1991 Swiss federal election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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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
[edit]National Council
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democratic Party | 429,072 | 20.99 | 44 | –7 | |
Social Democratic Party | 377,968 | 18.49 | 41 | 0 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 367,928 | 18.00 | 35 | –7 | |
Swiss People's Party | 243,268 | 11.90 | 25 | 0 | |
Green Party | 124,149 | 6.07 | 14 | +5 | |
Swiss Motorists' Party | 103,585 | 5.07 | 8 | +6 | |
Swiss Democrats | 69,297 | 3.39 | 5 | +2 | |
Liberal Party | 62,073 | 3.04 | 10 | +1 | |
Alliance of Independents | 57,819 | 2.83 | 5 | –3 | |
Evangelical People's Party | 38,681 | 1.89 | 3 | 0 | |
Ticino League | 28,290 | 1.38 | 2 | New | |
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 24,946 | 1.22 | 0 | –4 | |
Federal Democratic Union | 20,395 | 1.00 | 1 | +1 | |
Swiss Party of Labour | 15,871 | 0.78 | 2 | +1 | |
Unitarian Socialist Party | 12,006 | 0.59 | 1 | 0 | |
Independent Social-Christian Party | 8,039 | 0.39 | 1 | +1 | |
Jura Alliance | 5,258 | 0.26 | 1 | +1 | |
Frauen Macht Politik! | 5,211 | 0.25 | 1 | +1 | |
Herbert Mäder Committee | 5,162 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | |
Other parties | 45,083 | 2.21 | 0 | – | |
Total | 2,044,101 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,044,101 | 98.42 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 32,800 | 1.58 | |||
Total votes | 2,076,901 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,510,521 | 46.05 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By constituency
[edit]Constituency | Seats | Electorate | Turnout | Party | Votes | Seats won | |
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Aargau | 14 | 332,650 | 140,909 | Swiss People's Party | 346,119 | 3 | |
Social Democratic Party | 337,007 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 317,931 | 3 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 280,324 | 2 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 256,217 | 2 | |||||
Green Party | 132,264 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 86,561 | 0 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 83,324 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 63,915 | 0 | |||||
Federal Democratic Union | 26,823 | 0 | |||||
List of An Individual | 4,831 | 0 | |||||
Europe Party | 3,191 | 0 | |||||
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | 34,850 | 15,520 | Herbert Maeder Committee | 10,310 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 8,664 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 4,698 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 4,438 | 0 | |||||
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | 8,967 | 2,027 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 3,748 | 1 | |
Others | 49 | 0 | |||||
Basel-Landschaft | 7 | 160,760 | 71,589 | Free Democratic Party | 122,018 | 2 | |
Social Democratic Party | 120,329 | 2 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 60,517 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 56,917 | 0 | |||||
Green Party | 54,220 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 44,694 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 21,050 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 13,013 | 0 | |||||
Basel-Stadt | 6 | 131,353 | 59,079 | Social Democratic Party | 88,597 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 55,369 | 1 | |||||
Liberal Party | 46,555 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 36,318 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 27,155 | 0 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 25,922 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 15,430 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 11,445 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 11,325 | 0 | |||||
People's Action | 10,200 | 0 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 6,964 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 5,035 | 0 | |||||
Basel Party of Labour | 3,911 | 0 | |||||
Federal Democratic Union | 3,223 | 0 | |||||
Homosexual List | 2,191 | 0 | |||||
Felix Brenner | 598 | 0 | |||||
Bern | 29 | 682,991 | 315,533 | Swiss People's Party | 2,362,133 | 8 | |
Social Democratic Party | 1,791,161 | 6 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 1,225,560 | 4 | |||||
Green Party | 887,110 | 4 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 613,974 | 2 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 538,322 | 2 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 381,183 | 1 | |||||
