Swiss federal election, 2007

21 October, 11 November, 18 November and 25 November 2007

All 200 seats to the National Council of Switzerland and 43 (of the 46) seats to the Swiss Council of States

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ueli Maurer	Hans-Jürg Fehr	Fulvio Pelli
Party	Swiss People's	Social Democrats	Free Democrats
Last election	55+8 seats, 26.6%	52+9 seats, 23.4%	36+14 seats, 17.3%
Seats won	62 + 7	43 + 9	31 + 12
Seat change	6	9	7
Popular vote	672,562	451,916	364,736
Percentage	28.9%	19.5%	15.8%
Swing	2.2pp	3.8pp	1.3pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Christophe Darbellay	Ruth Genner	Claude Ruey
Party	Christian Democrats	Greens	Liberals
Last election	28+15 seats, 14.4%	13+0 seats, 7.4%	4+0 seats, 2.2%
Seats won	31 + 15	20 + 2	4 + 0
Seat change	3	9
Popular vote	335,623	222,206	41,682
Percentage	14.5	9.6	1.9
Swing	0.1pp	2.2pp	0.3pp

	Seventh party	Eighth party	Ninth party

Leader	Martin Bäumle	?	Hans Moser
Party	Green Liberals	Evangelical People's	Federal Democrats
Last election	N/A	3+0 seats, 2.3%	2+0 seats, 1.3%
Seats won	3 + 1	2 + 0	1 + 0
Seat change	4	1	1
Popular vote	33,104	56,748	29,914
Percentage	1.4	2.4	1.3
Swing	1.4pp	0.1pp

Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.^[1]

On 12 December 2007, the newly elected legislature elected the Swiss federal government, the Swiss Federal Council, for a four-year-term.

The results reflected yet another rise in support for the strongest party, the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party, at 29% of the popular vote, and the growth of the Green and Green Liberal parties at the expense of the Social Democrats.^[2]

National Council

The Swiss People's Party successfully came out of the election as the strongest party, rising another 2.3% to 29.0% of the popular vote. Among the left-wing parties, support of the Social Democrats eroded to the benefit of the Green and Green Liberal parties.

The right-wing parties won 64 seats made up of the SVP with 62 seats and a single seat of the Christian right Federal Democratic Union and the regional Ticino League respectively. The left-wing parties won 65 seats, with 43 of the Social Democrats, 20 of the Green party, and the Christian-left Christian Social Party and the far-left Labour Party with a single seat each. The centrist parties won 71 seats, with the CVP and the centre-right FDP each having won 31 seats, and the remaining 9 seats won by minor parties: Liberals, 4 seats; Green Liberals, 3 seats; Evangelical People's Party, 2 seats.

59 of 200 seats (29.5%) were won by women, as compared to 50 in 2003. Ricardo Lumengo (Social Democrats, born in Angola) is notable as the first black Swiss national councillor. 23 incumbents did not get re-elected and lost their mandate, among them Zürich right wing politician Ulrich Schlüer (SVP).The turnout of the election was 48,9% a rise of 3,7% from the previous elections in 2003.

Results

**Summary of the 21 October 2007 National Council of Switzerland election results**
Parties		Abbr.	Ideology	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Swiss People's Party	SVP/UDC	National conservatism	672,562	28.9	+2.2	62	+7
	Social Democratic Party	SPS/PSS	Social democracy	451,916	19.5	–3.8	43	–9
	Free Democratic Party	FDP/PLR	Classical liberalism, Radicalism	364,736	15.8	–1.3	31	–5
	Christian Democratic People's Party	CVP/PDC	Christian democracy	335,623	14.5	+0.1	31	+3
	Green Party	GPS/PES	Green politics	222,206	9.6	+2.2	20	+7
	Liberal Party	LPS/PLS	Classical liberalism	41,682	1.9	–0.3	4	±0
	Green Liberal Party	GLP/PVL	Green liberalism	33,104	1.4	N/A	3	N/A
	Evangelical People's Party	EVP/PEV	Christian democracy	56,748	2.4	+0.1	2	–1
	Federal Democratic Union	EDU/UDF	Christian right	29,914	1.3	±0.0	1	–1
	Party of Labour	PdA/PST-POP	Communism	17,218	0.7	±0.0	1	–1
	Ticino League	LdT	National conservatism	13,031	0.6	+0.2	1	±0
	Christian Social Party	CSP/PCS	Christian left	9,984	0.4	±0.0	1	±0
	Swiss Democrats	SD/DS	Nationalism	12,609	0.5	–0.5	0	–1
	solidaritéS	Sol	Socialism	8,669	0.4	–0.1	0	–1
	Alternative List	AL	Socialism	4,582	0.2	–0.3	0	±0
	Others			43,327	1.8	+0.2	0	±0
Total (turnout 48.9%)				2,317,911	—	—	200	—
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw2007CH_de.html

