2023 Swiss federal election

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2023 Swiss federal election
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National Council
All 200 seats in the National Council
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.6% (Increase2.svg1.5pp)
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Swiss People's Marco Chiesa 27.9362+9
Social Democrats C. Wermuth & M. Meyer 18.2741+2
FDP.The Liberals Thierry Burkart 14.2528−1
The Centre Gerhard Pfister 14.0629+1
Greens Balthasar Glättli 9.7823−5
Green Liberals Jürg Grossen 7.5510−6
Evangelical People's Lilian Studer 1.952−1
Federal Democrats Daniel Frischknecht 1.232+1
Ticino League A. Bignasca & B. Bignasca 0.5510
Geneva Citizens' Ana Roch 0.512+2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Council of States
All 46 seats in the Council of States
24 seats needed for a majority
PartySeats+/–
The Centre 15+2
FDP.The Liberals 11−1
Social Democrats 90
Swiss People's 60
Greens 3−2
Geneva Citizens' 1+1
Green Liberals 1+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
2023 Swiss general election map.svg

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 22 October 2023 to elect all members of the National Council and Council of States. [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1] The elections were followed by elections to the Federal Council, Switzerland's government and collegial presidency, on 13 December.

Contents

The Swiss People's Party (SVP), which campaigned against migration, performed strongly, while Green and Green Liberal Parties saw their vote share decline. [3] [4] [5]

Timeline

The election timeline is: [6]

Electoral system

National Council

The 200 members of the National Council are elected from the 26 cantons, each of which constitutes a constituency. In all multi-member cantons open-list proportional representation is used; with apparentments for allied parties and sub-apparentments for lists within parties, where apparented lists are initially counted together for seats allocation. Seats are allocated using the Hagenbach-Bischoff system with no threshold. Voters may cross out names on party lists or write names twice, split their vote between parties (a system known as panachage), or draw up their own list on a blank ballot. The six single-member cantons use first-past-the-post voting. [9]

Seats in the National Council are apportioned to the cantons based on their respective population size (which includes children and resident foreigners who do not have the right to vote). Based on the official population count recorded at the end of 2020, Basel-Stadt lost a seat while Zürich gained one. Zürich is the canton with the most seats (36). [10]

The rules regarding who can stand as a candidate and vote in elections to the National Council are uniform across the Confederation. Only Swiss citizens aged at least 18 can stand or vote and the citizens resident abroad can register to vote in the canton in which they last resided (or their canton of citizenship, otherwise) and be able to vote no matter how long since, or whether they ever have, lived in Switzerland.

Apportionment of National Council seats by canton in 2023 [11] [12]
CantonPopulationSeats+/−Pop. by seat
Flag of Canton of Zurich.svg  Zürich 1,553,42336+143,151
Flag of Canton of Bern.svg  Bern 1,043,13224±043,464
Flag of Canton of Lucerne.svg  Lucerne 416,3479±046,261
Flag of Canton of Uri.svg  Uri 36,8191±036,819
Flag of Canton of Schwyz.svg  Schwyz 162,1574±040,539
Flag of Canton of Obwalden.svg  Obwalden 38,1081±038,108
Flag of Canton of Nidwalden.svg  Nidwalden 43,5201±043,520
Flag of Canton of Glarus.svg  Glarus 40,8511±040,851
Flag of Canton of Zug.svg  Zug 128,7943±042,931
Flag of Canton of Fribourg.svg  Fribourg 325,4967±046,499
Flag of Canton of Solothurn.svg  Solothurn 277,4626±046,244
Flag of Canton of Basel.svg  Basel-Stadt 196,7354−149,184
Flag of Canton of Basel Land.svg  Basel-Landschaft 290,9697±041,567
Flag of Canton of Schaffhausen.svg  Schaffhausen 83,1072±041,554
Flag of Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.svg  Appenzell Ausserrhoden 55,3091±055,309
Flag of Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.svg  Appenzell Innerrhoden 16,2931±016,293
Flag of Canton of Sankt Gallen.svg  St. Gallen 514,50412±042,875
Flag of Canton of Graubunden.svg  Grisons 200,0965±040,019
Flag of Canton of Aargau.svg  Aargau 694,07216±043,380
Flag of Canton of Thurgau.svg  Thurgau 282,9096±047,152
Flag of Canton of Ticino.svg  Ticino 350,9868±043,873
Flag of Canton of Vaud.svg  Vaud 814,76219±042,882
Flag of Canton of Valais.svg  Valais 348,5038±043,563
Flag of Canton of Neuchatel.svg  Neuchâtel 175,8944±043,974
Flag of Canton of Geneva.svg  Geneva 506,34312±042,195
Flag of Canton of Jura.svg  Jura 73,7092±036,855
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Total 8,670,300200±043,352

