2023 Swiss federal election

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2023 Swiss federal election

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National Council

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All 200 seats in the National Council
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 46.6% (1.5pp)
| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| Swiss People's | Marco Chiesa | 27.93  | 62  | +9
| Social Democrats | C. Wermuth & M. Meyer | 18.27  | 41  | +2
| FDP.The Liberals | Thierry Burkart | 14.25  | 28  | −1
| The Centre | Gerhard Pfister | 14.06  | 29  | +1
| Greens | Balthasar Glättli | 9.78  | 23  | −5
| Green Liberals | Jürg Grossen | 7.55  | 10  | −6
| Evangelical People's | Lilian Studer | 1.95  | 2  | −1
| Federal Democrats | Daniel Frischknecht | 1.23  | 2  | +1
| Ticino League | A. Bignasca & B. Bignasca | 0.55  | 1  | 0
| Geneva Citizens' | Ana Roch | 0.51  | 2  | +2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Council of States

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All 46 seats in the Council of States
24 seats needed for a majority
| Party  | Seats  | +/–

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| The Centre

| 15  | +2
| FDP.The Liberals

| 11  | −1
| Social Democrats

| 9  | 0
| Swiss People's

| 6  | 0
| Greens

| 3  | −2
| Geneva Citizens'

| 1  | +1
| Green Liberals

| 1  | +1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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

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

## Timeline

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The election timeline is:[6]

* Mid-October 2022: Official information to the cantons and parties
* 31 December 2022: Deadline for party registration
* 1 March 2023: Publication of the candidacy deadlines for the National Council
* 30 April: Landsgemeinde in Appenzell-Innerrhoden (Council of States election in the canton)[7]
* 1 May: Update of the party register
* August: Candidacy deadline for the National Council in the cantons using proportional representation
* September: Delivery of the electoral guide to the cantons
* 4 September: Candidacy deadline for the cantons using majoritarian vote with possibility of walkover
* Late September: Delivery of the voting material
* 22 October: Election day (National Council & 1st round for the Council of States)
* Late October: Publication of the official results
* 12 November: Eventual runoffs for the Council of States in six cantons representing 12 seats (FR, GE, GR, TG, VD, VS)[8]
* 19 November: Eventual runoffs for the Council of States in ten cantons representing 19 seats (AG, BE, BL, GL, SG, SH, SO, TI, ZG, ZH)[8]
* 26 November: Eventual runoffs for the Council of States in six cantons representing 9 seats (AR, BS, LU, NW, SZ, UR)[8]
* 4 December: Opening of the new National Council and oath-taking
* 13 December: Election of the Federal Council

## Electoral system

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### National Council

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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] Canton | Population | Seats | +/− | Pop. by seat

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Zürich | 1,553,423 | 36 | +1 | 43,151
Bern | 1,043,132 | 24 | ±0 | 43,464
Lucerne | 416,347 | 9 | ±0 | 46,261
Uri | 36,819 | 1 | ±0 | 36,819
Schwyz | 162,157 | 4 | ±0 | 40,539
Obwalden | 38,108 | 1 | ±0 | 38,108
Nidwalden | 43,520 | 1 | ±0 | 43,520
Glarus | 40,851 | 1 | ±0 | 40,851
Zug | 128,794 | 3 | ±0 | 42,931
Fribourg | 325,496 | 7 | ±0 | 46,499
Solothurn | 277,462 | 6 | ±0 | 46,244
Basel-Stadt | 196,735 | 4 | −1 | 49,184
Basel-Landschaft | 290,969 | 7 | ±0 | 41,567
Schaffhausen | 83,107 | 2 | ±0 | 41,554
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 55,309 | 1 | ±0 | 55,309
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 16,293 | 1 | ±0 | 16,293
St. Gallen | 514,504 | 12 | ±0 | 42,875
Grisons | 200,096 | 5 | ±0 | 40,019
Aargau | 694,072 | 16 | ±0 | 43,380
Thurgau | 282,909 | 6 | ±0 | 47,152
Ticino | 350,986 | 8 | ±0 | 43,873
Vaud | 814,762 | 19 | ±0 | 42,882
Valais | 348,503 | 8 | ±0 | 43,563
Neuchâtel | 175,894 | 4 | ±0 | 43,974
Geneva | 506,343 | 12 | ±0 | 42,195
Jura | 73,709 | 2 | ±0 | 36,855
Total | 8,670,300 | 200 | ±0 | 43,352

### Council of States

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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  Seats  | Cantons

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Cantons with 2 seats  | Zürich, 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

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

Name  | Political group | Ideology  | Leader(s)  | 2019 result

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Votes (%)  | National Council  | Council 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 Pinson  | 1,0%  |

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 Frischknecht  | 1.0%  |

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

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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

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#### National Council

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

Member | Canton | First elected | Party

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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

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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]

Member | Canton | First elected | Party

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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

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Main article: Opinion polling for the 2023 Swiss federal election

### Graphical summary

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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).

