2019 Swiss Federal Election
The green wave20 October 2019 · The SVP era · 200 seats, 24 for a majority
In the 20 October elections, the two green parties, the Green Party of Switzerland and the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland, made major electoral gains, taking 13.2% and 7.8% of the vote respectively. As in the previous election, the Swiss People's Party received the most votes, but its share of votes went down to 25.6% from 29.4%.
Federal Council before
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Federal Council (continued)
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Largest force
Swiss People's Party
53 of 200 seats
Turnout
45.1%
The result
| Share of the National Council | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss People's Party | — | 53 | -12 | 620,343 | 25.6% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 39 | -4 | 408,128 | 16.8% | — | |
| FDP.The Liberals | — | 29 | -4 | 366,303 | 15.1% | — | |
| Green Party | — | 28 | +17 | 321,018 | 13.2% | — | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | — | 25 | -2 | 275,842 | 11.4% | — | |
| Green Liberal Party | — | 16 | +9 | 189,162 | 7.8% | — | |
| Conservative Democratic Party | — | 3 | -4 | 59,852 | 2.5% | — | |
| Evangelical People's Party | — | 3 | +1 | 50,317 | 2.1% | — |
4 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.