Council of States

The 46 members of the Council of States are elected in 20 two-seat constituencies (representing the 20 'full' cantons) and six single-member constituencies (representing the six half-cantons). Two 'full' cantons with small populations – Uri and Glarus – each have two seats in the Council of States but only one seat each in the much larger National Council. [13]

Elections to the Council of States are regulated by the cantons. The cantons of Jura and Neuchâtel use proportional representation, while all the others use a majoritarian system, often with two rounds of voting. In the first round voters typically have up to two votes and candidates need an overall majority to be elected; if seats remain to be filled a runoff is held using simple plurality. All cantons, except Appenzell-Innerrhoden, which elects its state councilor during the Landsgemeinde in April, hold the first round concurrently with the National Council election, but the dates for the runoffs vary. [14]

As each canton regulates its election to the Council of States, the rules regarding who can stand as a candidate and vote in these elections vary canton by canton. Jura and Neuchâtel allow certain foreign residents to vote, whilst Glarus allows 16- and 17-year-olds to vote. Swiss citizens abroad registered to vote in a canton are permitted to vote in that canton's Council of States election only if the canton's law allows it. Only Schaffhausen has compulsory voting, though limited in implementation by way of only an insignificant fine.

Apportionment of Council of States seats by canton
SeatsCantons
Cantons with 2 seatsZürich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Glaris, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Grisons, Aargau, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud, Valais, Neuchâtel, Geneva, Jura
Cantons with 1 seat ('half-cantons')Obwalden, Nidwalden, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Contesting parties

The table below lists contesting parties represented in the Federal Assembly before the election.

Name Political group IdeologyLeader(s)2019 result
Votes (%)National CouncilCouncil of States
SVP / UDC Swiss People's Party Swiss People's Party group (V) National conservatism
Right-wing populism 		Marco Chiesa 25.6%
53 / 200
6 / 46
SP / PS Social Democratic Party Social Democratic group (S) Social democracy
Democratic socialism 		Mattea Meyer & Cédric Wermuth 16.8%
39 / 200
9 / 46
FDP / PLR FDP.The Liberals FDP-Liberal group (RL) Liberalism
Conservative liberalism 		Thierry Burkart 15.1%
29 / 200
12 / 46
DM / LC / AdC The Centre The Centre group (M-E) [15] Centrism
Social conservatism 		Gerhard Pfister 13.8%
28 / 200
13 / 46
GRÜNE / VERT-E-S Green Party Greens group (G) Green politics
Progressivism 		Balthasar Glättli 13.2%
28 / 200
5 / 46
glp / pvl Green Liberal Party Green Liberal group (GL) Green liberalism Jürg Grossen 7.8%
16 / 200
0 / 46
EVP / PEV Evangelical People's Party The Centre group (M-E) Christian democracy
Social conservatism 		Lilian Studer 2.1%
3 / 200
0 / 46
PdA / PST Swiss Party of Labour Greens group (G) Communism
Marxism 		Gavriel Pinson1,0%
1 / 200
0 / 46
solidaritéS Solidarity Greens group (G) Anti-capitalism
Trotskyism 		Collective leadership
1 / 200
0 / 46
EDU/UDF Federal Democratic Union Swiss People's Party group (V) Christian right
Right-wing populism 		Daniel Frischknecht1.0%
1 / 200
0 / 46
LdT Ticino League Swiss People's Party group (V) Regionalism
Right-wing populism 		Antonella Bignasca & Boris Bignasca 0.8%
1 / 200
0 / 46