Federal Democratic Union | 308,323 | 1 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 296,915 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 264,367 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 179,444 | 0 | |||||
Gray Panther | 32,662 | 0 | |||||
«deshalb» | 26,246 | 0 | |||||
Representatives of Low Income Earners | 24,573 | 0 | |||||
Women and Men's List | 17,431 | 0 | |||||
Progress Party | 10,032 | 0 | |||||
Citizens' List | 9,584 | 0 | |||||
Jörg Wilhelm Schmid | 3,070 | 0 | |||||
Fribourg | 6 | 144,533 | 65,019 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 137,594 | 2 | |
Social Democratic Party | 69,528 | 1 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 60,280 | 1 | |||||
Democratic Social Party | 36,184 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 31,201 | 1 | |||||
Independent Social-Christian Party | 19,865 | 0 | |||||
Green Party | 15,868 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 5,388 | 0 | |||||
Geneva | 11 | 200,607 | 79,539 | Social Democratic Party | 221,461 | 3 | |
Liberal Party | 185,484 | 3 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 121,621 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 107,687 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 65,307 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 56,376 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 25,318 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 17,180 | 0 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 9,321 | 0 | |||||
Legalize Cannabis | 7,082 | 0 | |||||
Patriotic Movement | 5,958 | 0 | |||||
Appeal of 700 | 4,901 | 0 | |||||
Party Against Unfair Machinations | 4,657 | 0 | |||||
For Politics That Favor Workers | 3,262 | 0 | |||||
Independent Youth | 2,884 | 0 | |||||
Glarus | 1 | 24,751 | 10,352 | Social Democratic Party | 5,482 | 1 | |
Swiss People's Party | 4,369 | 0 | |||||
Others | 359 | 0 | |||||
Grisons | 5 | 120,643 | 45,755 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 57,043 | 1 | |
Social Democratic Party | 47,590 | 2 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 43,671 | 1 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 40,470 | 1 | |||||
Independent Social-Christian Party | 15,513 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 9,549 | 0 | |||||
Youth '91 | 4,176 | 0 | |||||
Young Bündner | 4,061 | 0 | |||||
Roveredo Independent Catholic Conservative Party | 1,693 | 0 | |||||
Jura | 2 | 46,631 | 20,245 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 14,203 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 13,846 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 11,366 | 0 | |||||
Lucerne | 9 | 222,228 | 112,246 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 476,111 | 5 | |
Free Democratic Party | 272,792 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 107,998 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 90,908 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 27,585 | 0 | |||||
Siedürfen | 3,898 | 0 | |||||
Neuchâtel | 5 | 102,814 | 39,155 | Social Democratic Party | 56,206 | 2 | |
Liberal Party | 51,046 | 2 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 42,449 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 15,085 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 11,983 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 9,840 | 0 | |||||
For Politics That Favor Workers | 2,040 | 0 | |||||
Nidwalden | 1 | 24,526 | 5,783 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 4,859 | 1 | |
Others | 115 | 0 | |||||
Obwalden | 1 | 20,349 | 5,431 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 4,347 | 1 | |
Others | 215 | 0 | |||||
Schaffhausen | 2 | 48,445 | 33,408 | Social Democratic Party | 21,932 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 18,342 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 12,332 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 7,341 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 2,508 | 0 | |||||
Federal Democratic Union | 1,766 | 0 | |||||
Schwyz | 3 | 76,046 | 30,792 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 29,401 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 23,214 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 17,354 | 1 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 8,231 | 0 | |||||
Party of the Future | 5,721 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 5,309 | 0 | |||||
Europe Party | 387 | 0 | |||||
Solothurn | 7 | 160,145 | 89,787 | Free Democratic Party | 200,356 | 2 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 135,649 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 121,034 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 55,578 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 44,831 | 1 | |||||
Progress Party | 19,146 | 0 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 17,776 | 0 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 7,070 | 0 | |||||
