2015 Swiss federal election

none Switzerland 2011 2019 yes National Council 18 October 2015 All 200 seats in the National Council 101 47.62% ( 0.88pp) Toni Brunner Swiss People's Party 29.43 54 65 Christian Levrat Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 18.86 46 43 Philipp Müller FDP.The Liberals 16.39 30 33 Christophe Darbellay Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 11.61 28 27 Adèle ThorensRegula Rytz Green Party of Switzerland 7.06 15 11 Martin Bäumle Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 4.63 12 7 Martin Landolt Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland 4.11 9 7 Marianne Streiff Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 1.90 2 2 Attilio Bignasca Ticino League 0.99 2 2 Gavriel Pinson als Swiss Party of Labour 0.81 0 1 Sepp Stalder Christian Social Party of Obwalden 0.40 1 1 Roger Golay fr Geneva Citizens' Movement 0.32 1 1 yes Council of States 18 October–22 November 2015 yes yes All 46 seats in the Council of States 24 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 13 13 FDP.The Liberals 11 13 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 11 12 Swiss People's Party 5 5 Green Party of Switzerland 2 1 Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland 1 1 Independents 1 1 300px National Council 300px Council of States Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 18 October 2015 for the National Council and the first round of elections to the Council of States, with runoff elections to the Council of States being held in various cantons until 22 November.Parties Manoeuvre for Seats in Swiss Senate http://www.thelocal.ch/20151019/parties-manoeuvre 19 October 2015 The Local 13 December 2016Final Composition of Swiss Parliament Emerges http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/election-2015_final-breakdown-of-swiss-parliament-emerges/41795016 23 November 2015 Swissinfo 12 December 2016 Results showed a shift, due to voter concerns regarding refugee immigration, to the right and increased support for the three largest parties, with the strong showing of Swiss People's Party and FDP.The Liberals possibly affecting future reforms of energy, social security and tax issues, as well as the make-up of the seven-member government.Homepage Elections 2015 https://www.ch.ch/en/elections2015/ 18 October 2015 15 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915120839/https://www.ch.ch/en/elections2015/ deadDuc-Nguyen Quang Parliament's Shift to the Right, in Figures http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/analysis-of-federal-elections_parliament-s-shift-to-the-right--in-figures/41735448 22 October 2015 Swissinfo 12 December 2016Geiser Urs Parliament shifts to the right http://www.swissinfo.ch/directdemocracy/political-right-eyes-gains-in-sunday-polls/41714084 Swissinfo.ch 18 October 2015 The Swiss People's Party won a record number of seats, taking a third of the 200-seat lower house. The SVP received the highest proportion of votes of any Swiss political party since 1919, when proportional representation was first introduced,Gerber Marlène Mueller Sean 4 Cool Graphs that Explain Sunday's Swiss Elections https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/10/23/4-cool-graphs-that-explain-sundays-swiss-elections/ 23 October 2015 The Washington Post 13 December 2016 and it received more seats in the National Council than any other political party since 1963, when the number of seats was set at 200. The federal election was followed by the 2015 Swiss Federal Council election on 9 December 2015, where the SVP won a second seat on the Federal Council. Electoral system The 200 members of the National Council were elected by plurality in six single-member constituencies, and by proportional representation in 20 multi-member constituencies, with the 26 constituencies being the 26 cantons.Swiss Confederation https://web.archive.org/web/20181012054009/https://www.ch.ch/en/elections2019/how-many-seats-does-each-canton-have-in-parliament 2018-10-12 seat allocations are for the 2019 election, but the page also provides the seat changes from the 2015 election The elections were held using the open list system where voters could cross out names on party lists, with voters also able to split their vote between parties (a system known as panachage) or draw up their own list on a blank ballot. Seats are allocated using the Hagenbach-Bischoff system.Electoral system IPU The 46 members of the Council of States were elected in 20 two-seat constituencies (representing the 20 full cantons) and six single-member constituencies (representing the six half-cantons). In Jura and Neuchâtel the elections were held using proportional representation. In the other cantons, councilors are elected through an up to two-round system of voting. In