Candidates

For this election, the Federal office of statistics reports a record in the number of candidacies. 5909 people (2408 women (41%) and 3501 men (59%)) in total, which is an increase of 1264 or 27% compared to last election, are candidates for the National Council on a total of 618 lists (an increase of 107).

Nearly a third (30%) of the candidates for the national council are younger than 30 years old. The average age is under 40 for the Greens and PS/SP, and it exceeds 50 for the smaller right-wing parties Ticino League and Geneva Citizens Movement.

Incumbents not standing for re-election

National Council

As of 8 April 2023, 25 National Council incumbents (an eighth of the council) announced they would not stand in this election. [16]

MemberCantonFirst electedParty
Pirmin Schwander Schwyz 2003 SVP/UDC
Walter Wobmann Solothurn 2003 SVP/UDC
Kurt Fluri Solothurn 2003 FDP/PLR
Christa Markwalder Bern 2003 FDP/PLR
Edith Graf-Litscher  [ de; fr ] Thurgau 2005 SP/PS
Ida Glanzmann Lucerne 2006 DM/LC
Ada Marra Vaud 2007 SP/PS
Jacques Bourgeois Fribourg 2007 FDP/PLR
Doris Fiala Zürich 2007 FDP/PLR
Christian Lüscher Geneva 2007 FDP/PLR
Andreas Aebi Bern 2007 SVP/UDC
Yvette Estermann Lucerne 2007 SVP/UDC
Andrea Geissbühler Bern 2007 SVP/UDC
Jean-Pierre Grin-Hofmann Vaud 2007 SVP/UDC
Erich von Siebenthal Bern 2007 SVP/UDC
Martin Landolt Glarus 2009 DM/LC
Prisca Birrer-Heimo  [ de; fr ] Lucerne 2010 SP/PS
Yvonne Feri Aargau 2011 SP/PS
Peter Keller Nidwalden 2011 SVP/UDC
Alois Gmür  [ de; fr ] Schwyz 2011 DM/LC
Jean-Paul Gschwind  [ de; fr ] Jura 2011 DM/LC
Verena Herzog Thurgau 2013 SVP/UDC
Roger Köppel Zürich 2015 SVP/UDC
Angelo Barrile Zürich 2015 SP/PS
Sandra Locher Benguerel Grisons 2019 SP/PS

Council of States

As of 8 April 2023, 9 Council of States incumbents (nearly a fifth of the council) announced they would not stand in this election. [16]

MemberCantonFirst electedParty
Alex Kuprecht Schwyz 2003 SVP/UDC
Roberto Zanetti Solothurn 2010 SP/PS
Hans Stöckli Bern 2011 SP/PS
Thomas Hefti Glarus 2014 FDP/PLR
Olivier Français Vaud 2015 FDP/PLR
Ruedi Noser Zürich 2015 FDP/PLR
Hansjörg Knecht Aargau 2019 SVP/UDC
Marina Carobbio Guscetti Ticino 2019 SP/PS
Adèle Thorens Goumaz Vaud 2019 Greens

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

This section is an excerpt from Opinion polling for the 2023 Swiss federal election § Graphical summary.[ edit ]

The chart below depicts opinion polls conducted for the 2023 Swiss federal election; trendlines are local regressions (LOESS).

Opinion polls Switzerland 2023.svg
Local regression of polls conducted.

