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Swiss federal election, 2011
All 200 seats in the National Council (101 seats needed for a majority); All 46 seats in the Council of States (24 seats needed for a majority)
	Map of Swiss cantons shaded by the party that won the most votes. The Swiss People's Party dominated German-speaking Switzerland, while the Social Democrats were the largest in the French-speaking west.

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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011. All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States.

Voter turnout was 49.1%, compared to 48.9% in 2007.^[1]

National Council

At the last election, in 2007, the Swiss People's Party (SVP) won the highest share of the vote ever recorded for a single party in Switzerland, with 29% of the vote. Soon after, a moderate faction split from the SVP, forming the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP).

In the 2011 election, the two neophyte parties BDP and Green Liberal Party (GLP) were successful, each receiving 5.4% of the popular vote. Both the GLP and the BDP have gained the required five seats to form their own parliamentary groups, suggesting a split of the centrist CVP/EVP/glp group.

All other major parties lost votes, the Swiss People's Party (SVP) for the first time since the 1987 elections. With 26.6% of the popular vote, the SVP is still the strongest party by a comfortable margin, but the 2011 elections marked the end of its rapid growth during the period of 1995–2007.

Of the small parties (below 5 seats), the Evangelical People's Party received 2.0% of the vote (+0.4%), retaining its two seats. The Ticino League received 0.8% of the vote (+0.2%) and gains one seat, now holding two.

The Christian Social Party lost one seat, but gained another to remain in the National Council, while the Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland and Swiss Party of Labour lost their single seats. Other minor groups which gathered more than 0.1% of the popular vote are: the Swiss Pirate Party (0.48%), the Swiss Democrats (0.20%), parteifrei.ch (0.19%) and Tierpartei Schweiz (0.15%).

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Seats by canton

Canton	Total	SVP		SP		FDP		CVP		Grüne		glp		BDP		EVP		EDU		PdA		CSP		Lega		MCG
ZH Zurich	34	11	−1	7		4		2	−1	3	−1	4	+1	2	+2	1
BE Berne	26	8	-2	6		2	-2		-1	3		2	+2	4	+4	1		0	-1
LU Lucerne	10	2	−1	1		2		3		1		1	+1
UR Uri	1					1
SZ Schwyz	4	1	−1	1		1	+1	1
NW Nidwald	1	1	+1			0	−1
OW Obwald	1	0	−1																			1	+1
GL Glaris	1			0	−1									1	+1
ZG Zoug	3	1				1	+1	1		0	−1
FR Friburg	7	1		3	+1	1		2														0	−1
SO Soleure	7	2		2	+1	1		2		0	−1
BL Basle-Country	7	2		2		1		1		1
BS Basle-City	5	1		2		1		1	+1	0	−1
SH Schaffhouse	2	1		1
AR Appenzell Outer-Rhodes	1					1
AI Appenzell Inner-Rhodes	1							1
SG St Gall	12	4	−1	2		1		3		1		1	+1
GR Grisons	5	1	−1	1		0	−1	1				1	+1	1	+1
AG Argovia	15	6		3		2		1	−2	1		1	+1	1	+1
TG Thurgovia	6	3		1			−1	1				1	+1
TI Tessin	8	1	+1	1	-1	2	-1	2																2	+1
VD Vaud	18	4	-1	6	+2	4		1		2	-1	1	+1							0	-1
VS Valais	7	1		2	+1	1		3	−1
NE Neuchâtel	5	1		1		2				1
GE Geneva	11	2		3		2	-1	1		2																1	+1
JU Jura	2		−1	1				1	+1
Switzerland	200	54	-8	46	+3	30	-5	28	-3	15	-5	12	+9	9	+9	2	±0	0	-1	0	-1	1	±0	2	+1	1	+1

Council of States

The elections of the Council of States are done by a plurality voting system. 27 out of 46 seats were determined on the first ballot on 23 October; the remaining 19 seats were decided in a second ballot held in November.

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Pre-election polls

Pollster	Date	SVP	SPS	FDP	CVP	GPS	GLP	BDP	EVP	EDU	PdA	LdT	CSP	oth.
gfs.bern^[2]	1–8 October 2011	29.3	19.9	15.2	14.2	9.3	4.9	3.6	1.5	1.0	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	1.1
Isopublic^[3]	1–23 September 2011	28.2	20.3	15.7	14.2	9.8	5.2	3.2	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	3.4
gfs.bern^[4]	23 August – 3 September 2011	28.0	20.5	15.6	14.5	9.5	4.5	3.1	1.6	1.0	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	1.7
demoscope.ch^[5]	25 July – 6 August 2011	24.8	19.5	17.8	12.4	9.9	7.2	3.0	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	5.4
gfs.bern^[4]	25 July – 6 August 2011	27.4	18.5	16.1	15.0	10.1	4.6	2.9	1.7	1.7	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	2.0
gfs.bern^[6]	13–26 June 2011	27.5	18.9	15.0	13.4	10.0	5.2	3.0	2.4	1.3	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	3.3
Isopublic^[7]	8–18 June 2011	28.7	18.6	13.9	13.2	9.9	8.0	3.7	1.0	0.1	n.c.	n.c.	0.2	1.8
gfs.bern^[6]	4–16 April 2011	29.9	17.7	15.2	12.7	10.9	5.7	3.5	1.5	1.1	n.c	n.c	n.c	1.8
Isopublic^[8]	17–26 March 2011	25.4	18.2	15.4	14.3	10.5	6.1	2.8	n.c	n.c	n.c	n.c	n.c	7.3
gfs.bern^[6]	10–22 January 2011	29.8	18.0	17.7	12.9	8.8	5.2	2.6	2.2	1.5	n.c	n.c	n.c	1.4
Isopublic^[9]	10–21 December 2010	26.0	19.1	17.1	13.8	9.1	3.2	4.5	1.4	1.2	0.5	n.c	n.c	4.1
gfs.bern^[6]	28 Sept. – 11 Oct. 2010	26.1	20.1	17.2	14.1	8.5	3.8	3.6	2.4	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.0
2007 federal election^[10]	21 October 2007	28.9	19.5	17.7	14.5	9.6	1.4	—	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.9

Notes and references

^ "Wahlbeteiligung 2011". Politik-stat.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "gfs.bern AG - öffentliche Meinung; Umfragen; Issue-Analysen; Politik, Kommunikation, Gesellschaft, Trends". Gfsbern.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "Detail - SonntagsZeitung". Sonntagszeitung.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Barometer of voting" (JPG). Kunden.gfsbern.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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^ "ISOPUBLIC POLITBAROMETER im Auftrag der SonntagsZeitung & Le Matin Dimanche" (PDF). Isopublic.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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External links

[1] "Wahlbeteiligung 2011". Politik-stat.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

[2] "gfs.bern AG - öffentliche Meinung; Umfragen; Issue-Analysen; Politik, Kommunikation, Gesellschaft, Trends". Gfsbern.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

[3] "Detail - SonntagsZeitung". Sonntagszeitung.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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[Kunden-6] "Barometer of voting" (JPG). Kunden.gfsbern.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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[9] "ISOPUBLIC POLITBAROMETER im Auftrag der SonntagsZeitung & Le Matin Dimanche" (PDF). Isopublic.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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