Cantonal Council (Schwyz)

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The Cantonal Council of Schwyz is the parliament of the Canton of Schwyz . It meets in the cantonal council chamber in the town hall of Schwyz and is the canton's legislative and supreme supervisory authority. Its 100 members are elected for four years on a proportional basis. The Cantonal Council enacts all fundamental and important provisions in the form of laws. The last general renewal election took place on March 22, 2020.

tasks

After a general election, the Cantonal Council convenes between June 20 and 30 of the election year for its constituent meeting.

The constitution stipulates only one summer and one winter session for the number of further meetings; further meetings are possible by order of the president, the government council or at the request of 15 council members. This is specified in the rules of procedure of the Cantonal Council to the effect that the Cantonal Council meets once a month, except in January, July and August.

The Cantonal Council has a quorum if at least half of its members are present. Otherwise the session is canceled.

The cantonal council elects the president, the vice-president and two tellers from among its members for one year; Together with the parliamentary group presidents, these represent the presidium of the cantonal council. The council elects the mayor and his deputy, the governor, from among the members of the government council for two years. In addition, the canton council elects the members and presidents of the cantonal courts, the chief public prosecutor and the state clerk for a period of four years.

The Cantonal Council enacts legal acts in the form of statutes, especially if they establish the rights and obligations of natural and legal persons or define the main features of the organization of cantons, districts and communities. The enactment of laws can also be delegated to the electorate or to the government.

The resolution of a partial or total revision of the constitution must be submitted to the people for a vote. Likewise, all resolutions that result in one-off expenses of more than 250,000 francs or annual recurring expenses of 50,000 francs are subject to a mandatory referendum.

A referendum can be taken against all international treaties, decrees or ordinances passed by the Cantonal Council. If this 2000 voters approve within 30 days, the bill must be submitted to the people for a vote.

2000 persons entitled to vote can also raise a referendum against legislative resolutions. There is no deadline for this in the constitution.

Parties

Election to the Cantonal Council of Schwyz on March 22, 2020
Turnout: 35.22%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
33.25
24.01
20.25
16.70
5.80
Gains and losses
compared to 2016
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+0.13
-3.16
-1.38
+1.46
+3.26
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
d with greens and indep.
17th
6th
24
20th
33
17th 6th 24 20th 33 
A total of 100 seats
Political party Percent
(2020)		 Seats
Swiss People's Party (SVP) 33.25% 33
Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) 24.01% 24
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 20.25% 20th
Social Democratic Party (SP), Greens and Independents (joint list) 16.70% 17th
Green Liberal Party (glp) 5.80% 6th

In the elections since 1900, the following allocation of seats in the Schwyz Cantonal Council resulted:

Members

There is no term limit for the Schwyz Cantonal Council. Each member can therefore be re-elected over and over again.

Allocation of mandates to the municipalities

In contrast to many other cantons, in which the municipalities are combined into constituencies, in whose areas the mandates are then distributed, the canton of Schwyz has no such regulation.

The election of the 100 members takes place in the individual municipalities: each municipality in the canton of Schwyz represents a separate electoral area. Each municipality - no matter how small - has the right to at least one representative in the cantonal council.

The number of mandates per municipality depends on the respective number of inhabitants according to the results of the last federal census. A so-called division quotient is formed to determine the distribution of mandates. This is obtained by rounding the population of the canton of Schwyz down to the nearest 1000 and then dividing it by 100.

The 2011 election resulted - based on a population of 146,730, rounded down to 146,000 and divided by 100 - a division quotient of 1,460.

Each municipality is now initially assigned as many mandates as its number of inhabitants can be completely divided by the division quotient. 87 seats are currently allocated.

Municipalities that missed out on this will now receive a seat, which means that a further 9 mandates have been distributed.

The remaining mandates will now be distributed to the other municipalities depending on the remaining division.

To this end, a government council resolution on the representation of the municipalities in the cantonal council is published in the year before the general election, the last time on September 6, 2011

local community population Number of representatives
Schwyz 14423 10
Arth 10699 7th
Ingenbohl 8411 6th
Muotathal 3561 2
Stones 3182 2
saddle 1781 1
Rothenthurm 2143 1
Oberiberg 812 1
Unteriberg 2305 1
Lauerz 1055 1
Steinerberg 864 1
Morschach 1033 1
Alpthal 563 1
Illgau 789 1
Riemenstalden 87 1
Gersau 2094 1
Laugh 7850 5
Altendorf 6036 4th
Gallows 4652 3
Vorderthal 1025 1
Innerthal 199 1
Schübelbach 8457 6th
Tuggen 2980 2
Cheeks 4650 3
Reichenburg 3134 2
Einsiedeln 14385 10
Küssnacht 12224 8th
Wollerau 6916 4th
Freienbach 15647 10
Feusisberg 4773 3

Proportional vote

Since 2016, the cantonal council in the canton of Schwyz has been elected using proportional representation.