Nationwide polling since 2021

This section is an excerpt from Opinion polling for the 2023 Swiss federal election § Since 2021.[ edit ]
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size		 SVP/
UDC 		SP/
PS 		FDP/
PLR 		DM/
LC 		Grüne/
Verts 		GLP/
PVL 		EVP/
PEV 		EDU/
UDF 		OthersLead
2023 election22 Oct2023–27.918.314.314.19.87.62.01.24.99.6
Sotomo 22 Sep–5 Oct202331,85028.118.314.114.39.76.82.1–6.69.8
OpinionPlus 20–26 Sep20231,62328.817.814.014.110.47.22.21.14.611.0
LeeWas 19–20 Sep202329,08128.717.613.813.610.57.5––8.311.1
Sotomo 4–25 Aug202340,88927.617.314.614.810.77.32.1–5.610.3
LeeWas 10–11 Jul202325,68827.917.314.313.910.78.2––7.710.6
Sotomo 8–22 Jun202325,21627.117.814.614.310.28.32.1–5.59.3
Sotomo 20 Feb–5 Mar202327,05826.617.815.613.310.78.32.1–5.68.8
LeeWas 15–17 Feb202327,66827.516.915.413.511.18.5––7.110.6
Sotomo 26 Sep–7 Oct202221,03826.116.316.113.311.79.32.1–5.19.8
LeeWas 15–16 Aug202226,29825.916.216.413.411.89.2––7.19.5
LeeWas 8–9 Dec202119,32427.016.215.413.311.710.2––6.210.8
Sotomo 29 Sep–3 Oct202127,97626.615.814.613.313.29.82.1–5.610.8
1 Jan2021 CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC

Seat predictions

This section is an excerpt from Opinion polling for the 2023 Swiss federal election § Seat predictions.[ edit ]

National Council

FirmPublication SVP/
UDC 		SP/
PS 		FDP/
PLR 		Grüne/
Verts 		DM/
LC 		GLP/
PVL 		EVP/
PEV 		PST-Sol EDU/
UDF 		Lega MCG OthersLead
2023 election22 Oct202362412823291020212021
NZZ 7 Oct202356423123301121211–14
Tamedia 23 Sep2023574030242913717
CH Media 2 Sep20235539312432122122––16
2019 election20 Oct201953392928281632110014

Council of States

FirmPublication DM/
LC 		FDP/
PLR 		SP/
PS 		SVP/
UDC 		Grüne/
Verts 		GLP/
PVL 		MCG Ind. Lead
2023 election22 Oct–19 Nov202315119631104
Tamedia 30 Sep20231415664––11
SRG 20 Sep202313–1414–155–66–84–5––10–2
2019 election20 Oct – 24 Nov 20191312965––11

Results

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Results of the 2023 federal election
Results of the election by municipality 2023 Swiss federal election by municipality.svg
Results of the election by municipality
The party presidents on TV on election night Schweizer Parlamentswahlen 2023 Elefantenrunde (cropped).jpg
The party presidents on TV on election night

The SVP, which had campaigned heavily on opposing migration, [17] performed strongly. [3] [18] [19] [20] The SVP made gains in Romandy, gaining for the first time more national councillors than the FDP in the region. [21] The Centre notably gained seats, surpassing the FDP — putting the latter's second Federal Council seat in doubt [22] — while the Green Party and Green Liberal Party performed poorly. [4] [5] [23] [24] The results indicated a stark divide between urban and rural areas. [25] Although right-wing parties gained seats in the National Council, they did not secure a majority in the chamber. [26] [27] Despite the SVP's gains in the National Council, it did not perform as strongly in the Council of States, [28] whereas The Centre gained seats. [29] [30] Neither the Left nor Right had a clear majority in the chamber. [31]