Local regression of polls conducted.

### Nationwide polling since 2021

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This section is an excerpt from Opinion polling for the 2023 Swiss federal election § Since 2021.[edit]

Polling firm  | Fieldwork date  | Sample
size  | SVP/
UDC | SP/
PS | FDP/
PLR | DM/
LC | Grüne/
Verts | GLP/
PVL | EVP/
PEV | EDU/
UDF | Others  | Lead

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2023 election  | 22 Oct 2023  | –  | 27.9  | 18.3  | 14.3  | 14.1  | 9.8  | 7.6  | 2.0  | 1.2  | 4.9  | 9.6
Sotomo | 22 Sep - 5 Oct 2023  | 31,850  | 28.1  | 18.3  | 14.1  | 14.3  | 9.7  | 6.8  | 2.1  | –  | 6.6  | 9.8
OpinionPlus | 20–26 Sep 2023  | 1,623  | 28.8  | 17.8  | 14.0  | 14.1  | 10.4  | 7.2  | 2.2  | 1.1  | 4.6  | 11.0
LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023  | 29,081  | 28.7  | 17.6  | 13.8  | 13.6  | 10.5  | 7.5  | –  | –  | 8.3  | 11.1
Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023  | 40,889  | 27.6  | 17.3  | 14.6  | 14.8  | 10.7  | 7.3  | 2.1  | –  | 5.6  | 10.3
LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023  | 25,688  | 27.9  | 17.3  | 14.3  | 13.9  | 10.7  | 8.2  | –  | –  | 7.7  | 10.6
Sotomo | 8–22 Jun 2023  | 25,216  | 27.1  | 17.8  | 14.6  | 14.3  | 10.2  | 8.3  | 2.1  | –  | 5.5  | 9.3
Sotomo | 20 Feb - 5 Mar 2023  | 27,058  | 26.6  | 17.8  | 15.6  | 13.3  | 10.7  | 8.3  | 2.1  | –  | 5.6  | 8.8
LeeWas | 15–17 Feb 2023  | 27,668  | 27.5  | 16.9  | 15.4  | 13.5  | 11.1  | 8.5  | –  | –  | 7.1  | 10.6
Sotomo | 26 Sep - 7 Oct 2022  | 21,038  | 26.1  | 16.3  | 16.1  | 13.3  | 11.7  | 9.3  | 2.1  | –  | 5.1  | 9.8
LeeWas | 15–16 Aug 2022  | 26,298  | 25.9  | 16.2  | 16.4  | 13.4  | 11.8  | 9.2  | –  | –  | 7.1  | 9.5
LeeWas | 8–9 Dec 2021  | 19,324  | 27.0  | 16.2  | 15.4  | 13.3  | 11.7  | 10.2  | –  | –  | 6.2  | 10.8
Sotomo | 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2021  | 27,976  | 26.6  | 15.8  | 14.6  | 13.3  | 13.2  | 9.8  | 2.1  | –  | 5.6  | 10.8
| 1 Jan 2021  | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC

### Seat predictions

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

### National Council

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Firm  | Publication  | SVP/
UDC | SP/
PS | FDP/
PLR | Grüne/
Verts | DM/
LC | GLP/
PVL | EVP/
PEV | PST-Sol | EDU/
UDF | Lega | MCG | Others  | Lead

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2023 election  | 22 Oct 2023  | 62  | 41  | 28  | 23  | 29  | 10  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 21
NZZ | 7 Oct 2023  | 56  | 42  | 31  | 23  | 30  | 11  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 1  | –  | 14
Tamedia | 23 Sep 2023  | 57  | 40  | 30  | 24  | 29  | 13  | 7  | 17
CH Media | 2 Sep 2023  | 55  | 39  | 31  | 24  | 32  | 12  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 2  | –  | –  | 16
2019 election  | 20 Oct 2019  | 53  | 39  | 29  | 28  | 28  | 16  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 14

### Council of States

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Firm  | Publication  | DM/
LC | FDP/
PLR | SP/
PS | SVP/
UDC | Grüne/
Verts | GLP/
PVL | MCG | Ind. | Lead