The nominations (lists) from the individual municipalities (constituencies) may contain a maximum of as many names of eligible persons as the municipality has received seats in the cantonal council. A name may not appear more than twice. The lists from several municipalities that use the same list designation form a list group. List connections, such as B. in government council elections are not possible.

Each person entitled to vote has as many individual votes as there are cantonal councilors to be elected in his municipality. The voter has the option of giving a candidate a maximum of two votes (cumulating) or of crossing out suggested names on a list or replacing them with another candidate (blurring). There is also the possibility of inserting ballot papers that you have written yourself, which contain candidates from all lists.

To determine the result, the candidate and party votes are first determined. Subsequently, mandates are allocated to the list group (upper allocation), i. H. it is determined how many mandates a party or list group has reached. The allocation of mandates to the lists of constituencies (sub-allocation) is then determined. With the determined value for the constituency divisor and the list group divisor, the mandates are now determined based on the candidate votes in the individual municipalities.

This procedure is known as the double proportional allocation procedure , or colloquially as Doppelter Pukelsheim . The change in the electoral system became necessary because the National Council determined in 2013 that the electoral procedure that had been in effect in the Canton of Schwyz was unconstitutional.

A canton-wide explicit threshold clause of 1% applies to the election .

Compensation for MPs

Compensation for members of parliament is regulated in the rules of procedure of the Cantonal Council.

Each member receives an attendance fee of CHF 300 for each full day of the meeting, and CHF 200 for half a day of meetings. The President of the Cantonal Council as well as the Commission Presidents and heads of meetings receive double the attendance fee.

In addition, the President of the Cantonal Council receives a nominal allowance of CHF 17,000. In contrast to the attendance fee, however, this is automatically adjusted to inflation according to the national consumer price index.

The cost of 1st class public transport will be reimbursed for travel to and from the meetings. If this is not possible or uneconomical, journeys by private vehicle will be reimbursed in line with the regulations for cantonal administrative employees.

In addition, 50 francs per meeting day and 35 francs per half day of the meeting are paid for external catering.

List of members

The list shows the status as of May 31, 2017.

