Federal Council election 1989

The 1989 Federal Council election took place on February 2, 1989. It became necessary because Federal Councilor Elisabeth Kopp ( FDP ) had announced her resignation after the Kopp scandal .

The vote

The replacement election was scheduled for February 2 in the United Federal Assembly . According to the magic formula, the FDP raised its claim to the seat. The favorite was the Lucerne Council of States Kaspar Villiger .

Results

		1st ballot
ballot papers distributed		241
ballot papers received		241
empty / invalid		6/0
valid total		235
absolute more		118
	Kaspar Villiger	124
	Franz Steinegger (FDP)	35
	Monika Weber ( LdU )	33
	Georg Stucky (FDP)	19th
	Lilian Uchtenhagen ( SP )	13
various		11

Villiger was thus elected with a clear majority in the first ballot.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chronology of the events in the Federal Palace (page 33; PDF; 274 kB)
2. ↑ Official election results on admin.ch

Web links

• Directory of the members of the Federal Council