2011 Swiss federal election

2011 Swiss federal election
Switzerland
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All 200 seats in the National Council (101 seats needed for a majority)
All 46 seats in the Council of States (24 seats needed for a majority)
Turnout48.5% Increase 0.2 pp
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
National Council
Swiss People's Toni Brunner 26.6% 54 −8
Social Democrats Christian Levrat 18.7% 46 +3
FDP.The Liberals Fulvio Pelli 15.1% 30 −5
Christian Democrats Christophe Darbellay 12.3% 28 −3
Greens Ueli Leuenberger 8.4% 15 −5
Green Liberals Martin Bäumle 5.4% 12 +9
BDP Hans Grunder 5.4% 9 New
Evangelical People's Heiner Studer 2.0% 2 0
Ticino League Giuliano Bignasca 0.8% 2 +1
Geneva Citizens' Éric Stauffer 0.4% 1 +1
CSP Obwalden Sepp Stalder 0.4% 1 +1
Council of States
Christian Democrats 13 −2
FDP.The Liberals 11 −1
Social Democrats 11 +2
Swiss People's 5 −2
Greens 2 0
Green Liberals 2 +1
BDP 1 New
Independent 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Map of Swiss cantons shaded by the party that won the most votes. The Swiss People's Party dominated German-speaking Switzerland, while the Social Democrats were the largest in the French-speaking west.

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011. All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States.

Voter turnout was 49.1%, compared to 48.9% in 2007.[1]

  1. ^ "Wahlbeteiligung 2011". Politik-stat.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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