Elections in Switzerland
Elections in Switzerland gives information on election and election results in Switzerland.
Switzerland elects on national level a head of state - the Federal Council - and a legislature. The Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung/Assemblée fédérale/Asamblea Federale/Assemblea Federala) has two chambers. The National Council (Nationalrat/Conseil National/Consiglio Nazionale/Cussegl Naziunal) has 200 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies, the cantons. The Council of States (Ständerat/Conseil des Etats/Consiglio degli Stati/Cussegl dals Stadis) has 46 members, elected for four years in 20 multi-seat and 6 single-seat constituencies which are equal to the 26 cantons and half-cantons. One of the members of the Federal Council assumes the honorific title of President of the Confederation for a one-year term. Switzerland has a multi-party system with numerous parties. A world-unique characteristic of Switzerland is that all the executives, from federal to municipal level, are elected by proportional representation: in this way political parties are automatically put in coalition governments.
Federal elections
Latest elections
e • d Summary of the 21 October 2007 National Council of Switzerland election results
Parties |
Abbr. |
Ideology |
Votes |
% |
+/– |
Seats |
+/– |
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Swiss People's Party |
SVP/UDC |
National conservatism |
672,562 |
28.9 |
+2.2 |
62 |
+7 |
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Social Democratic Party |
SPS/PSS |
Social democracy |
451,916 |
19.5 |
–3.8 |
43 |
–9 |
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Free Democratic Party |
FDP/PLR |
Classical liberalism, Radicalism |
364,736 |
15.8 |
–1.3 |
31 |
–5 |
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Christian Democratic People's Party |
CVP/PDC |
Christian democracy |
335,623 |
14.5 |
+0.1 |
31 |
+3 |
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Green Party |
GPS/PES |
Green politics |
222,206 |
9.6 |
+2.2 |
20 |
+7 |
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Liberal Party |
LPS/PLS |
Classical liberalism |
41,682 |
1.9 |
–0.3 |
4 |
±0 |
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Green Liberal Party |
GLP/PVL |
Green liberalism |
33,104 |
1.4 |
N/A |
3 |
N/A |
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Evangelical People's Party |
EVP/PEV |
Christian democracy |
56,748 |
2.4 |
+0.1 |
2 |
–1 |
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Federal Democratic Union |
EDU/UDF |
Christian right |
29,914 |
1.3 |
±0.0 |
1 |
–1 |
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Party of Labour |
PdA/PST-POP |
Communism |
17,218 |
0.7 |
±0.0 |
1 |
–1 |
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Ticino League |
LdT |
National conservatism |
13,031 |
0.6 |
+0.2 |
1 |
±0 |
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Christian Social Party |
CSP/PCS |
Christian left |
9,984 |
0.4 |
±0.0 |
1 |
±0 |
|
Swiss Democrats |
SD/DS |
Nationalism |
12,609 |
0.5 |
–0.5 |
0 |
–1 |
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solidaritéS |
Sol |
Socialism |
8,669 |
0.4 |
–0.1 |
0 |
–1 |
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Alternative List |
AL |
Socialism |
4,582 |
0.2 |
–0.3 |
0 |
±0 |
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Others |
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43,327 |
1.8 |
+0.2 |
0 |
±0 |
Total (turnout 48.9%) |
2,317,911 |
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— |
200 |
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Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw2007CH_de.html |
Past elections and referendums
- Swiss federal election, 1947
- Swiss federal election, 1951
- Swiss federal election, 1955
- Swiss federal election, 1959
- Swiss federal election, 1963
- Swiss federal election, 1967
- Swiss federal election, 1971
- Swiss federal election, 1975
- Swiss federal election, 1979
- Swiss federal election, 1983
- Swiss federal election, 1987
- Swiss federal election, 1991
- Swiss federal election, 1995
- Swiss federal election, 1999
- Swiss federal election, 2003
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