the first round of voting, candidates must obtain an absolute majority of the vote in order to be elected. If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round of voting then a second round is held in which a simple plurality is sufficient to be elected. The top two finishing candidates are elected in the second round.https://www.ch.ch/en/elections2015/organisation/council-of-states/ official site Elections 2015:How the elections to the Council of States are organised: process, rules and principal stages The Swiss Confederation ch.ch – A service of the Confederation, cantons and communes Berne, Switzerland 2016-08-09 2016-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20160919235930/https://www.ch.ch/en/elections2015/organisation/council-of-states/ dead Electoral system IPU Compulsory voting was in force in the canton of Schaffhausen for both elections.Compulsory voting around the world https://web.archive.org/web/20150404043017/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/electoral_commission_pdf_file/0020/16157/ECCompVotingfinal_22225-16484__E__N__S__W__.pdf 2015-04-04 . The Electoral Commission Campaign The parties contesting the elections were: Political party Leader Political spectrum Swiss People's Party (SVP) Toni Brunner Right-wing Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) Christian Levrat Centre-left to left-wing FDP.The Liberals (FDP) Philipp Müller Centre-right Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC) Christophe Darbellay Centre to centre-right Green Party of Switzerland (GPS) Adèle Thorens, Regula Rytz Left-wing Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (glp) Martin Bäumle Centre Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP) Martin Landolt Centre to centre-right Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (EVP) Marianne Streiff Centre Ticino League (TL) Attilio Bignasca Right-wing Alternative Left (AL) Frédéric Charpié Left-wing Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland (EDU) Hans Moser Right-wing Christian Social Party (Switzerland) (CSP) Marius Achermann Centre-left Geneva Citizens' Movement (MCG) Roger Golay Right-wing Opinion polls DateInstitutionSVPSPSFDPCVPGPSBDPGLPEVPALEDULEGACSPMCGOtherLead18 October 20152015 Elections29.4% 18.8% 16.4% 11.6% 7.1% 4.1% 4.6% 1.9% 1.2% 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% 0.3% – 10.6%2 October 2015Sotomo/20minSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 29.0% 18.4% 15.8% 11.4% 7.4% 4.9% 5.2% – – – – – – 7.9% 10.6%16 September 2015Sotomo/20minSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 29.0% 17.6% 16.8% 11.2% 6.9% 4.9% 5.1% – – – – – – – 11.4%21–28 August 15GfS Berne/SSRSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 28.0% 19.3% 16.9% 11.1% 7.4% 4.2% 4.3% 1.7% – – – – – 7.1% 8.7%24 June 201520min/SomotoSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 27.6% 18.2% 16.4% 12.0% 6.8% 4.9% 5.0% – – – – – – 13.0% 9.4%24 June 2015GfS Berne/SSR26.1% 19.3% 17.1% 11.5% 7.4% 4.4% 4.8% 1.9% – 1.1% 0.9% – – 5.5% 6.8%31 March 2015GfS Berne/SSR26.2% 19.6% 16.3% 11.8% 7.5% 4.6% 5.6% 1.9% – 1.0% 0.8% – – 4.7% 6.5%21 December 2014Léger Marketing/Le Matin23.8% 19.8% 15.7% 12.4% 8.2% 7.2% 7.4% – – – – – – – 6.0%3 October 2014GfS Berne/Le Temps24.6% 20.1% 15.8% 11.2% 7.3% 4.8% 7.3% 1.8% – 1.4% 1% – – 4.7% 4.5%30 March 2014Léger Marketing/Le Matin25% 19.4% 15.2% 12.2% 7.4% 6.9% 6.6% – – – – – – – 5.6%27 September 2013GfS Berne/SSRSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 25.8% 18.7% 14.7% 11.7% 8.3% 7.5% 5.8% 1.8% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% – – 2.5% 7.1%15 September 2013Isopublic/Le Matin 24.3% 19.6% 14.1% 13.1% 7.3% 6.1% 6.6% – – – – – – – 4.7%21 October 2012Isopublic/BlickSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 23.7% 19.5% 15.9% 12.9% 8.2% 6.9% 7.0% – – – – – – – 4.2%16 September 2012Isopublic/Le Matin23.9% 19.3% 16.3% 13% 8.2% 6.2% 7.7% – – – – – – – 4.6%25 March 2012Isopublic/Le Matin23.7% 19.9% 15.8% 12.1% 8.2% 7.0% 7.5% – – – – – – – 3.8%23 October 20112011 Elections26.6% 18.7% 15.1% 12.3% 8.4% 5.4% 5.4% 2% 0.9% 1.3% 0.8% 0.3% 0.4% – 7.9% Results Global media commented on the gains of the Swiss People's Party, linking it to concerns of the electorate on the European migrant crisis.Anti-immigration party wins Swiss election in 'slide to the Right' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/11939953/Anti-immigration-party-wins-Swiss-election-in-slide-to-the-Right.html 19 October 2015 The Daily Telegraph Reuters 19 October 2015Anti-immigration SVP wins Swiss election in big swing to right https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34569881 19 October 2015 BBC News 19 October 2015Larson Nina Swiss parliament shifts to right in vote dominated by migrant fears https://news.yahoo.com/swiss-populist-set-win-third-parliament-seats-media-161821935.html 19 October 2015 AFP Yahoo! 