National Council

Swiss National Council 2023.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swiss People's Party 713,47127.9362+9
Social Democratic Party 466,71418.2741+2
The Liberals 364,05314.2528−1
The Centre 359,07514.0629+1
Green Party 249,8919.7823−5
Green Liberal Party 192,9447.5510−6
Evangelical People's Party 49,8281.952−1
Federal Democratic Union 31,5131.232+1
Swiss Party of Labour 18,4350.720−1
Ticino League 14,1600.5510
Geneva Citizens' Movement 13,0190.512+2
Left-Alternative Greens 4,3430.1700
Christian Social Party 2,3970.0900
Swiss Democrats 2,0300.0800
Other parties72,6092.8400
Total2,554,482100.00200–
Registered voters/turnout46.6+1.5
Source: FSO

By canton

Canton SVP SP Centre FDP Greens GLP Others
%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats
Aargau 35.5716.4312.0213.127.118.517.5 [lower-alpha 2] 0
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 47.71––15.9035.70––––0.70
Appenzell Innerrhoden 2.40––86.71––––––10.90
Basel-Landschaft 28.9224.7210.6114.2110.017.004.6 [lower-alpha 3] 0
Basel-Stadt 13.6031.815.8017.2 [lower-alpha 4] 1 [lower-alpha 5] 17.119.115.2 [lower-alpha 6] 0
Bern 30.9820.758.127.5110.8310.5311.3 [lower-alpha 7] 2 [lower-alpha 8]
Fribourg 25.8220.6119.9213.3111.813.704.9 [lower-alpha 9] 0
Geneva 15.3218.438.2115.7215.426.7020.4 [lower-alpha 10] 2 [lower-alpha 11]
Glarus 42.6123.4031.20––––––2.80
Grisons 30.6217.8123.9113.715.206.302.5 [lower-alpha 12] 0
Jura 19.1129.6126.508.7011.102.402.7 [lower-alpha 13] 0
Lucerne 25.8213.7227.9315.418.116.502.6 [lower-alpha 14] 0
Neuchâtel 17.3122.512.6021.0116.516.8013.5 [lower-alpha 15] 0
Nidwalden 39.90––45.3114.80––––––
Obwalden 52.31––––47.70––––––
Schaffhausen 39.1127.412.6012.204.806.807.2 [lower-alpha 16] 0
Schwyz 35.9210.9017.6119.612.703.3010.0 [lower-alpha 17] 0
Solothurn 28.7217.2117.9117.419.316.003.5 [lower-alpha 18] 0
St. Gallen 34.5512.7218.8214.428.715.804.9 [lower-alpha 19] 0
Thurgau 40.3310.2115.3110.718.506.608.2 [lower-alpha 20] 0
Ticino 15.1212.5117.7121.129.111.5023.0 [lower-alpha 21] 1 [lower-alpha 22]
Uri 35.30––62.41––––––2.30
Valais 24.5214.3135.4314.718.412.000.7 [lower-alpha 23] 0
Vaud 19.2425.364.5122.4413.537.517.6 [lower-alpha 24] 0
Zug 30.215.2024.9113.0016.216.204.3 [lower-alpha 25] 0
Zürich 27.41021.188.1312.559.9412.448.6 [lower-alpha 26] 2 [lower-alpha 27]
Total27.936218.274114.062914.25289.78237.55108.167
Source: FSO

Council of States

31 of the 46 seats of the Council of States were filled in the first round, with the remaining 15 seats filled in the second round on the 12 and 19 November. [32]

Swiss Council of State 2023.svg
PartySeats
1st
round		2nd
round		Total
The Centre 10515
The Liberals 9211
Social Democratic Party 549
Swiss People's Party 426
Green Party 33
Geneva Citizens' Movement 11
Green Liberal Party 11
Total311546
Source: FSO

By canton

Canton Centre FDP SP SVP Greens MCG GLP
Aargau 11
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1
Appenzell Innerrhoden 1
Basel-Landschaft 1
Basel-Stadt 1
Bern 11
Fribourg 11
Geneva 11
Glarus 11
Grisons 11
Jura 11
Lucerne 11
Neuchâtel 11
Nidwalden 1
Obwalden 1
Schaffhausen 11
Schwyz 11
Solothurn 11
St. Gallen 11
Thurgau 11
Ticino 11
Uri 11
Valais 2
Vaud 11
Zug 11
Zürich 11
Total151196311
Source: FSO

