Federal Council election 1995

On December 13, 1995, the general election of the Federal Council took place in Switzerland . The two chambers of the newly elected parliament, the United Federal Assembly , elected the Swiss government, the Bundesrat , for a term of office from 1996 to 1999. The seats were ordered individually in the order of the age of office of the seat holder.

After the replacement election a few months earlier, in which Moritz Leuenberger had been elected as the successor to Otto Stich, all previous members of the Federal Council ran again. The distribution of seats was not questioned by any Bundesrat party; but the Greens claimed a seat in the Federal Council. They unsuccessfully attacked the first four seats.

elections

First choice (seat of Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, FDP)

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

The senior Federal Councilor, Jean-Pascal Delamuraz , was the first to stand for election. He was head of the Department of Economic Affairs (EVD) since 1987 .

	1st ballot
ballot papers distributed	243
ballot papers received	242
empty / invalid	11/0
valid total	231
absolute more	116
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz	193
Cécile Bühlmann ( GPS )	12
Various	26th

Second choice (seat of Arnold Koller, CVP)

Arnold Koller

Federal Councilor Arnold Koller ( CVP ) had been Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) since 1989 .

	1st ballot
ballot papers distributed	244
ballot papers received	243
empty / invalid	24/0
valid total	219
absolute more	110
Arnold Koller	176
Ruth Gonseth ( GPS )	12
Various	31

Third choice (headquarters of Flavio Cotti, CVP)

Flavio Cotti

Federal Councilor Flavio Cotti ( CVP ) has been Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) since 1993 .

	1st ballot
ballot papers distributed	241
ballot papers received	238
empty / invalid	20/1
valid total	217
absolute more	109
Flavio Cotti	171
Pia Hollenstein ( GPS )	13
Various	33

Fourth election (seat of Adolf Ogi, SVP)

Adolf Ogi

Federal Councilor Adolf Ogi ( SVP ) had been Head of the Federal Transport and Energy Department since 1988 . As a result of a conflict with Otto Stich , he then took over the military department (EMD , now VBS)

	1st ballot
ballot papers distributed	243
ballot papers received	243
empty / invalid	22/2
valid total	219
absolute more	110
Adolf Ogi	164
Franziska Teuscher ( GPS )	20th
Christoph Blocher ( SVP )	10
Various	25th

Fifth choice (seat of Kaspar Villiger, FDP)

Kaspar Villiger

Federal Councilor Kaspar Villiger ( FDP ) had been head of the Military Department (EMD) since 1989 . He handed this department over to Adolf Ogi and took over the Finance Department (EFD) in 1996

	1st ballot
ballot papers distributed	243
ballot papers received	243
empty / invalid	14/4
valid total	225
absolute more	113
Kaspar Villiger	175
Gerold Bührer ( FDP )	22nd
Christine Goll ( SP )	12
Various	16

Sixth election (seat of Ruth Dreifuss, SP)

Ruth Dreifuss

Federal Councilor Ruth Dreifuss ( SP ) has been the head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) since 1993 .

	1st ballot
ballot papers distributed	241
ballot papers received	240
empty / invalid	24/4
valid total	212
absolute more	107
Ruth Dreifuss	124
Martine Brunschwig Graf ( LPS )	35
Christiane Brunner ( SP )	10
Various	43

Seventh election (seat of Moritz Leuenberger, SP)

Moritz Leuenberger

Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger ( SP ) had been head of the Federal Department for the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication (DETEC) for a few weeks .

	1st ballot
ballot papers distributed	239
ballot papers received	238
empty / invalid	22/5
valid total	211
absolute more	106
Moritz Leuenberger	144
Eduard Belser ( SP )	16
Gerold Bührer ( FDP )	10
Various	41

Election of the Federal Chancellor

François Couchepin

The incumbent Chancellor François Couchepin ran for re-election and was re-elected with 135 votes.

Election of the Federal President

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz was elected Federal President for 1996 with 165 votes , Arnold Koller was elected Vice President with 149 votes.

Web links

• Results of the elections of the Federal Council, the Federal Chancellor and the General (pdf)

See also

• Political system of Switzerland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ election results (pdf)
2. ↑ Election results, page 66 (PDF file; 541 kB)
3. ↑ Election results, page 22 (PDF file; 541 kB)