2007 Swiss Council of States election

2007 Swiss Council of States election Switzerland parliamentary no 2003 Swiss Council of States election 2003 2011 Swiss Council of States election 2011 All 46 seats to the Swiss Council of States 21 October, 11 November, 18 November and 25 November 2007 106px Christophe Darbellay Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 15 seats 15 100px Fulvio Pelli Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 14 seats 12 2 106px Hans-Jürg Fehr Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 9 seats 9 100px Ueli Maurer Swiss People's Party 8 seats 7 1 100px Ruth Genner Green Party of Switzerland 0 seats 2 2 100px Martin Bäumle Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 0 1 1 Elections were held to the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election. All 46 members of the Council of States were elected from all cantons of Switzerland. The first round was held on 21 October. In eight cantons, not all seats were filled in the first round, and a second round was held on 11 November, 18 November, or 25 November. The election was a breakthrough for the Green Party, which won its first two seats in the Council of States, and the Green Liberal Party (GLP), which won a seat only four months after it split from the Greens. These gains – the first time minor parties had won representation in the Council of States since 1995 – came at the expense of the Free Democratic Party, which lost two seats, and the Swiss People's Party, which lost its seat in its stronghold of Zurich to the GLP. Results The Council of States election was not finalized with the first run on 21 October; twelve seats remained to be distributed in second round elections on 11 November, 18 November or 25 November 2007.http://tagi.ch/dyn/news/schweiz/805079.html Der erste Grüne im Ständerat - Schweiz - Tages-Anzeiger 2011-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20071022202831/http://tagi.ch/dyn/news/schweiz/805079.html 2007-10-22 dead The second round saw a number of notable races, for instance the election for the second seat in Zürich, where SP candidate Chantal Galladé agreed to withdraw and support GLP candidate Verena Diener against SVP candidate Ueli Maurer, increasing the centre-left's changes in the second round.Chantal Galladé verzichtet (Zürich, NZZ Online) In St. Gallen, where no one was elected in the first round, FDP candidate Erika Forster and CVP candidate Eugen David, both incumbents, started a common campaign for reelection against SVP candidate Toni Brunner.CVP und FDP gemeinsam gegen Toni Brunner (Schweiz, NZZ Online) Four candidates contested the election for the two seats in Tessin -- Dick Marty (FDP, over 40,000 votes in the first round), Filippo Lombardi (CVP), Franco Cavalli (SP) -- both of whom had over 30,000 votes—and finally Attilio Bignasca (Lega).Lombardi erhält Schützenhilfe von der Lega (Schweiz, NZZ Online) The two incumbents from the FDP and CVP were reelected on 18 November. The second seat for Lucerne was handed to CVP candidate Konrad Graber in so-called "silent election" when no other candidate filed to run against him in the second round. Graber had narrowly failed to be elected in the first round.Stille Ständeratswahl im Kanton Luzern (Schweiz, NZZ Online) The second mandate in Fribourg and Valais was also decided in this way. 300px Christian Democratic People's Party 15 0 Free Democratic Party 12 –2 Social Democratic Party 9 0 Swiss People's Party 7 –1 Green Party 2 +2 Green Liberal Party 1 +1 0 Nohlen & Stöver By canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden 2007 Council of States election: Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hans Altherr Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 10,880 87.9 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 1,012 8.2 Edgar Bischof Independent (politician) 310 2.5 Ivo Müller Independent (politician) 98 0.8 Matthias Weishaupt Independent (politician) 84 0.7 12,384 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Appenzell Innerrhoden 2007 Council of States election: Appenzell Innerrhoden Ivo Bischofberger Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Aargau 2007 Council of States election: Aargau Christine Egerszegi-Obrist Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 98,961 29.5 Maximilian Reimann Swiss People's Party 92,814 27.6 Pascale Bruderer Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 62,780 18.7 Geri Müller Green Party of Switzerland 31,417 9.4 Esther Egger Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 2,3843 7.1 Heiner Studer Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 16,884 5.0 Pius Lischer Independent (politician) 6,152 1.8 René Bertschinger Independent (politician) 3,147 0.9 335,998 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Swiss People's Party Basel-Landschaft 2007 Council of States election: Basel-Landschaft Claude Janiak Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 47,473 58.5 Erich Straumann Swiss People's Party 28,054 34.6 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 5,618 6.9 81,145 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Basel-Stadt 2007 Council of States election: Basel-Stadt Anita Fetz Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 32,736 60.4 Andreas Albrecht Liberal Party of Switzerland 17,344 32.0 Eric Weber Independent (politician) 3,631 6.7 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 460 0.8 54,171 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Bern 2007 Council of States election: Bern Simonetta Sommaruga Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 164,557 29.1 Werner Luginbühl Swiss People's Party 143,347 25.3 Franziska Teuscher Green Party of Switzerland 108,597 19.2 Dora Andres Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 108,017 19.1 Walter Donzé Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 17,789 3.1 Christian Waber Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 14,374 2.5 Adrian Wyss Swiss Democrats 9,073 1.6 565,754 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Swiss