2003 Swiss federal election

none Switzerland 1999 2007 45.23% 1.93pp 19 October 2003 yes National Council All 200 seats in the National Council 101 Ueli Maurer Swiss People's Party 26.68 44 55 Christiane Brunner Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 23.33 51 52 Christiane Langenberger Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 17.34 43 36 Philipp Stähelin Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 14.35 35 28 Ruth Genner Green Party of Switzerland 7.43 8 13 Ruedi Aeschbacher Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 2.28 3 3 Claude Ruey Liberal Party of Switzerland 2.18 6 4 Hans Moser Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 1.26 1 2 Rudolf Keller Swiss Democrats 0.96 1 1 Swiss Party of Labour 0.69 2 2 Feminist and Green Alternative Groups 0.53 1 1 solidaritéS 0.50 1 1 Christian Social Party (Switzerland) 0.36 1 1 Giuliano Bignasca Ticino League 0.35 2 1 yes Council of States All 46 seats in the Council of States 24 yes yes Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 15 15 Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 17 14 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 6 9 Swiss People's Party 7 8 2003 Swiss federal election.svg Results by canton Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 19 October 2003.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1895 9783832956097 Although in Switzerland's political system, in which all four major parties form a coalition, it is very difficult to achieve a change of government, this election produced an upset with the strong showing of the right-wing, anti-European Union and anti-immigration Swiss People's Party. The left-wing parties, the Social Democrats and the Greens, also improved their positions. The losers were the parties of the centre and centre-right, the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Free Democratic Party. In the aftermath of the elections Ruth Metzler-Arnold, one of the two Christian Democrats in the Federal Council was replaced by Christoph Blocher, the most influential politician in the Swiss People's Party. Electoral system Switzerland has a bicameral legislature, the Federal Assembly (Assemblée Fédérale / Bundesversammlung / Asamblea Federale / Assemblea Federala). The National Council (Conseil National / Nationalrat / Consiglio Nazionale / Cussegl Naziunal) has 200 members, elected for four-year terms by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies corresponding to the 26 Swiss cantons and half-cantons. The Council of States (Conseil des Etats / Ständerat / Consiglio degli Stati / Cussegl dals Stadis) has 46 members elected for four-year terms from multi-member and single-member constituencies. These elections were to the National Council and for most of the members of the Council of States. All parties in Switzerland have different names in French, German and Italian, and conduct separate campaigns in the different language areas. Results National Council 300px Swiss People's Party 560750 55 +11 Social Democratic Party 490385 52 +1 Free Democratic Party 364493 36 –7 Christian Democratic People's Party 301652 28 –7 Green Party 156226 13 +5 Evangelical People's Party 47838 3 0 Liberal Party 45864 4 –2 Federal Democratic Union 26590 2 +1 Swiss Democrats 20177 1 0 Swiss Party of Labour 14595 2 0 Feminist and Green Alternative Groups 11153 1 0 Solidarity 10562 1 0 Christian Social Party 7539 1 0 Ticino League 7304 1 –1 Freedom Party 4000 0 0 Other parties 32913 0 – 59880 0 4779733 Nohlen & Stöver By constituency ConstituencySeatsElectorateTurnoutPartyVotesSeatswonAargau15363,920153,832Swiss People's Party778,7706Social Democratic Party474,7273Christian Democratic People's Party348,6392Free Democratic Party342,6292Green Party133,2021Evangelical People's Party116,8641Swiss Democrats32,1750Freedom Party5,0700Swiss Nationalist Party2,8670Appenzell Ausserrhoden136,04717,789Free Democratic Party7,1611Swiss People's Party6,6800Social Democratic Party3,4680Others1310Appenzell Innerrhoden110,2283,595Christian Democratic People's Party2,3101Swiss People's Party7250Others3000Basel-Landschaft7179,18679,248Swiss People's Party144,6242Social Democratic Party134,6202Free Democratic Party108,5661Green Party68,6521Christian Democratic People's Party54,7691Swiss Democrats14,7070Evangelical People's Party14,5540Non-Partisan 4Wb4,3320Freedom Party1,1070Basel-Stadt5116,36157,735Social Democratic Party115,4923Swiss People's Party52,5741Free Democratic Party27,9751Liberal Party23,8730Christian Democratic People's Party18,6120Green Party16,1220Strong Alternative Basel9,8930Evangelical People's Party8,0800People's Action4,4250Swiss Democrats3,1220Federal Democratic Union2,0860Bern26685,159288,679Swiss People's Party2,180,9618Social Democratic Party2,058,3178Free Democratic Party1,089,8974Green Party683,0252Evangelical People's Party379,0991Federal Democratic Union301,8861Swiss Democrats196,4581Christian Democratic People's Party172,6391Romand List143,5580Freedom