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2019 Swiss Federal Election

The green wave

20 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

Federal Council (continued)

Largest force

Swiss People's Party

53 of 200 seats

Turnout

45.1%

The result

Share of the National Council
Swiss People's Party53-12
620,34325.6%
Social Democratic Party39-4
408,12816.8%
FDP.The Liberals29-4
366,30315.1%
Green Party28+17
321,01813.2%
Christian Democratic People's Party25-2
275,84211.4%
Green Liberal Party16+9
189,1627.8%
Conservative Democratic Party3-4
59,8522.5%
Evangelical People's Party3+1
50,3172.1%

4 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.