Electorate demographics

Demographic SVP SP FDP Centre Greens GLP
Total vote27.9%18.3%14.3%14.1%9.8%7.6%
Sex
Men32%14%17%14%8%8%
Women24%23%12%14%12%7%
Age
18–29 years old23%21%11%11%16%8%
30–45 years old26%18%12%14%12%8%
46–65 years old31%17%14%13%9%8%
Over 65 years old28%19%19%17%5%6%
Income
Under 4,000 CHF31%18%10%14%11%5%
4,000 - 6,000 CHF24%21%14%16%10%8%
6,001 – 10,000 CHF27%17%18%13%10%10%
Over 10,000 CHF27%11%30%11%6%11%
Education
Compulsory / VET 34%17%13%15%7%6%
Matura / PET 26%18%15%14%11%9%
University / Fachhochschule 12%22%16%11%18%12%
Source: Sotomo [33]

Aftermath

Following the election, SVP President Marco Chiesa stated his party had "a clear mandate" and would seek "less political correctness" and to work with the other parties. [34] Although smaller right-wing parties gained enough seats to form their own parliamentary group, they opted to remain in the SVP group. [35]

On 25 October, the Federal Statistical Office announced it had miscalculated the national vote count; this resulted from "a programming error in the data import software for the cantons of Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes and Glarus." [36] The corrected vote count did not affect the allocation of seats, but found the FDP remained the third largest party by vote share as opposed to The Centre. [37] [38]

The federal elections were followed on 13 December by the 2023 Swiss Federal Council election.

Notes

  1. ↑ Date for the National Council election and first round of the Council of States election; dates for the runoffs to the Council of States vary between the cantons.
  2. ↑ EVP: 3.5%, EDU: 1.0%, PdA: 0.1%, Others: 2.9%
  3. ↑ EVP: 2.6%, EDU: 0.5%, Others: 1.5%
  4. ↑ LPS: 10.3%
  5. ↑ LPS: 1
  6. ↑ EVP: 2.2%, EDU: 0.4%, Others: 2.6%
  7. ↑ EVP: 4.3%, EDU: 3.9%, Others: 3.1%
  8. ↑ EVP: 1, EDU: 1
  9. ↑ CSP: 2.5%, EDU: 1.1%, EVP: 0.7%, Others: 0.6%
  10. ↑ MCR: 12.3%, PdA: 2.5%, EVP: 0.4%, Others: 5.2%
  11. ↑ MCR: 2
  12. ↑ EDU: 1.2%, EVP: 1.0%, Others: 0.3%
  13. ↑ EVP: 0.9%, Others: 1.8%
  14. ↑ EVP: 0.5%, SD: 0.1%, Others: 2.0%
  15. ↑ PdA: 11.7%, EVP: 1.1%, EDU: 0.7%
  16. ↑ EVP: 2.5%, EDU: 1.7%, Others: 3.0%
  17. ↑ EVP: 0.5%, Others: 9.5%
  18. ↑ EVP: 1.5%, Others: 2.0%
  19. ↑ EVP: 1.4%, EDU: 1.1%, SD: 0.2%, Others: 2.2%
  20. ↑ EDU: 2.8%, EVP: 2.4%, Others: 3.0%
  21. ↑ Lega: 13.5%, Others: 9.5%
  22. ↑ Lega: 1
  23. ↑ PdA: 0.7%
  24. ↑ PdA: 4.3%, EVP: 0.7%, EDU: 0.6%, Others: 2.0%
  25. ↑ EVP: 0.5%, Others: 3.8%
  26. ↑ EVP: 2.8%, EDU: 1.5%, Feminist and Green Alternative Groups: 1.0%, PdA: 0.3%, SD: 0.1%, Others: 2.9%
  27. ↑ EVP: 1, EDU: 1

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