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2007 Zürich cantonal elections

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2007 Cantonal Council of Zürich election

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All 180 seats in the Cantonal Council of Zürich (91 seats needed for a majority)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Swiss People's Social Democrats FDP.The Liberals
Last election 61, 30.5% 53, 26.72% 29, 16.93%
Seats before 61 53 29
Seats won 56 36 29
Seat change Decrease5 Decrease17 Steady0
Popular vote 85,056 54,363 44,622
Percentage 30.46% 19.47% 15.98%
Swing Decrease0.04pp Decrease7.25pp Decrease0.95pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Greens Christian Democrats Green Liberals
Last election 14, 8.14% 12, 6.37% New
Seats before 14 12 0
Seats won 19 13 10
Seat change Increase5 Increase1 New
Popular vote 29,155 20,235 16,071
Percentage 10.44% 7.25% 5.75%
Swing Increase2.3%pp Increase0.87pp New

  Seventh party
 
Party Evangelical People's
Last election 9, 5.12%
Seats before 9
Seats won 10
Seat change Increase1
Popular vote 14,608
Percentage 5.23%
Swing Increase0.11pp
Summary of the 15 April 2007 Züric Cantonal Councilelection results
Party Ideology Vote % Vote % ± Seats Seats ±
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" | Swiss People's Party National conservatism 30.46 –0.04 56 –5
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Social Democratic Party Social democracy 19.47 –7.25 36 –17
style="background-color: Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 15.98 –0.97 29 ±0
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Green Party Green politics 10.44 +2.30 19 +5
style="background-color: Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Christian Democratic People's Party Christian democracy 7.25 +0.87 13 +1
style="background-color: Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Green Liberal Party Green liberalism 5.75 N/A 10 N/A
style="background-color: Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical People's Party Christian democracy 5.23 +0.11 10 +1
style="background-color: Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" | Federal Democratic Union Christian right 2.82 +0.72 5 +4
style="background-color: Template:Alternative List/meta/color" | Alternative List Socialism 1.26 +0.38 2 +2
style="background-color: Template:Swiss Democrats/meta/color" | Swiss Democrats Nationalism 1.33 –0.03 0 –1
Others 0.03 –2.42 0 ±0
Total 100.00 180
Source: Canton of Zürich

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