People's Party Fribourg 2007 Council of States election: Fribourg – First round Urs Schwaller Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 47,202 37.1 Alain Berset Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 35,068 27.6 Jean-Claude Cornu Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 25,165 19.8 Jean-François Rime Swiss People's Party 19,782 15.5 127,217 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 2007 Council of States election: Fribourg – Second round Alain Berset Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Geneva 2007 Council of States election: Geneva Liliane Maury Pasquier Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 49,046 26.6 Robert Cramer Green Party of Switzerland 45,452 24.7 Martine Brunschwig Graf Liberal Party of Switzerland 37,964 20.6 Jean-Pierre Jobin Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 26,816 14.6 Soli Pardo Swiss People's Party 22,014 11.9 Claude Tamborini Independent (politician) 3,000 1.6 184,292 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Green Party of Switzerland Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Glarus 2007 Council of States election: Glarus Fritz Schiesser Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 6,380 44.8 This Jenny Swiss People's Party 6,024 42.3 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 1,834 12.9 14,238 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Swiss People's Party Graubünden 2007 Council of States election: Graubünden Christoffel Brändli Swiss People's Party 27,923 44.4 Theo Maissen Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 21,257 33.8 Johannes Pfenninger Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 8,558 13.6 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 5,139 8.2 62,877 Swiss People's Party Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Jura 2007 Council of States election: Jura Claude Hêche Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 7,965 18.9 Anne Seydoux-Christe Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 6,322 15.0 Madeleine Amgwerd Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 5,992 14.2 Christophe Berdat Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 5,907 14.0 Pierre-Olivier Cattin Christian Social Party (Switzerland) 3,079 7.3 Jean-Frédéric Gerber Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 2,968 7.0 Frédéric Juillerat Swiss People's Party 2,869 6.8 Olivier Allimann Swiss People's Party 2,804 6.7 Pascal Haenni Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 2,194 5.2 Pascal Prince Christian Social Party (Switzerland) 2,052 4.9 42,152 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Lucerne 2007 Council of States election: Lucerne – First round Helen Leumann-Würsch Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 65,269 29.6 Konrad Graber Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 60,464 27.4 Josef Kunz Swiss People's Party 36,302 16.5 Prisca Birrer-Heimo Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 26,595 12.1 Heidi Rebsamen Green Party of Switzerland 23,925 10.8 Pirmin Müller Swiss People's Party 8,001 3.6 220,556 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 2007 Council of States election: Luzern – Second round Konrad Graber Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Neuchâtel 2007 Council of States election: Neuchâtel – First round Gisèle Ory Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 17,155 15.3 Didier Burkhalter Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 16,927 15.1 Pierre Bonhôte Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 15,366 13.7 Yvan Perrin Swiss People's Party 15,026 13.4 Sylvie Perrinjaquet Liberal Party of Switzerland 11,811 10.5 Jean-Charles Legrix Swiss People's Party 10,663 9.5 Denis de la Reussille Swiss Party of Labour 8,351 7.4 Francine John-Calame Green Party of Switzerland 5,008 4.5 Marianne Ebel solidaritéS 4,045 3.6 Blaise Horisberger Green Party of Switzerland 3,642 3.2 Vincent Martinez Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 1,926 1.7 Mauro Nanini Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 1,845 1.7 Jäggi Lukas Independent (politician) 341 0.3 112,106 2007 Council of States election: Neuchâtel – Second round Didier Burkhalter Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 28,710 35.7 Gisèle Ory Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 27,617 34.4 Pierre Bonhôte Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 24,050 29.9 80,377 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Nidwalden 2007 Council of States election: Nidwalden Paul Niederberger Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Obwalden 2007 Council of States election: Obwalden Hans Hess Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Schaffhausen 2007 Council of States election: Schaffhausen Peter Briner Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 16,831 Hannes Germann Swiss People's Party 16,774 Hans Jakob Gloor Green Party of Switzerland 6,481 Sabine Spross Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 6,196 Florian Keller Alternative List 3,279 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 1,655 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Swiss People's Party Schwyz 2007 Council of States election: Schwyz Alex Kuprecht Swiss People's Party 22,950 Bruno Frick Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 21,647 Alois Kessler Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 13,690 Ueli Metzger Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 11,396 Patrick Nauer Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 5,006 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 715 Swiss People's Party Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Solothurn 2007 Council of States election: Solothurn Rolf Büttiker Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 50,433 Ernst Leuenberger Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 45,911 Annelies Peduzzi Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 35,470 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Social