Swiss federal election, 1991

Swiss federal election, 1991
Switzerland
20 October 1991

All 200 seats to the National Council of Switzerland
All 46 seats to the Swiss Council of States
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz Steinegger Peter Bodenmann Carlo Schmid-Sutter
Party Free Democrats Social Democrats Christian Democrats
Last election 51+14 seats, 22.9% 41+5 seats, 18.4% 42+19 seats, 19.6%
Seats won 44 + 18 41 + 3 35 + 16
Seat change Decrease7 + Increase4 Steady + Decrease2 Decrease 7+3
Popular vote 429,072 377,968 367,928
Percentage 21.0% 18.5% 18.0%
Swing Decrease 1.9pp Increase 0.1pp Decrease 1.6pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Hans Uhlmann ? Claude Bonnard
Party Swiss People's Greens Liberals
Last election 25+4 seats, 11.0% 9+0 seats, 4.9% 9+3 seats, 2.7%
Seats won 25 + 4 14 + 0 10 + 3
Seat change Steady Increase5 + Steady Increase1 + Steady
Popular vote 243,268 124,149 62,073
Percentage 11.9% 6.1% 3.0%
Swing Increase0.9pp Increase 1.2pp Increase 0.3pp

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Jürg Scherrer ? Franz Jaeger
Party Motorists' Swiss Democrats Ring of Independents
Last election 2+0 seats, 2.6% 3+0 seats, 2.5% 8+1 seats, 4.2%
Seats won 8 + 0 5 + 0 5 + 1
Seat change Increase6 + Steady Increase2 + Steady Decrease3 + Steady
Popular vote 103,585 69,297 57,819
Percentage 5.1% 3.4% 2.8%
Swing Increase 2.5pp Increase 0.9pp Decrease 1.4pp
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 20 October 1991.[1] The Free Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 44 of the 200 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Free Democratic Party429,07221.044–7
Social Democratic Party377,96818.5410
Christian Democratic People's Party367,92818.035–7
Swiss People's Party243,26811.9250
Green Party124,1496.114+5
Swiss Motorists' Party103,5855.18+6
Swiss Democrats69,2973.45+2
Liberal Party62,0733.010+1
Ring of Independents57,8192.85–3
Evangelical People's Party38,6811.930
Ticino League28,2901.42New
Feminist and Green Alternative Groups22,6051.310
Federal Democratic Union20,3951.01+1
Swiss Party of Labour15,8710.82+1
Unitarian Socialist Party12,0060.610
Independent Social-Christian Party8,0390.41+1
Swiss Progressive Organisations4,5520.20–3
Other parties55,5032.72
Invalid/blank votes32,800
Total2,076,9011002000
Registered voters/turnout4,510,52146.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Council of the States

Party Seats +/–
Free Democratic Party18+4
Christian Democratic People's Party16–3
Swiss People's Party40
Social Democratic Party3–2
Liberal Party30
Ring of Independents10
Ticino League1New
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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