Swiss federal election, 1991

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Swiss federal election, 1991
Switzerland
1987 ←
20 October 1991 → 1995

All 200 seats to the National Council of Switzerland
All 46 seats to the Swiss Council of States
  First party Second party Third party
  Franz Steinegger.jpg Bodenmann.png Carlo Schmid-Sutter.png
Leader Franz Steinegger Peter Bodenmann Carlo Schmid-Sutter
Party Free Democrats Social Democrats Christian Democrats
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 Decrease7 + Increase4 Steady + Decrease2 Decrease 7+3
Popular vote 429,072 377,968 367,928
Percentage 21.0% 18.5% 18.0%
Swing Decrease 1.9pp Increase 0.1pp Decrease 1.6pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Hans Uhlmann  ? Claude Bonnard
Party Swiss People's Greens Liberals
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 Steady Increase5 + Steady Increase1 + Steady
Popular vote 243,268 124,149 62,073
Percentage 11.9% 6.1% 3.0%
Swing Increase0.9pp Increase 1.2pp Increase 0.3pp

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Jürg Scherrer.jpg Blank.png Blank.png
Leader Jürg Scherrer  ? Franz Jaeger
Party Motorists' Swiss Democrats Ring of Independents
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 Increase6 + Steady Increase2 + Steady Decrease3 + Steady
Popular vote 103,585 69,297 57,819
Percentage 5.1% 3.4% 2.8%
Swing Increase 2.5pp Increase 0.9pp Decrease 1.4pp
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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]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1955