Party77,4360Independent Health Party64,0810Action Jörg Stettler16,2540Fribourg7164,21074,547Christian Democratic People's Party128,0632Social Democratic Party108,4372Swiss People's Party107,9581Free Democratic Party64,3691Christian Social Party52,7661Green Party20,3050Free List - Solidarity11,1580Federal Democratic Union3,6250Evangelical People's Party3,6140Independent Movement2,6440Direct Access1,6940Geneva11219,984101,081Social Democratic Party268,7033Swiss People's Party198,5862Liberal Party182,5172Christian Democratic People's Party128,3171Green Party121,7621Free Democratic Party79,0301Solidarity58,9031Party of Labour29,1950Union of Swiss Patriots10,7350The Communists7,5060Glarus124,9346,304Social Democratic Party3,8111Christian Democratic People's Party7010Swiss People's Party3340Others8310Grisons5129,78250,766Swiss People's Party81,0122Social Democratic Party59,6241Christian Democratic People's Party56,2951Free Democratic Party37,8491Federal Democratic Union4,4840Jura248,35622,552Christian Democratic People's Party17,5171Social Democratic Party15,1861Free Democratic Party7,2430Swiss People's Party3,6750Federal Democratic Union7870Lucerne10237,537120,970Christian Democratic People's Party345,7913Swiss People's Party280,5663Free Democratic Party271,1532Social Democratic Party130,6941Green Party115,0761CHance2118,3520Evangelical People's Party9,5050Swiss Democrats4,1370Neuchâtel5105,23559,925Social Democratic Party74,5512Swiss People's Party57,2791Free Democratic Party37,8001Liberal Party36,8080Green Party35,2471Party of Labour7,6550Solidarity5,6300Nidwalden128,26611,136Free Democratic Party7,8881Swiss Democrats9120Others1110Obwalden122,90010,471Christian Democratic People's Party6,4021Swiss People's Party3,2380Others20Schaffhausen248,02230,349Social Democratic Party23,0541Free Democratic Party16,9231Swiss People's Party16,5650Christian Democratic People's Party1,5400Schwyz489,90243,338Swiss People's Party72,4192Christian Democratic People's Party38,8941Social Democratic Party29,1341Free Democratic Party25,4710Solothurn7166,05278,689Social Democratic Party136,6672Free Democratic Party129,0862Swiss People's Party120,9672Christian Democratic People's Party113,1931Green Party32,2830Evangelical People's Party6,4450St. Gallen12291,445124,786Swiss People's Party486,4214Christian Democratic People's Party326,1043Social Democratic Party270,3532Free Democratic Party215,5992Green Party103,8681Evangelical People's Party22,1180Federal Democratic Union16,4570Swiss Democrats11,1650Catholic People's Party6,1290Animal Welfare is Human Protection6,0540Brave and Innovative, One for All4,9570The East Swiss Party1,4050Ticino8198,99296,760Free Democratic Party218,6192Social Democratic Party189,4272Christian Democratic People's Party180,3202Ticino League58,4281Swiss People's Party55,6520Green Party21,7650Risorgimento ticinese9,5520Thurgau6146,43162,771Swiss People's Party151,5913Christian Democratic People's Party60,7641Social Democratic Party52,0801Free Democratic Party43,9091Green Party29,2820Swiss Democrats10,8790Evangelical People's Party10,0200Federal Democratic Union7,1450Catholic People's Party2,5570Freedom Party1,1471Uri125,51311,323Free Democratic Party3,9641Swiss People's Party3,3840Green Party3,3120Others1600Vaud18373,917172,119Social Democratic Party604,8204Swiss People's Party567,0154Free Democratic Party515,5924Green Party315,4302Liberal Party308,4372Party of Labour187,3882Christian Democratic People's Party128,8780Solidarity73,4830Federal Democratic Union49,2250Evangelical People's Party18,3650Swiss Democrats9,6750Future + Security7,2680The Right to Know6,8430Valais7190,121101,344Christian Democratic People's Party259,8463Social Democratic Party128,4282Free Democratic Party114,9101Swiss People's Party89,8341Christian Social Party62,3820Green Party17,4430Zug367,31835,418Swiss People's Party28,7151Christian Democratic People's Party23,7301Free Democratic Party23,1780Alternative Kanton Zug14,0951Social Democratic Party13,9290Zürich34810,622365,859Swiss People's Party4,103,13612Social Democratic Party3,153,11210Free Democratic Party1,995,9885Green Party1,040,6723Christian Democratic People's Party667,2362Evangelical People's Party504,9521Alternative List266,0630Federal Democratic Union253,3221Free Forum112,7810Swiss Democrats106,8770Hanf Ueli23,7310Youth in Parliament!19,2870Europe Party12,1840Freedom Party11,3640Humanist Party9,7300Die-Jugend.ch4,2060Danowski3,6310Source: Bundesblatt, 18 November 2003 Council of the States 300px Christian Democratic People's Party 15 0 Free Democratic Party 14 –3 Social Democratic Party 9 +3 Swiss People's Party 8 +1 0 Nohlen & Stöver See also 2003 Swiss Federal Council election References Bibliography Church Clive H. May 2004 The Swiss Elections of October 2003: Two Steps to System Change? West European Politics 27 3 518–534 10.1080/0140238042000228121 External links Official voting results de Politics Switzerland Category:Federal elections in Switzerland Federal election Swiss federal election