Swiss federal election, 1999

Swiss federal election, 1999
Switzerland
24 October 1999
All 200 seats to the National Council of Switzerland
and 40 (of the 46) seats to the Swiss Council of States

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ursula Koch Ueli Maurer Franz Steinegger
Party Social Democrats Swiss People's Free Democrats
Last election 54+5 seats, 21.8% 29+5 seats, 14.9% 45+17 seats, 20.2%
Seats won 51 + 6 44 + 7 43+17
Seat change Decrease3 + Increase1 Increase 15+2 Decrease2 + Steady0
Popular vote 438,560 440,159 388,780
Percentage 22.5% 22.6% 19.9%
Swing Increase 0.8pp Increase7.7pp Decrease0.3pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Adalbert Durrer Ruedi Baumann Jacques-Simon Eggly
Party Christian Democrats Greens Liberals
Last election 34+16 seats, 16.8% 8+0 seats, 5.0% 7+2 seats, 2.7%
Seats won 35 + 15 8 + 0 6 + 0
Seat change Increase1 + Decrease1 Steady Decrease1+2
Popular vote 309,118 96,807 43,870
Percentage 15.8% 5.0% 2.2%
Swing Decrease1.0pp Steady Decrease0.5pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader ? ? Giuliano Bignasca
Party Evangelical People's Labour Lega
Last election 2+0 seats, 1.8% 3+0 seats, 1.2% 1+0 seats, 0.9%
Seats won 3 + 0 2 + 0 2 + 0
Seat change Increase1 + Steady Decrease1 + Steady Increase1 + Steady
Popular vote 35,679 18,569 17,118
Percentage 1.8% 1.0% 0.9%
Swing Steady Decrease0.2pp Steady
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 24 October 1999.[1] Although the Swiss People's Party received the most votes for the first time in the party's history, the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 51 of the 200 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Swiss People's Party440,15922.644+15
Social Democratic Party438,56022.551–3
Free Democratic Party388,78019.943–2
Christian Democratic People's Party309,11815.835+1
Green Party96,8075.080
Liberal Party43,8702.26–1
Swiss Democrats35,8831.81–2
Evangelical People's Party35,6791.83+1
Federal Democratic Union24,3551.210
Swiss Party of Labour18,5691.02–1
Ticino League17,1180.92+1
Freedom Party16,8870.90–7
Ring of Independents14,4390.71–2
Solidarity9,1380.51+1
Christian Social Party8,2120.410
Feminist and Green Alternative Groups6,2570.31–1
Other parties47,1202.40–
Invalid/blank votes53,457–––
Total2,004,4081002000
Registered voters/turnout4,628,78243.3––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Council of the States

Party Seats +/–
Free Democratic Party170
Christian Democratic People's Party15–1
Swiss People's Party7+2
Social Democratic Party6+1
Liberal Party0–2
Ring of Independents0–1
Other parties1–
Total460
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1955
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