19 October 2015Amid rising fears over refugees, far-right party gains ground in Swiss election http://www.dw.com/en/amid-rising-fears-over-refugees-far-right-party-gains-ground-in-swiss-election/a-18790343 19 October 2015 Deutsche Welle 19 October 2015 Combined, right-of-centre parties received a slim 101-seat majority in the National Council. While the right-of-centre SVP and FDP made gains, centrist and left-of-centre parties lost seats in the National Council.Revill John Swiss Right Makes Gains in Election https://www.wsj.com/articles/switzerland-holds-parliamentary-election-1445166576 October 19, 2015 The Wall Street Journal December 15, 2016Nationalratswahlen 2015: Analyse https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/politik/wahlen.assetdetail.40151.html bfs.admin.ch December 2015 December 17, 2016 de The FDP increased its share of the popular vote for the first time since the 1979 federal election. In the Swiss capital Bern, a group of activists in favour of settling refugees held a demonstration on the day of the election, which is prohibited by law. A total of 110 were arrested.Polizei nimmt 110 Personen auf die Wache Police take 110 people to the police station http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/bern/antifa-demo-in-der-stadt-bern-polizei-nimmt-110-personen-auf-die-wache-id4270519.html?ref=livemonitor 19 October 2015 Blick 18 October 2015 de The election results elicited various responses from the Swiss media, such as that the election represented "a return to normality" after a period when the legislative makeup was not as clear, or that it represented "a divided country."Swiss National Elections: 'Return to Normality'? http://www.thelocal.ch/20151019/swiss-national-elections-return-to-normality October 19, 2016 The Local December 12, 2016Stephens Thomas Fear and Isolation in a 'Divided Land' http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/federal-elections_fear-and-isolation-in-a--divided-land-/41727618 October 19, 2016 Swissinfo December 13, 2016 Newspapers, both in Switzerland and in other countries, also noted the SVP's historic gains. National Council File:Swiss Federal Apportionment Diagram.svg Swiss People's Party 734171 65 +11 Social Democratic Party 470339 43 −3 FDP.The Liberals 408793 33 +3 Christian Democratic People's Party 289719 27 −1 Green Party 176075 11 −4 Green Liberal Party 115604 7 −5 Conservative Democratic Party 102598 7 −2 Evangelical People's Party 47355 2 0 Federal Democratic Union 29701 0 0 Ticino League 24713 2 0 Solidarity 20199 2 0 0 Swiss Party of Labour 1 +1 Pirate Party 10373 0 0 Christian Social Party of Obwalden 9911 1 0 Alternative List 8908 0 0 Geneva Citizens' Movement 8069 1 0 Christian Social Party 5207 0 0 Ecopop 3649 0 0 Swiss Democrats 3052 0 0 Enabling Democracy 2776 0 0 Art + Politics 2307 0 0 Integral Policy 1883 0 0 Animal Party Switzerland 1796 0 0 MontagnaViva 1609 0 0 Alpine Parliament 1324 0 0 Blank Vote List 1266 0 0 Philipp Jutzi 1199 0 0 Direct Democratic Party 942 0 0 Communist Party 907 0 0 Stop Traffic Jams and Speed Camera Terror - The List of Drivers 821 0 0 Swiss Nationalist Party 792 0 0 Non-Party 710 0 0 Popular Action Against too Many Foreigners and Asylum Seekers 698 0 0 Green Independents 656 0 0 Seeds of the Future 458 0 0 Independent Swiss 451 0 0 Sarah Bösch – The Original 379 0 0 Rauraque du Nord 376 0 0 New Liberal Party 347 0 0 Non-Selector.ch 300 0 0 The Swiss Independence Party up! 284 0 0 Vaud Independents 274 0 0 Fluffy Hans-Ueli (Hemp-Ueli) 267 0 0 Social Liberal Movement 245 0 0 Marcel Giger Amden Independent 242 0 0 El Presidente 231 0 0 Center Party 205 0 0 Patriotic Liberal Democrats 135 0 0 Anti-PowerPoint Party 125 0 0 DU – The Apolitical 123 0 0 Solution Oriented People's Movement 118 0 0 Lega Sud 104 0 0 I Liberisti 83 0 0 mach-politik.ch 65 0 0 Mouvement Democratique Cademos 63 0 0 Impossible Alternative 51 0 0 Swiss Freedom and Justice 48 0 0 Other parties 1321 0 0 0 27085 5295506 Statistics Switzerland, Elections 2015, IFES Council of States 300px Christian Democratic People's Party 13 0 FDP.The Liberals 13 +2 Social Democratic Party 12 +1 Swiss People's Party 5 0 Green Party 1 −1 Conservative Democratic Party 1 0 Green Liberal Party 0 −2 Independents 1 0 0 Statistics Switzerland By canton Canton Seat 1 Party Seat 2 Party ZH Daniel Jositsch Social Democratic Party Ruedi Noser FDP.The Liberals BE Werner Luginbühl* Conservative Democratic Party Hans Stöckli* Social Democratic Party LU Konrad Graber* Christian Democratic People's Party Damian Müller FDP.The Liberals UR Isidor Baumann* Christian Democratic People's Party Josef Dittli FDP.The Liberals SZ Peter Föhn* Swiss People's Party Alex Kuprecht* Swiss People's Party OW