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2023 election  | 22 Oct - 19 Nov 2023  | 15  | 11  | 9  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 4
Tamedia | 30 Sep 2023  | 14  | 15  | 6  | 6  | 4  | –  | –  | 1  | 1
SRG | 20 Sep 2023  | 13–14  | 14–15  | 5–6  | 6–8  | 4–5  | –  | –  | 1  | 0–2
2019 election  | 20 Oct – 24 Nov 2019  | 13  | 12  | 9  | 6  | 5  | –  | –  | 1  | 1

## Results

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Results of the 2023 federal election Results of the election by municipality 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

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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Swiss People's Party| 713,471| 27.93| 62| +9
| Social Democratic Party| 466,714| 18.27| 41| +2
| The Liberals| 364,053| 14.25| 28| −1
| The Centre| 359,075| 14.06| 29| +1
| Green Party| 249,891| 9.78| 23| −5
| Green Liberal Party| 192,944| 7.55| 10| −6
| Evangelical People's Party| 49,828| 1.95| 2| −1
| Federal Democratic Union| 31,513| 1.23| 2| +1
| Swiss Party of Labour| 18,435| 0.72| 0| −2
| Ticino League| 14,160| 0.55| 1| 0
| Geneva Citizens' Movement| 13,019| 0.51| 2| +2
| Left-Alternative Greens| 4,343| 0.17| 0| 0
| Christian Social Party| 2,397| 0.09| 0| 0
| Swiss Democrats| 2,030| 0.08| 0| 0
| Other parties| 72,609| 2.84| 0| 0
Total| 2,554,482| 100.00| 200| –
Registered voters/turnout| | 46.6| +1.5|
Source: FSO

#### By canton

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Canton  | SVP | SP | Centre | FDP | Greens | GLP | Others

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%  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats
Aargau | 35.5 | 7 | 16.4  | 3  | 12.0  | 2  | 13.1  | 2  | 7.1  | 1  | 8.5  | 1  | 7.5[b] | 0
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 47.7 | 1 | –  | –  | 15.9  | 0  | 35.7  | 0  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 0.7  | 0
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 2.4  | 0  | –  | –  | 86.7 | 1 | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 10.9  | 0
Basel-Landschaft | 28.9 | 2 | 24.7  | 2 | 10.6  | 1  | 14.2  | 1  | 10.0  | 1  | 7.0  | 0  | 4.6[c] | 0
Basel-Stadt | 13.6  | 0  | 31.8 | 1 | 5.8  | 0  | 17.2[d] | 1[e] | 17.1  | 1 | 9.1  | 1 | 5.2[f] | 0
Bern | 30.9 | 8 | 20.7  | 5  | 8.1  | 2  | 7.5  | 1  | 10.8  | 3  | 10.5  | 3  | 11.3[g] | 2[h]
Fribourg | 25.8 | 2 | 20.6  | 1  | 19.9  | 2 | 13.3  | 1  | 11.8  | 1  | 3.7  | 0  | 4.9[i] | 0
Geneva | 15.3  | 2  | 18.4 | 3 | 8.2  | 1  | 15.7  | 2  | 15.4  | 2  | 6.7  | 0  | 20.4[j] | 2[k]
Glarus | 42.6 | 1 | 23.4  | 0  | 31.2  | 0  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 2.8  | 0
Grisons | 30.6 | 2 | 17.8  | 1  | 23.9  | 1  | 13.7  | 1  | 5.2  | 0  | 6.3  | 0  | 2.5[l] | 0
Jura | 19.1  | 1 | 29.6 | 1 | 26.5  | 0  | 8.7  | 0  | 11.1  | 0  | 2.4  | 0  | 2.7[m] | 0
Lucerne | 25.8  | 2  | 13.7  | 2  | 27.9 | 3 | 15.4  | 1  | 8.1  | 1  | 6.5  | 0  | 2.6[n] | 0
Neuchâtel | 17.3  | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 2.6  | 0  | 21.0  | 1 | 16.5  | 1 | 6.8  | 0  | 13.5[o] | 0
Nidwalden | 39.9  | 0  | –  | –  | 45.3 | 1 | 14.8  | 0  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –
Obwalden | 52.3 | 1 | –  | –  | –  | –  | 47.7  | 0  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –
Schaffhausen | 39.1 | 1 | 27.4  | 1 | 2.6  | 0  | 12.2  | 0  | 4.8  | 0  | 6.8  | 0  | 7.2[p] | 0
Schwyz | 35.9 | 2 | 10.9  | 0  | 17.6  | 1  | 19.6  | 1  | 2.7  | 0  | 3.3  | 0  | 10.0[q] | 0
Solothurn | 28.7 | 2 | 17.2  | 1  | 17.9  | 1  | 17.4  | 1  | 9.3  | 1  | 6.0  | 0  | 3.5[r] | 0
St. Gallen | 34.5 | 5 | 12.7  | 2  | 18.8  | 2  | 14.4  | 2  | 8.7  | 1  | 5.8  | 0  | 4.9[s] | 0
Thurgau | 40.3 | 3 | 10.2  | 1  | 15.3  | 1  | 10.7  | 1  | 8.5  | 0  | 6.6  | 0  | 8.2[t] | 0
Ticino | 15.1  | 2 | 12.5  | 1  | 17.7  | 1  | 21.1 | 2 | 9.1  | 1  | 1.5  | 0  | 23.0[u] | 1[v]
Uri | 35.3  | 0  | –  | –  | 62.4 | 1 | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 2.3  | 0
Valais | 24.5  | 2  | 14.3  | 1  | 35.4 | 3 | 14.7  | 1  | 8.4  | 1  | 2.0  | 0  | 0.7[w] | 0
Vaud | 19.2  | 4  | 25.3 | 6 | 4.5  | 1  | 22.4  | 4  | 13.5  | 3  | 7.5  | 1  | 7.6[x] | 0
Zug | 30.2 | 1 | 5.2  | 0  | 24.9  | 1 | 13.0  | 0  | 16.2  | 1 | 6.2  | 0  | 4.3[y] | 0
Zürich | 27.4 | 10 | 21.1  | 8  | 8.1  | 3  | 12.5  | 5  | 9.9  | 4  | 12.4  | 4  | 8.6[z] | 2[aa]
Total  | 27.93  | 62  | 18.27  | 41  | 14.06  | 29  | 14.25  | 28  | 9.78  | 23  | 7.55  | 10  | 8.16  | 7
Source: FSO

