1991 Swiss federal election

1991 Swiss federal election

20 October 1991
All 200 seats to the National Council of Switzerland All 46 seats to the Swiss Council of States
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz Steinegger Peter Bodenmann Carlo Schmid-Sutter Party Free Democrats Social Democrats Christian Democrats Leader's seat Uri Valais Appenzell Innerrhoden Last election 51+14 seats, 22.9% 41+5 seats, 18.4% 42+19 seats, 19.6% Seats won 44 + 18 41 + 3 35 + 16 Seat change 7 + 4 + 2 7+3 Popular vote 429,072 377,968 367,928 Percentage 21.0% 18.5% 18.0% Swing 1.9pp 0.1pp 1.6pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hans Uhlmann ? Claude Bonnard Party Swiss People's Greens Liberals Leader's seat Thurgau Vaud Last election 25+4 seats, 11.0% 9+0 seats, 4.9% 9+3 seats, 2.7% Seats won 25 + 4 14 + 0 10 + 3 Seat change 5 + 1 + Popular vote 243,268 124,149 62,073 Percentage 11.9% 6.1% 3.0% Swing 0.9pp 1.2pp 0.3pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Jürg Scherrer Rudolf Keller Franz Jaeger Party Motorists' Swiss Democrats LdU Leader's seat Bern Basel-Landschaft St. Gallen Last election 2+0 seats, 2.6% 3+0 seats, 2.5% 8+1 seats, 4.2% Seats won 8 + 0 5 + 0 5 + 1 Seat change 6 + 2 + 3 + Popular vote 103,585 69,297 57,819 Percentage 5.1% 3.4% 2.8% Swing 2.5pp 0.9pp 1.4pp

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 20 October 1991. The Free Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 44 of the 200 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Free Democratic Party	429,072	21.0	44	–7
Social Democratic Party	377,968	18.5	41	0
Christian Democratic People's Party	367,928	18.0	35	–7
Swiss People's Party	243,268	11.9	25	0
Green Party	124,149	6.1	14	+5
Swiss Motorists' Party	103,585	5.1	8	+6
Swiss Democrats	69,297	3.4	5	+2
Liberal Party	62,073	3.0	10	+1
Ring of Independents	57,819	2.8	5	–3
Evangelical People's Party	38,681	1.9	3	0
Ticino League	28,290	1.4	2	New
Feminist and Green Alternative Groups	22,605	1.3	1	0
Federal Democratic Union	20,395	1.0	1	+1
Swiss Party of Labour	15,871	0.8	2	+1
Unitarian Socialist Party	12,006	0.6	1	0
Independent Social-Christian Party	8,039	0.4	1	+1
Swiss Progressive Organisations	4,552	0.2	0	–3
Other parties	55,503	2.7	2	–
Invalid/blank votes	32,800	–	–	–
Total	2,076,901	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,510,521	46.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Council of the States

Party	Seats	+/–
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
Ring of Independents	1	0
Ticino League	1	New
Total	46	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver