Results of the Council of States elections (2011-2015)

This article contains the results of all elections relevant to the composition of the Swiss Council of States during the 49th legislative period (October 2011 – October 2015) . This includes the ordinary elections held together with the National Council elections on October 23, the replacement elections for members of the Council who resigned or died during the term of office and the ordinary renewal elections in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden on May 5, 2011, on which the Appenzell Council of States for the period from 2011 to Was elected in 2015.

Electoral system

More detailed on this: Council of States - electoral procedure

The Swiss Constitution establishes in Article 150 that the election and term of office of members of the Council falls within the competence of the cantons.

However, there is a certain degree of standardization. In all cantons, the Council of States is elected directly by the people: in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden at the regional municipality , in all other cantons at the ballot box. The councils of states of the canton of Jura and (for the first time in 2011) the canton of Neuchâtel are elected using proportional representation ( proportional representation ), in all other cantons the majority procedure ( majority voting) applied in the 49th legislature . A system with two ballots usually applies: In the first ballot, a candidate must achieve the (differently calculated) absolute majority in order to be elected . In the second ballot, a relative majority is sufficient : the person who has received the most votes is elected.

In all cantons except Appenzell Innerrhoden, the elections to the Council of States for the 49th legislative period took place together with the elections to the National Council on October 23, 2011. For the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, the elections to the Council of States on May 5, 2011 are also given. This is because the person elected there sits on the Council of States during the 49th legislative period.

Kanton Aargau

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011), 1st ballot

Because in the 1st ballot only Pascale Bruderer achieved an absolute majority of 89,905 votes, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Pascale Bruderer	SP	93,276	48.8%	elected
	Christine Egerszegi-Obrist (previously)	FDP	88,822	46.2%
	Ulrich Giezendanner	SVP	77,513	40.5%
	Geri Müller	Green	28,828	15.1%
	Kurt Schmid	CVP	20'055	10.5%
	Lieni Füglistaller	SVP 1	19,940	10.4%
	Peter Schuhmacher	GLP	10,120	5.3%
	Roland Bialek	EPP	6,762	3.5%
	Pius Lischer	independent	4,151	2.2%
	Samuel Schmid	SLB	2,717	1.4%
	René Bertschinger	Family	1,359	0.7%
	Isolated		6'075	3.2%

¹ Candidate against the will of his party

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 27, 2011)

Because only Pascale Bruderer had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 27th. The relative majority applied, i.e. whoever received the most votes was elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Christine Egerszegi-Obrist (previously)	FDP	91,973	59.6%	elected
	Ulrich Giezendanner	SVP	57'135	37.0%
	René Bertschinger	Family	2,614	1.7%
	Pius Lischer	independent	2,523	1.6%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Hans Altherr (previously)	FDP	14,672	91.2%	elected
	Isolated		1,414	8.8%

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

Ordinary election 2011 (May 1, 2011)

CVP Councilor Ivo Bischofberger was re-elected to the Landsgemeinde on May 1, 2011. The SVP had proposed Landammann Daniel Fässler (also a CVP member). However, the latter stated that he was not available.

Because the Landsgemeinde will vote more openly, no exact proportions of votes can be given.

	candidate	Political party	Result
	Ivo Bischofberger (previously)	CVP	elected
	Daniel Fassler	CVP

Ordinary election 2015 (April 26, 2015)

At the Landsgemeinde of April 26, 2015, CVP Council of States Ivo Bischofberger was re-elected without a dissenting vote.

Because the Landsgemeinde vote more openly, no exact number of votes can be given.

	candidate	Political party	Result
	Ivo Bischofberger (previously)	CVP	elected

Canton of Basel-Country (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Claude Janiak (previously)	SP	45,203	53.5%	elected
	Caspar Baader	SVP	24,291	28.8%
	Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter	CVP	9,633	11.4%
	Isolated		5'322	6.3%

Canton of Basel-Stadt (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Anita Fetz (previously)	SP	33,758	62.6%	elected
	Sebastian Frehner	SVP	10,453	19.4%
	Daniel pride	FDP	6,758	12.5%
	Bernhard Hofer	VA	1,752	3.2%
	Isolated		473	0.9%

Canton Bern

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority of 162,113 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Adrian Amstutz (previously)	SVP	143,350	39.9%
	Werner Luginbühl (previously)	BDP	142,423	39.6%
	Hans Stöckli	SP	128,633	35.8%
	Alec von Graffenried	Green	106,081	29.5%
	Christian waterfalls	FDP	65,181	18.1%
	Marianne Streiff-Feller	EPP	22,725	6.7%
	Andreas Brönnimann	EDU	20,337	6.3%
	Norbert Hochreutener	CVP	9,832	2.7%
	Josef Rothenfluh	pf.ch	5,324	1.5%
	Rolf Zbinden	PdA	4,562	1.3%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 20, 2011)

Because none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority of 162,113 votes in the first ballot, the two Councilors of States were determined in a second ballot on November 20.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Werner Luginbühl (previously)	BDP	216,685	65.1%	elected
	Hans Stöckli	SP	166,990	50.2%	elected
	Adrian Amstutz (previously)	SVP	145,787	43.8%
	Josef Rothenfluh	pf.ch	24,707	7.4%

Canton of Friborg

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Alain Berset (previously)	SP	46,295	54.8%	elected
	Urs Schwaller (previously)	CVP	44,699	53.0%	elected
	Jean-François Rime	SVP	20,558	24.4%
	Ruedi Vonlanthen	FDP	7,685	9.1%

Berset replacement election (March 11, 2012)

Because Council of States Berset was elected to the Federal Council on December 14, 2011 , a replacement election had to take place.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Christian Levrat	SP	45,012	54.2%	elected
	Jacques Bourgeois	FDP	32,685	39.3%
	Charles Pache	PPS	3,271	3.9%
	Francis Fasel	independent	2,089	2.5%

Canton of Geneva

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Liliane Maury Pasquier (previously)	SP	42,650	45.0%	elected
	Robert Cramer (previously )	Green	41,600	43.9%	elected
	Luc Barthassat	CVP	39,853	42.1%
	Christian Lüscher	FDP	39,741	42.0%
	Mauro Poggia	MCR	15,705	16.6%
	Danièle Magnin	MCR	11,942	12.6%

Canton of Glarus

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	This Jenny (so far)	SVP	5'416	59.8%	elected
	Pankraz Friday (so far)	FDP	5,359	59.1%	elected
	Karl Stadler	Green	2,983	32.9%
	Kurt Reifler	independent	2,691	29.7%
	Isolated		634	7.0%

Substitute election Friday (January 12, 2014)

On October 5, 2013, Councilor of States Pankraz died on Friday. A replacement election had to take place on January 12, 2014 for his successor.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Thomas Hefti	FDP	5,571	70.5%	elected
	Martin Landolt	BDP	2,149	27.2%
	Isolated		183	2.3%

Substitute election Jenny, 1st ballot (May 18, 2014)

Source for choice:

On February 13, 2014, Council of States This Jenny resigned for health reasons. Therefore a replacement election had to take place. Since no candidate achieved the absolute majority of 5,715 votes, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Werner Hösli	SVP	3,597	31.5%
	Karl Stadler	Green	1,813	15.9%
	Markus Landolt	independent	1'531	13.4%
	Stefan Müller	CVP	1,293	11.3%
	Franz Landolt	GLP	1,182	10.3%
	Martin Leutenegger	FDP 2	1'005	8.8%
	Hansjürg Rhyner	FDP 2	633	5.5%
	Isolated		374	3.2%

² Candidate against the will of their party

Substitute election Jenny, 2nd ballot (June 1, 2014)

Source for the election: Because no candidate had achieved an absolute majority in the 1st ballot, a 2nd ballot took place on June 1st. The relative majority applied, which means that whoever received the most votes was elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Werner Hösli	SVP	4,221	48.5%	elected
	Karl Stadler	Green	2,294	26.5%
	Stefan Müller	CVP	2,058	23.6%
	Isolated		138	1.6%

canton of Grisons

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Stefan Engler	CVP	37,454	77.7%	elected
	Martin Schmid	FDP	31'224	64.8%	elected
	Isolated		10,310	21.4%

Canton of Jura

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source for choice:

In the canton of Jura, the Council of States is elected according to proportional representation ( proportional representation ). So the number of votes of the party is decisive first and only then within the party the number of votes of the individual candidates.

	Political party	be right	%	candidate	be right	Result
	Social Democratic Party	18,240	40.5%	Claude Hêche (previously)	10,427	elected
				Rosalie Beuret Siesse	7,117
	Christian Democratic People's Party	15'258	33.9%	Anne Seydoux-Christe (previously)	8,757	elected
				Anne Roy-Fridez	5'418
	Swiss People's Party	6'232	13.8%	Thomas Stettler	3,209
				Damien Lachat	2,846
	FDP The Liberals	4,481	10.0%	Gérard Brunner	2,471
				Fabio Pagani	1,781
	Soutien des citoyens jurassiens	793	1.8%	Pierre Pheulpin	532

Canton lucerne

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because no candidate achieved the absolute majority of 63,214 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Konrad Graber (previously)	CVP	59,896	47.4%
	Georges Theiler	FDP	55,185	43.7%
	Fredy Zwimpfer	SVP	35'239	27.9%
	Giorgio Pardini	SP	27,564	21.8%
	Katharina Meile	Green	26,340	20.8%
	Isolated		3,514	2.8%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (October 27, 2011)

Because no candidate had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled. Because only Konrad Graber and Georges Theiler registered for this second ballot , these two candidates were declared on October 27th as having been elected by silent vote.

	candidate	Political party	be right	Result
	Konrad Graber (previously)	CVP	silent choice	elected
	Georges Theiler	FDP	silent choice	elected

Canton of Neuchâtel

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source for choice:

In the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Council of States is elected on a proportional basis ( proportional representation ). So the number of votes of the party is decisive first and only then within the party the number of votes of the individual candidates.

	Political party	be right	%	candidate	be right	Result
	Social Democratic Party	28,544	29.1%	Didier Berberat (previously)	17,648	elected
				Florence Nater	10,531
	FDP The Liberals	23,913	24.3%	Raphaël Comte (previously)	13,004	elected
				Pierre Castella	10,333
	Swiss People's Party	18,693	19.0%	Blaise Courvoisier	9,475
				Walter Willener	8,914
	Labor Party / solidaritéS	12,382	12.6%	Denis de la Reussille	8,598
				Pascal Hell	3,567
	Green	10,002	10.0%	Francine John-Calame	5,378
				Fabien Fivaz	4,527
	Christian Democratic People's Party	2,797	2.8%	Vincent Martinez	1,933
	Bourgeois Democratic Party	1'905	1.9%	Pierre-Alain Storrer	1,357

List connections existed between the SP, Greens and PdA / solidaritéS as well as between FDP, CVP and BDP.

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (September 13, 2011)

Only the incumbent Paul Niederberger registered for the elections to the Council of States on October 23, 2011 in the canton of Nidwalden . