2011 Swiss federal election

2011 Swiss federal election

23 October 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)
Turnout	48.5%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– National Council Swiss People's Toni Brunner 26.6% 54 −8 Social Democrats Christian Levrat 18.7% 46 +3 FDP.The Liberals Fulvio Pelli 15.1% 30 −5 Christian Democrats Christophe Darbellay 12.3% 28 −3 Greens Ueli Leuenberger 8.4% 15 −5 Green Liberals Martin Bäumle 5.4% 12 +9 BDP Hans Grunder 5.4% 9 New Evangelical People's Heiner Studer 2.0% 2 0 Ticino League Giuliano Bignasca 0.8% 2 +1 Geneva Citizens' Éric Stauffer 0.4% 1 +1 CSP Obwalden Sepp Stalder 0.4% 1 +1 Council of States Christian Democrats 13 −2 FDP.The Liberals 11 −1 Social Democrats 11 +2 Swiss People's 5 −2 Greens 2 0 Green Liberals 2 +1 BDP 1 New Independent 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. 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.

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.

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%).

Summary

Summary of the 23 October 2011 National Council of Switzerland election results

Parties		Abbr.	Alignment	Ideology	Votes	%	+/– (%)	Seats	%	+/– (seats)
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	SVP/UDC	Right wing	National conservatism	648,675	26.6	−2.3	54	27	−8
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	SPS/PSS	Centre-left/Left-wing	Social democracy	457,317	18.7	+0.8	46	23.0	+3
style="background-color: Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	FDP/PLR	Centre-right	Classical liberalism	368,951	15.1	−0.7	30	15.0	−1
style="background-color: Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	CVP/PDC	Centre/Centre-right	Christian democracy	300,544	12.3	−2.2	28	14.0	−3
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	GPS/PES	Left wing	Green politics	205,984	8.4	−1.2	15	7.5	−5
style="background-color: Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	GLP/PVL	Centre	Green liberalism	131,436	5.4	+4.0	12	6.0	+9
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	BDP/PBD	Centre-right	Conservatism / Economic liberalism	132,279	5.4	+5.4	9	4.5	+9
style="background-color: Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	EVP/PEV	Centre	Christian democracy	48,789	2.0	−0.4	2	1.0	±0
style="background-color: Template:Ticino League/meta/color" |	Ticino League	LdT	Right wing	Regionalism / Right-wing populism	19,657	0.8	+0.2	2	1.0	+1
style="background-color: Template:Geneva Citizens' Movement/meta/color" |	Geneva Citizens' Movement	MCG	Right wing	Regionalism / Right-wing populism	10,714	0.4	+0.3	1	0.5	+1
style="background-color: Template:Federal Democratic Union/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	EDU/UDF	Right wing	Christian right	31,056	1.3	±0	0	0	−1
style="background-color: Template:Swiss Party of Labour/meta/color" |	Party of Labour	PdA	Left wing	Socialism	21,482	0.5	−0.2	0	0	−1
style="background-color: Template:Christian Social Party/meta/color" |	Christian Social Party	CSP/PCS	Centre-left	Christian left	6,248	0.3	-0.1	0	0	-1
Other					54,622	2.2		1	0.5	+1
Total (turnout 48.5%)					2,442,648	—	—	200	—	—
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in French) Statistics Switzerland (in German)