Council of States

Main article: Swiss Council of States election, 2007

Contrary to the developments in the National Council, the Council of States remains dominated by the traditional centrist parties FDP and CVP. Robert Cramer (Geneva) is the first member of the Green Party to be elected to the Council of States, joined in the second round by Luc Recordon of Vaud. Verena Diener (Zurich), formerly of the Green Party, wins a Council of States seat for the newly founded Green Liberal Party. Christine Egerszegi of Aargau (FDP) is the first woman councillor elected in that canton.

Results

**Summary of the 21 October, 11 November, 18 November and 25 November 2007 Council of States of Switzerland election results**
Parties		Ideology	2003	Seats	±
	Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)	Christian democracy	15	15	±0
	Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD)	Classical liberalism	14	12	–2
	Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS)	Social democracy	9	9	±0
	Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)	National conservatism	8	7	–1
	Green Party (GPS/PES)	Green politics	0	2	+2
	Green Liberal Party (GLP/VL)	Green liberalism	0	1	+1
Total			46	46
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/srw2007CH_de.html

Canton	Seat 1	Party		Seat 2	Party
Zurich	Felix Gutzwiller	Free Democrats		Verena Diener	Green Liberals
Bern	Simonetta Sommaruga *	Social Democrats		Werner Luginbühl	Swiss People's Party
Lucerne	Helen Leumann-Würsch *	Free Democrats		Konrad Graber	Christian Democrats
Uri	Hansruedi Stadler *	Christian Democrats		Hansheiri Inderkum *	Christian Democrats
Schwyz	Alex Kuprecht *	Swiss People's Party		Bruno Frick *	Christian Democrats
Obwalden	Hans Hess *	Free Democrats	N/A
Nidwalden	Paul Niederberger	Christian Democrats	N/A
Glarus	Franz Schiesser *	Free Democrats		This Jenny *	Swiss People's Party
Zug	Peter Bieri *^[1]	Christian Democrats		Rolf Schweiger *^[1]	Free Democrats
Fribourg	Urs Schwaller *	Christian Democrats		Alain Berset *	Social Democrats
Solothurn	Rolf Büttiker *	Free Democrats		Ernst Leuenberger *	Social Democrats
Basel-Stadt	Anita Fetz *	Social Democrats	N/A
Basel-Landschaft	Claude Janiak	Social Democrats	N/A
Schaffhausen	Peter Briner *	Free Democrats		Hannes Germann *	Swiss People's Party
Appenzell AI	Ivo Bischofberger^[1]	Christian Democrats	N/A
Appenzell AR	Hans Altherr *	Free Democrats	N/A
St. Gallen	Erika Forster *	Free Democrats		Eugen David *	Christian Democrats
Graubünden	Christoffel Brändli *	Swiss People's Party		Theo Maissen *	Christian Democrats
Aargau	Christine Egerszegi	Free Democrats		Maximilian Reimann *	Swiss People's Party
Thurgau	Philipp Stähelin *	Christian Democrats		Hermann Bürgi *	Swiss People's Party
Ticino	Dick Marty *	Free Democrats		Filippo Lombardi *	Christian Democrats
Vaud	Géraldine Savary	Social Democrats		Luc Recordon	Greens
Valais	Jean-René Fournier	Christian Democrats		René Imoberdorf	Christian Democrats
Neuchâtel	Didier Burkhalter	Free Democrats		Gisèle Ory *	Social Democrats
Geneva	Liliane Maury Pasquier	Social Democrats		Robert Cramer	Greens
Jura	Claude Hêche	Social Democrats		Anne Seydoux-Christe	Christian Democrats
* indicates a candidate that was re-elected.

Notes and references

1 2 3 4 The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its one representative in that Council on 29 April 2007.
↑ main migration of voters was from SPS to GPS and GLP. Minor movements from CVP to GLP, and some migration from all of SPS, CVP and FDP to SVP

Bibliography

"Political Map of Switzerland" "Hermann, M. und Leuthold, H. (2003): Die politische Landkarte des Nationalrats 1999-2003. In: Tages-Anzeiger, 11. Oktober, 2003, Zürich."
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (December 3, 2007). "Nationalratswahlen 2007. Der Wandel der Parteienlandschaft seit 1971".

External links

NSD: European Election Database - Switzerland publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1991–2007

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