Democratic Party of Switzerland St. Gallen 2007 Council of States election: St. Gallen – First round Toni Brunner Swiss People's Party 61,648 Eugen David Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 59,488 Erika Forster-Vannini Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 55,462 Kathrin Hilber Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 43,278 Yvonne Gilli Green Party of Switzerland 22,824 Thomas Meinrad Manser Swiss Democrats 6,280 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 2,930 2007 Council of States election: St. Gallen – Second round Erika Forster-Vannini Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 84,547 Eugen David Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 80,484 Toni Brunner Swiss People's Party 68,667 Thomas Meinrad Manser Swiss Democrats 7,940 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 946 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Thurgau 2007 Council of States election: Thurgau Philipp Stähelin Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 45,097 Hermann Bürgi Swiss People's Party 44,170 Isabella Stäheli-Tobler Green Party of Switzerland 14,449 Walter Hugentobler Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 14,176 Gabriela Coray Independent (politician) 8,845 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 2,685 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Swiss People's Party Ticino 2007 Council of States election: Ticino – First round Dick Marty Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 41,428 Filippo Lombardi Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 33,513 Franco Cavalli Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 33,068 Attilio Bignasca Ticino League 21,410 Pierre Rusconi Swiss People's Party 12,144 Matteo Gianini Independent (politician) 1,878 Edo Pellegrini Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 1,463 Cortonesi Rivo Independent (politician) 363 2007 Council of States election: Ticino – Second round Dick Marty Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 40,088 Filippo Lombardi Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 38,177 Franco Cavalli Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 32,786 Attilio Bignasca Ticino League 18,346 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Uri 2007 Council of States election: Uri Hansruedi Stadler Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 5,038 Hansheiri Inderkum Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 4,937 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 697 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Valais 2007 Council of States election: Valais – First round Jean-René Fournier Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 54,352 René Imoberdorf Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 45,092 Léonard Bender Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 22,389 Peter Jossen-Zinsstag Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 18,128 Jean-Luc Addor Swiss People's Party 13,274 Lukas Jäger Swiss People's Party 12,257 Christophe Clivaz Green Party of Switzerland 11,027 Michel Carron Independent (politician) 1,382 Gerlinde Marlene Bass-Bärenfaller Independent (politician) 1,334 Claude Bourquin Independent (politician) 961 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 2007 Council of States election: Valais – Second round René Imoberdorf Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Vaud 2007 Council of States election: Vaud – First round Charles Favre Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 65,439 Guy Parmelin Swiss People's Party 65,186 Géraldine Savary Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 54,192 Luc Recordon Green Party of Switzerland 42,998 Jacques Neirynck Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 17,952 Marianne Huguenin Swiss Party of Labour 13,795 Josef Zisyadis Swiss Party of Labour 12,456 Jean-Michel Dolivo solidaritéS 5,180 Maximilien Bernhard Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 3,616 Naima Topkiran solidaritéS 2,728 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 951 2007 Council of States election: Vaud – Second round Géraldine Savary Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 88,056 Luc Recordon Green Party of Switzerland 86,350 Charles Favre Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 62,116 Guy Parmelin Swiss People's Party 62,092 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Green Party of Switzerland Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Zug 2007 Council of States election: Zug Peter Bieri Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 21,058 Rolf Schweiger Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 20,195 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Zurich 2007 Council of States election: Zurich – First round Felix Gutzwiller Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 182,594 Ueli Maurer Swiss People's Party 150,707 Chantal Galladé Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 110,843 Verena Diener Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 100,442 Daniel Vischer Green Party of Switzerland 61,354 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 48,148 Kathy Riklin Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 39,715 Ruedi Aeschbacher Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 16,237 Markus Wäfler Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 8,011 Niklaus Scherr Alternative List 7,878 Stadelmann Toni Independent (politician) 1,327 Zaehner Heinz Independent (politician) 350 Danowski Marian Independent (politician) 142 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 2007 Council of States election: Zurich – Second round Verena Diener Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 199,594 Ueli Maurer Swiss People's Party 170,081 Vereinzelte Independent (politician) 8,230 377,905 Green Liberal Party of Switzerland Swiss People's Party References Category:Council of States (Switzerland) Council of States Category:Elections to national upper houses