By constituency

Constituency	Seats	Electorate	Turnout	Party		Votes	Seats won
Aargau	15	399,092	193,601	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	954,360	6
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	495,540	3
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	315,427	2
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	290,964	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	200,654	1
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	168,731	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	155,684	1
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	88,483	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	32,180	0
				bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Switzerland/meta/color" |	Pirate Party	21,274	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Social Liberal Movement	13,087	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Democrats/meta/color" |	Swiss Democrats	10,419	0
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	1	37,678	17,900	bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	8,970	1
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	5,312	0
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	1,840	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	1,114	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Others	178	0
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1	11,358	4,232	bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	3,107	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	830	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Others	146	0
Basel-Landschaft	7	186,806	89,949	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	165,995	2
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	150,583	2
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	83,779	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	68,710	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	50,782	1
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	39,129	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	30,811	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	20,248	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Democrats/meta/color" |	Swiss Democrats	4,162	0
Basel-Stadt	5	114,064	57,337	bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	80,673	2
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	45,771	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	53,004	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	37,228	0
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	18,082	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	16,139	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	6,920	0
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	6,180	0
				bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Switzerland/meta/color" |	Pirate Party	5,314	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	People's Action	4,048	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	1,418	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	parteifrei.ch	1,337	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Free State of Lower Kleinbasel	901	0
Bern	26	713,938	359,576	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	2,663,863	8
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	1,776,105	6
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	1,367,428	4
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	865,168	3
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	795,408	2
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	486,254	2
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	383,525	1
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	285,235	0
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	167,212	0
				bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Switzerland/meta/color" |	Pirate Party	67,509	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Democrats/meta/color" |	Swiss Democrats	51,549	0
				bgcolor="Template:Alternative Left/meta/color" |	Alternative Left	42,439	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Jimy Hofer plus	37,178	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Alpenparlament	36,635	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Party of Labour/meta/color" |	Party of Labour	31,487	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Swiss Nationalist Party	27,717	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Social Liberal Movement	25,420	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Liberal Socialists	22,697	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	parteifrei.ch	21,378	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Les Rauraques	17,911	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Animal Party	17,505	0
Fribourg	7	185,485	87,582	bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	157,679	3
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	126,759	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	119,710	2
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	75,636	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Social Party (Switzerland)/meta/color" |	Christian Social Party	32,325	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	29,286	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	20,979	0
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	11,180	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	4,183	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	4,124	0
				bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Switzerland/meta/color" |	Pirate Party	3,630	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	parteifrei.ch	2,599	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Integral Politics	1,525	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Independent Citizens' Movement	1,360	0
Geneva	11	240,126	101,795	bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	208,505	3
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	203,187	2
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	174,604	2
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	152,800	2
				bgcolor="Template:Geneva Citizens' Movement/meta/color" |	Citizens' Movement	106,592	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	106,486	1
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Solidarity	56,711	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	34,528	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Party of Labour/meta/color" |	Party of Labour	13,932	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	11,085	0
				bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Switzerland/meta/color" |	Pirate Party	9,806	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	The Combative Left	4,918	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Alliance BLEUE	2,819	0
Glarus	1	26,078	8,915	bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	5,066	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	2,016	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	228	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	116	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Others	783	0
Grisons	5	135,141	60,965	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	72,290	1
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	60,387	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	49,117	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	46,075	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	35,134	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	24,357	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	6,371	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	1,499	0
Jura	2	50,629	22,472	bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	14,602	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	13,540	1
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	6,792	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	4,816	0
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	4,171	0
Lucerne	10	260,101	132,448	bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	349,729	3
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	323,783	2
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	237,031	2
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	147,927	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	106,756	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	78,964	1
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	27,586	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	9,619	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Animal Party	6,541	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	parteifrei.ch	1,946	0
Neuchâtel	5	109,926	46,601	bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	60,247	2
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	55,451	1
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	47,967	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	26,137	1
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Party of Labour/meta/color" |	Party of Labour	23,329	0
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	7,833	0
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	3,331	0
Nidwalden	1	30,363	18,501	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	8,060	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	6,273	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	3,487	0
Obwalden	1	25,221	16,209	bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	8,896	1
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	6,739	0
Schaffhausen	2	49,783	30,263	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	23,362	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	20,256	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	7,206	0
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	3,064	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	2,218	0
				bgcolor="Template:Alternative Left/meta/color" |	Alternative Left	2,503	0
Schwyz	4	98,193	49,221	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	72,008	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	39,557	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	38,964	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	28,017	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	3,797	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Atom Free - Yes to Sun and Wood	3,466	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	2,097	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Fresher Wind	1,665	0
Solothurn	7	173,356	89,651	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	148,710	2
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	112,529	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	111,894	2
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	109,152	2
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	45,833	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	30,415	0
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	26,675	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	8,940	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	parteifrei.ch	8,182	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Animal Party	6,009	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	2,968	0
St. Gallen	12	311,495	145,657	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	536,150	4
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	345,617	3
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	283,803	2
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	208,587	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	108,708	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	101,598	1
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	64,450	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	31,057	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	20,810	0
Ticino	8	212,103	115,173	bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	214,814	2
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	172,574	2
				bgcolor="Template:Ticino League/meta/color" |	Ticino League	151,647	2
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	143,517	1
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	83,919	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	58,278	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Communist Party	10,560	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	9,098	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Strengthening the Family	2,437	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Svizzera Italiana	2,227	0
Thurgau	6	160,453	74,975	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	168,239	3
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	62,525	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	52,557	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	48,936	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	30,609	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	22,684	0
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	21,570	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	15,148	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	12,747	0
Uri	1	26,110	12,979	bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	9,005	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	2,603	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Others	517	0
Vaud	18	410,956	171,084	bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	742,728	6
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	677,170	4
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	649,372	4
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	341,711	2
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	150,585	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	136,616	1
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Party of Labour/meta/color" |	Party of Labour	115,915	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Solidarity	53,329	0
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	32,392	0
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	31,424	0
				bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Switzerland/meta/color" |	Pirate Party	29,125	0
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	24,547	0
				bgcolor="Template:Geneva Citizens' Movement/meta/color" |	Citizens' Movement	15,610	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Democrats/meta/color" |	Swiss Democrats	2,597	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Swiss Nationalist Party	2,389	0
Valais	7	205,917	127,351	bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	262,263	3
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	166,508	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	159,046	1
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	129,797	2
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Social Party (Switzerland)/meta/color" |	Christian Social Party	75,322	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	42,219	0
				bgcolor="Template:Alternative Left/meta/color" |	Alternative Left	5,497	0
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	5,341	0
Zug	3	71,845	35,121	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	33,116	1
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	28,413	1
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	22,494	1
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	17,972	0
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	7,943	0
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	6,167	0
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Social Party (Switzerland)/meta/color" |	Christian Social Party	868	0
Zürich	34	877,817	410,976	bgcolor="Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party	4,135,959	11
				bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party	2,671,328	7
				bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals	1,613,851	4
				bgcolor="Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party	1,591,924	4
				bgcolor="Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party	1,163,522	3
				bgcolor="Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party	731,501	2
				bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party	697,240	2
				bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Evangelical People's Party	425,520	1
				bgcolor="Template:Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Federal Democratic Union	300,540	0
				bgcolor="Template:Alternative Left/meta/color" |	Alternative Left	141,788	0
				bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Switzerland/meta/color" |	Pirate Party	119,400	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	parteifrei.ch	60,471	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Animal Party	55,466	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Democrats/meta/color" |	Swiss Democrats	39,012	0
				bgcolor="Template:Swiss Party of Labour/meta/color" |	Party of Labour	33,100	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Fools Party	8,521	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Anti-PowerPoint Party	4,796	0
				bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Subitas	1,989	0
Source: Bundesblatt, 22 November 2011

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.

Summary of the 23 October, 13 November, 20 November, 27 November and 4 December 2011 Council of States of Switzerland election results

Parties		Ideology	2007	Seats	±
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)	Christian democracy	15	13	-2
style="background-color: Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	FDP.The Liberals (FDP/PRD)	Classical liberalism	12	11	-1
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS)	Social democracy	9	11	+2
style="background-color: Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color" |	Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)	National conservatism	7	5	-2
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Party (GPS/PES)	Green politics	2	2	±0
style="background-color: Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Green Liberal Party (GLP/VL)	Green liberalism	1	2	+1
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" |	Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD)	Conservatism / Economic liberalism	New	1	+1
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" |	Independent	Independent	0	1	+1
Total			46	46
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/srw2011CH_de.html

Canton		Seat 1	Party		Seat 2	Party
ZH Zurich	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Felix Gutzwiller *	FDP.The Liberals	style="background-color:Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Verena Diener *	Green Liberal Party
BE Berne	style="background-color:Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Werner Luginbühl *	Conservative Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Hans Stöckli	Social Democratic Party
LU Lucerne	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Konrad Graber *	Christian Democratic People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Georges Theiler	FDP.The Liberals
UR Uri	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Isidor Baumann	Christian Democratic People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Green Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Markus Stadler *	Green Liberal Party
SZ Schwyz	style="background-color:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color"|	Alex Kuprecht *	Swiss People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color"|	Peter Föhn	Swiss People's Party
OW Obwald	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Hans Hess *	FDP.The Liberals	N/A
NW Nidwald	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Paul Niederberger *	Christian Democratic People's Party	N/A
GL Glaris	style="background-color:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color"|	This Jenny *	Swiss People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Pankraz Freitag *	FDP.The Liberals
ZG Zoug	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Joachim Eder	FDP.The Liberals	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Peter Bieri *	Christian Democratic People's Party
FR Friburg	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Alain Berset *	Social Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Urs Schwaller *	Christian Democratic People's Party
SO Soleure	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Roberto Zanetti *	Social Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Pirmin Bischof	Christian Democratic People's Party
BS Basle-City	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Anita Fetz *	Social Democratic Party	N/A
BL Basle-Country	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Claude Janiak	Social Democratic Party	N/A
SH Schaffhouse	style="background-color:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color"|	Hannes Germann *	Swiss People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" |	Thomas Minder	Independent
AI Appenzell Inner-Rhodes	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Ivo Bischofberger *	Christian Democratic People's Party	N/A
AR Appenzell Outer-Rhodes	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Hans Altherr *	FDP.The Liberals	N/A
SG St Gall	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Karin Keller-Sutter	FDP.The Liberals	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Paul Rechsteiner	Social Democratic Party
GR Grisons	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Martin Schmid	FDP.The Liberals	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Stefan Engler	Christian Democratic People's Party
AG Argovia	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Pascale Bruderer	Social Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Christine Egerszegi *	FDP.The Liberals
TG Thurgovia	style="background-color:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color"|	Roland Eberle	Swiss People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Brigitte Häberli-Koller	Christian Democratic People's Party
TI Tessin	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Filippo Lombardi *	Christian Democratic People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Fabio Abate	FDP.The Liberals
VD Vaud	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Géraldine Savary *	Social Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Luc Recordon *	Green Party
VS Valais	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Jean-René Fournier *	Christian Democratic People's Party	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	René Imoberdorf *	Christian Democratic People's Party
NE Neuchâtel	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Didier Berberat *	Social Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Raphaël Comte *	FDP.The Liberals
GE Geneva	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Liliane Maury Pasquier *	Social Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Green Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Robert Cramer *	Green Party
JU Jura	style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Claude Hêche *	Social Democratic Party	style="background-color:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color"|	Anne Seydoux-Christe *	Christian Democratic People's Party
* indicates a candidate that was re-elected. Source: Federal Chancellery

Pre-election polls

Pollster	Date	SVP	SPS	FDP	CVP	GPS	GLP	BDP	EVP	EDU	PdA	LdT	CSP	oth.
gfs.bern	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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