Hans Wicki FDP.The Liberals N/A NW Erich Ettlin Christian Democratic People's Party N/A GL Thomas Hefti FDP.The Liberals Werner Hösli Swiss People's Party ZG Joachim Eder* FDP.The Liberals Peter Hegglin Christian Democratic People's Party FR Christian Levrat* Social Democratic Party Beat Vonlanthen Christian Democratic People's Party SO Pirmin Bischof* Christian Democratic People's Party Roberto Zanetti* Social Democratic Party BS Anita Fetz* Social Democratic Party N/A BL Claude Janiak* Social Democratic Party N/A SH Hannes Germann* Swiss People's Party Thomas Minder* Independent AR Andrea Caroni FDP.The Liberals N/A AI Ivo Bischofberger* Christian Democratic People's Party N/A SG Karin Keller-Sutter* FDP.The Liberals Paul Rechsteiner* Social Democratic Party GR Stefan Engler* Christian Democratic People's Party Martin Schmid* FDP.The Liberals AG Pascale Bruderer* Social Democratic Party Philipp Müller FDP.The Liberals TG Roland Eberle* Swiss People's Party Brigitte Häberli-Koller* Christian Democratic People's Party TI Fabio Abate* FDP.The Liberals Filippo Lombardi* Christian Democratic People's Party VD Olivier Français FDP.The Liberals Géraldine Savary* Social Democratic Party VS Jean-René Fournier* Christian Democratic People's Party Beat Rieder Christian Democratic People's Party NE Didier Berberat* Social Democratic Party Raphaël Comte* FDP.The Liberals GE Robert Cramer* Green Party Liliane Maury Pasquier* Social Democratic Party JU Claude Hêche* Social Democratic Party Anne Seydoux-Christe* Christian Democratic People's Party * indicates a candidate that was re-elected. Source: Statistics Switzerland Aftermath The 2015 federal election was followed by the 2015 Swiss Federal Council election on 9 December 2015.Mombelli Armando People's Party Gains Second Seat in Cabinet http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cabinet-elections_how-will-new-ingredients-change--magic-formula--/41825058 December 10, 2015 Swissinfo January 27, 2016 Owing to the results of the federal election, Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, a member of the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP), announced she would not run for re-election, as the Swiss People's Party (SVP) won a record percentage of the vote, while her own party decreased its share.Jaberg Samuel Stephens Thomas Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf to Stand Down http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/exit-of-eveline-widmer-schlumpf_a-minister-who-symbolised-the-end-of-banking-secrecy/41745150 October 28, 2015 Swissinfo January 28, 2016 The SVP was widely expected to fill her seat in the election, and it chose Thomas Aeschi (Zug), Guy Parmelin (Vaud) and Norman Gobbi (Ticino) as candidates for the seat, with Aeschi being the favorite at the time.People's Party Posts Candidates for Cabinet Seat http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/three-up-for-the-job_people-s-party-posts-candidates-for-cabinet-seat/41792260 November 20, 2015 Swissinfo January 28, 2016People's Party Tightens Grip on Second Cabinet Seat http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/political-chairs_people-s-party-s-claim-to-second-cabinet-seat-is-uncontested/41747018 October 28, 2015 Swissinfo January 28, 2016 Guy Parmelin, of the SVP, was ultimately elected on 9 December. Parmelin, a farmer and winegrower from Bursins in canton Vaud, was the first member of the Federal Council who is also a member of the Swiss People's Party from the French-speaking part of Switzerland.Bradley Simon Wary Press Split Over Farmer Parmelin http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/new-minister_wary-press-split-over-farmer-parmelin/41830246 December 10, 2015 Swissinfo January 28, 2016 There was a minor cabinet reshuffle after the election, as newly elected Parmelin was selected to become head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, replacing fellow SVP-member Ueli Maurer, who became head of the Federal Department of Finance.People's Party finally nails finance minister job http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/forming-government_people-s-party-finally-nails-finance-minister-job/41833792 December 11, 2015 Swissinfo January 28, 2016 The SVP gained its second seat in the Federal Council, which it had lost in 2008, when the newly created BDP split from the SVP. References External links Elections 2015 - In Depth http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/in-depth/2015-elections Swissinfo December 12, 2016 December 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161202224103/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/in-depth/2015-elections dead Politics Switzerland Category:Federal elections in Switzerland Federal Federal Switzerland Category:October 2015 elections