Surname Political party place of residence vintage Election year function
Elsbeth Anderegg Marty SP Altendorf 1963 2016 member
Mathias Bachmann CVP Merlischachen 1980 2012 member
René Baggenstos FDP Fountain 1969 2014 Replacement vote counter
Christian Bähler FDP Merlischachen 1969 2011 member
Anton Bamert-Birchler CVP Tuggen 1968 2012 member
Bruno Beeler CVP Goldau 1962 2008 member
Markus Betschart CVP Muotathal 1970 2016 member
Thomas Bingisser SVP Einsiedeln 1977 2008 member
Urs Birchler SVP Einsiedeln 1954 2000 member
Dominik Blunschy CVP Schwyz 1987 2016 member
Rudolf Bopp GLP Einsiedeln 1958 2016 member
Roger Brändli CVP Reichenburg 1976 2008 member
Martin Brun SVP saddle 1977 2016 member
Marcel Buchmann CVP Innerthal 1950 2004 member
Othmar Büeler SVP Seventh 1966 2005 Vote counter 2
Prisca Bünter SP Küssnacht 1973 2016 member
Roman Bürgi SVP Goldau 1969 2012 member
Urs Bürgler SVP Laugh 1971 2016 member
Leo Camenzind SP Fountain 1967 2012 member
Antoine Chaix SP Einsiedeln 1964 2016 member
Stefan Christians FDP Küssnacht 1980 2016 member
Peter Dettling FDP Lauerz 1982 2012 member
Bernhard Diethelm SVP Vorderthal 1983 2016 member
Peter Dobler SVP Seventh 1956 2012 member
Adrian Dummermuth CVP Goldau 1958 2007 member
Walter Duss SVP Bach 1964 2008 member
Bettina Eschmann SP Schübelbach 1966 2016 member
Adolf Fassler SVP Unteriberg 1966 2016 member
Andrea Fehr CVP Freienbach 1981 2010 member
Markus Feusi SVP Wollerau 1965 2015 member
Erich Feusi-Mächler SVP Tuggen 1959 2016 member
Paul Fischlin SVP Oberarth 1959 2004 member
Adrian hair dryer SVP Rickenbach 1976 2008 member
Marcel Föllmi CVP Pfaffikon 1968 2016 member
Albin Fuchs CVP Euthal 1969 2012 member
Paul Furrer SP Schwyz 1963 2007 Group President SP
Robert Gisler FDP Riemenstalden 1967 2012 member
Thomas Haas SVP Laugh 1973 2016 member
Thomas Hänggi SVP Schindellegi 1969 2012 member
Bruno Hasler CVP Schübelbach 1984 2014 member
Markus Hauenstein CVP Wollerau 1958 2012 member
Urs Heini SP Rickenbach 1961 2016 member
Max Helbling SVP Steinerberg 1968 2004 member
Daniel Hüppin SP Cheeks 1971 2008 member
Ivo Husi FDP Schwyz 1976 2016 member
Herbert Huwiler SVP Freienbach 1971 2008 Group President SVP
Pia Isler CVP Schindellegi 1961 2012 member
Doris Kälin FDP Einsiedeln 1960 2006 member
Alex Keller SP Küssnacht 1951 2015 member
Markus Kern FDP Schwyz 1977 2017 member
Matthias Kessler CVP Schwyz 1983 2016 Group President CVP
Alexander Lacher SVP Pfaffikon 1976 2015 member
Josef Landolt FDP Einsiedeln 1967 2009 member
Werner Landtwing SVP Fountain 1951 2012 member
Marco Lüönd SVP Stones 1969 2016 member
Armin Mächler SVP Gallows 1958 2004 member
Luka Markic SP Pfaffikon 1991 2014 member
Andreas Marty SP Einsiedeln 1965 2000 member
Sepp Marty FDP Unteriberg 1989 2016 member
Irène May-Betschart CVP Fountain 1967 2012 member
Peter Meyer CVP Gallows 1958 2016 member
Andreas Meyerhans CVP Wollerau 1968 2004 member
Markus Ming GLP Stones 1964 2012 member
Marlene Mueller FDP Wollerau 1963 2012 member
Robert Nigg FDP Gersau 1963 2008 member
Bruno Nötzli SVP Pfaffikon 1959 2008 member
Sibylle Ochsner FDP Gallows 1962 2008 member
Sandro Patierno CVP Schwyz 1969 2017 member
Jonathan Prelicz SP Arth 1990 2016 member
Christoph Räber FDP Obstacles 1967 2008 Cantonal Council President
Hanspeter Rast SVP Reichenburg 1960 2008 member
Alois Reichmuth FDP Oberiberg 1963 2016 member
Franz-Xaver Risi CVP Laugh 1959 2016 member
Heinz Schättin FDP Cheeks 1960 2016 member
Wendelin Schelbert SVP Ried-Muotathal 1968 2016 member
Paul Schnüriger CVP Rothenthurm 1961 2012 member
Christian Schuler CVP Küssnacht 1981 2012 member
Hubert Schuler SVP Rothenthurm 1964 2016 member
Xaver Schuler-Steiner SVP Seewen 1980 2004 member
Karin Schwiter SP Laugh 1977 2004 Vice-President of the Cantonal Council
Bruno Sigrist FDP Schindellegi 1959 2007 member
Arno Solèr FDP Altendorf 1974 2016 member
Michael Spirig GLP Buttikon 1963 2016 member
Simon Stäuble CVP Einsiedeln 1967 2011 member
Peter Steinegger CVP Schwyz 1958 2008 Vote counter 1
Bruno Steiner-Reichmuth CVP Sisikon 1961 2016 member
Hubert Steiner SVP Alpthal 1963 2016 member
Erich Suter SVP Ingenbohl fountain 1978 2016 member
Heinz Theiler FDP Goldau 1970 2012 member
Guy Tomaschett SP Freienbach 1963 2016 member
Matthias Ulrich SVP Küssnacht 1989 2015 member
Markus Vogler CVP Illgau 1965 2012 member
Bernadette Wasescha-Lussi SVP Merlischachen 1956 2008–2012
2014		 member
Erika Weber SP Einsiedeln 1958 2012 member
Carla Wernli-Crameri CVP Altendorf 1970 2016 member
Dominik Zehnder FDP Bach 1963 2012 FDP parliamentary group president
Raphael Ziegler SVP Schübelbach 1979 2008 member
Roger Züger FDP Schübelbach 1976 2016 member
Stefan Züger FDP Laugh 1967 2016 member
Walter Züger SVP Altendorf 1951 2008 member

Changes during the legislative period (2016-2020):

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cantonal elections on March 22, 2020. In: www.sz.ch. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Constitution of the Canton of Schwyz @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz.ch
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rules of Procedure of the Cantonal Council of Schwyz @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz.ch
  4. ↑ Canton Schwyz: national and cantonal elections since 1900. Federal Statistical Office, October 7, 2019, accessed on March 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Government council resolution on the representation of the municipalities in the cantonal council ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 41 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz.ch