | Zug | 3 |
| FR | Fribourg | 7 |
| SO | Solothurn | 7 |
| BS | Basel-Stadt (Basel-City) | 5 |
| BL | Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Country) | 7 |
| SH | Schaffhausen | 2 |
| AR | Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Appenzell Outer Rhodes) | 1 |
| AI | Appenzell Innerrhoden (Appenzell Inner Rhodes) | 1 |
| SG | St. Gallen (St. Gall) | 12 |
| GR | Graubünden (Grisons) | 5 |
| AG | Aargau (Argovia) | 15 |
| TG | Thurgau (Thurgovia) | 6 |
| TI | Ticino | 8 |
| VD | Vaud | 18 |
| VS | Valais (Wallis) | 7 |
| NE | Neuchâtel | 5 |
| GE | Geneva | 11 |
| JU | Jura | 2 |