Free List of Non-Partisans | 6,527 | 0 | |||||
Party for Children and the Community | 2,629 | 0 | |||||
Europe Party | 664 | 0 | |||||
St. Gallen | 12 | 257,455 | 112,230 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 499,051 | 5 | |
Free Democratic Party | 278,873 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 182,304 | 2 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 175,009 | 1 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 129,263 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 86,647 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 42,642 | 0 | |||||
Ticino | 8 | 183,514 | 123,826 | Free Democratic Party | 281,966 | 3 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 258,122 | 2 | |||||
Ticino League | 225,445 | 2 | |||||
Autonomous Socialist Party | 95,662 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 64,463 | 0 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 9,197 | 0 | |||||
Green Party | 9,116 | 0 | |||||
Party of Labour | 6,720 | 0 | |||||
Ecological and Political Turnaround | 4,339 | 0 | |||||
Ticino Party for the Protection of Citizens | 3,021 | 0 | |||||
Thurgau | 6 | 132,685 | 62,450 | Swiss People's Party | 87,792 | 2 | |
Free Democratic Party | 61,270 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 61,114 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 56,114 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 33,428 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 32,375 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 12,860 | 0 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 12,090 | 0 | |||||
Traders, Citizens and Farmers' Party | 1,706 | 0 | |||||
Uri | 1 | 25,016 | 8,665 | Free Democratic Party | 7,413 | 1 | |
Others | 545 | 0 | |||||
Vaud | 17 | 355,264 | 133,024 | Free Democratic Party | 569,556 | 5 | |
Social Democratic Party | 495,595 | 5 | |||||
Liberal Party | 381,065 | 4 | |||||
Swiss People's Party | 158,480 | 1 | |||||
Green Party | 135,816 | 1 | |||||
Party of Labour | 91,951 | 1 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 76,854 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 76,827 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 62,116 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 53,877 | 0 | |||||
RenouVaud Independent | 19,746 | 0 | |||||
Call for 700 | 17,196 | 0 | |||||
Europe Party | 12,993 | 0 | |||||
For Politics That Favor Workers | 9,833 | 0 | |||||
Valais | 7 | 171,311 | 102,881 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 373,031 | 4 | |
Free Democratic Party | 177,665 | 2 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 99,221 | 1 | |||||
Liberal Party | 26,928 | 0 | |||||
Green Party | 9,136 | 0 | |||||
Zug | 2 | 57,194 | 29,151 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 19,811 | 1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 19,043 | 1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 9,314 | 0 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 5,870 | 0 | |||||
"Women to Bern" Committee | 3,906 | 0 | |||||
Zürich | 35 | 740,438 | 351,688 | Swiss People's Party | 2,463,161 | 8 | |
Social Democratic Party | 2,295,980 | 7 | |||||
Free Democratic Party | 2,279,936 | 7 | |||||
Green Party | 855,903 | 2 | |||||
Ring of Independents | 745,768 | 2 | |||||
Swiss Motorists' Party | 724,670 | 2 | |||||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 721,312 | 2 | |||||
Swiss Democrats | 635,674 | 2 | |||||
Evangelical People's Party | 583,486 | 2 | |||||
Federal Democratic Union | 216,121 | 0 | |||||
Gray Panther | 209,968 | 0 | |||||
Frauen macht Politik! | 180,001 | 1 | |||||
Swiss Progressive Organisations | 117,603 | 0 | |||||
Young Christians | 34,978 | 0 | |||||
Europe Party | 26,024 | 0 | |||||
Senior Citizens' List | 25,349 | 0 | |||||
Discriminating Laws Against Men | 19,147 | 0 | |||||
Zum Glück Beat Looser | 17,109 | 0 | |||||
Natürli – ab Sächzgi | 15,936 | 0 | |||||
Human Non-Partisan Movement | 15,632 | 0 | |||||
THC 700 | 12,136 | 0 | |||||
Pro Pace Mundi | 5,960 | 0 | |||||
Forum Utopie '92 | 5,319 | 0 | |||||
Young Tolerance | 4,413 | 0 | |||||
Silent List | 4,374 | 0 | |||||
Politics + Ethics | 3,014 | 0 | |||||
Source: Bundesblatt, 3 December 1991 |
Council of the States
[edit]Party | Seats | +/– | |
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Free Democratic Party | 18 | +4 | |
Christian Democratic People's Party | 16 | –3 | |
Swiss People's Party | 4 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party | 3 | –2 | |
Liberal Party | 3 | 0 | |
Alliance of Independents | 1 | 0 | |
Ticino League | 1 | New | |
Total | 46 | 0 | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
[edit]- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1955