Elections in Switzerland gives information on election and election results in Switzerland. Switzerland elects on national level a head of state - the president - 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. The president is elected for a year term by the parliament out of the ministers. Switzerland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. [edit] Latest elections e • d Summary of the 21 October 2007 National Council of Switzerland election results | Parties | Abbr. | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | | Swiss People's Party | SVP/UDC | 672,562 | 28.9 | +2.2 | 62 | +7 | | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | SPS/PSS | 451,916 | 19.5 | –3.8 | 43 | –9 | | Free Democratic Party of Switzerland | FDP/PLR | 364,736 | 15.8 | –1.3 | 31 | –5 | | Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland | CVP/PDC | 335,623 | 14.5 | +0.1 | 31 | +3 | | Green Party of Switzerland | GPS/PES | 222,206 | 9.6 | +2.2 | 20 | +7 | | Liberal Party of Switzerland | LPS/PLS | 41,682 | 1.9 | –0.3 | 4 | ±0 | | Green Liberal Party of Switzerland | GLP/PVL | 33,104 | 1.4 | +1.4 | 3 | +3 | | Evangelical People's Party | EVP/PEV | 56,748 | 2.4 | +0.1 | 2 | –1 | | Federal Democratic Union | EDU/UDF | 29,914 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | 1 | –1 | | Party of Labour | PdA/PST-POP | 17,218 | 0.7 | ±0.0 | 1 | –1 | | Ticino League | LdT | 13,031 | 0.6 | +0.2 | 1 | ±0 | | Christian Social Party | CSP/PCS | 9,984 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | 1 | ±0 | | Swiss Democrats | SD/DS | 12,609 | 0.5 | –0.5 | — | –1 | | solidaritéS | Sol | 8,669 | 0.4 | –0.1 | — | –1 | | Alternative List | AL | 4,582 | 0.2 | –0.3 | — | ±0 | | Others | | 43,327 | 1.8 | +0.2 | — | ±0 | | Total (turnout 48.9%) | | | | | 200 | | Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw2007CH_de.html | [edit] Past elections and referendums  Elections and referenda in Switzerland | | | Parliamentary elections | | | | Referenda | 1959 · 1971 · 1985 · 1986 · 1998 (Sep, Nov) · 1999 (Feb, Apr, Jun) · 2000 (Mar, May, Sep, Nov) · 2001 (Mar, Jun) · 2002 (Mar, Jun, Nov) · 2003 · 2004 (Feb, May, Sep, Nov) · 2005 (Jun, Sep , Nov) · 2006 (May, Sep, Nov) · 2007 (Mar, Jun) · 2008 (Feb, Jun, Nov) · 2009 (Feb, May, Sep, Nov) | | e • d Summary of the 19 October 2003 National Council of Switzerland election results | Parties | Abbr. | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | Change | | Swiss People's Party | SVP/UDC | 561,817 | 26.6 | +4.1% | 55 | +11 | | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | SPS/PSS | 490,388 | 23.4 | +0.9% | 52 | +1 | | Free Democratic Party of Switzerland | FDP/PRD | 363,643 | 17.3 | –2.6% | 36 | –7 | | Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland | CVP/PDC | 302,355 | 14.4 | –1.4% | 28 | –7 | | Green Party of Switzerland | GPS/PES | 155,110 | 7.4 | +2.4% | 13 | +4 | | Evangelical People's Party | EVP/PEV | 47,839 | 2.3 | +0.5% | 3 | ±0 | | Liberal Party of Switzerland | LPS/PLS | 45,864 | 2.2 | ±0.0% | 4 | –2 | | Federal Democratic Union | EDU/UDF | 26,586 | 1.3 | +0.1% | 2 | +1 | | Swiss Democrats | SD/DS | 20,175 | 1.0 | –0.8% | 1 | ±0 | | Swiss Labour Party | PdA/PST | 14,595 | 0.7 | –0.3% | 2 | ±0 | | Alternative List (include Socialist Green Alternatives of Zug) | AL | 12,523 | 0.6 | +0.4% | 1 | +1 | | Solidarities | SOL | 10,563 | 0.5 | ±0.0% | 1 | +1 | | Christian Social Party | CSP/PCS | 7,358 | 0.4 | ±0.0% | 1 | ±0 | | Ticino League | LEGA | 7,304 | 0.4 | –0.5% | 1 | –1 | | Freedom Party of Switzerland | FPS | 3,999 | 0.2 | –0.7% | 0 | ±0 | | Total (turnout %) | | | | 200 | | | Source: http://www.wahlen.ch/ http://www.ch03.ch | [edit] See also [edit] External links |