### Council of States

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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]

Party  | Seats
1st
round  | 2nd
round  | Total  | +/–
| The Centre | 10  | 5  | 15  | New
| The Liberals | 9  | 2  | 11  | –1
| Social Democratic Party | 5  | 4  | 9  | 0
| Swiss People's Party | 4  | 2  | 6  | 0
| Green Party | 3  | 0  | 3  | –2
| Geneva Citizens' Movement | 0  | 1  | 1  | +1
| Green Liberal Party | 0  | 1  | 1  | +1
Total | 31 | 15 | 46 | 0
Source: FSO

#### By canton

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Canton  | Centre | FDP | SP | SVP | Greens | MCG | GLP

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Aargau | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basel-Landschaft |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |
Basel-Stadt |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |
Bern |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |
Fribourg | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Geneva |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |
Glarus |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |
Grisons | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Jura | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |
Lucerne | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Neuchâtel |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |
Nidwalden |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Obwalden | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schaffhausen |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |
Schwyz |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |
Solothurn | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |
St. Gallen | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |
Thurgau | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |
Ticino | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |
Uri | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Valais | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vaud |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |
Zug | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
Zürich |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1
Total  | 15  | 11  | 9  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 1
Source: FSO

## Electorate demographics

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Demographic  | SVP | SP | FDP | Centre | Greens | GLP

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Total vote  | 27.9% | 18.3%  | 14.3%  | 14.1%  | 9.8%  | 7.6%
Sex
Men  | 32% | 14%  | 17%  | 14%  | 8%  | 8%
Women  | 24% | 23%  | 12%  | 14%  | 12%  | 7%
Age
18–29 years old  | 23% | 21%  | 11%  | 11%  | 16%  | 8%
30–45 years old  | 26% | 18%  | 12%  | 14%  | 12%  | 8%
46–65 years old  | 31% | 17%  | 14%  | 13%  | 9%  | 8%
Over 65 years old  | 28% | 19%  | 19%  | 17%  | 5%  | 6%
Income
Under 4,000 CHF  | 31% | 18%  | 10%  | 14%  | 11%  | 5%
4,000 - 6,000 CHF  | 24% | 21%  | 14%  | 16%  | 10%  | 8%
6,001 – 10,000 CHF  | 27% | 17%  | 18%  | 13%  | 10%  | 10%
Over 10,000 CHF  | 27%  | 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

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See also: List of members of the National Council of Switzerland (2023–2027) and List of members of the Swiss Council of States (2023–2027)

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

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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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## External links

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* Media related to 2023 elections in Switzerland at Wikimedia Commons
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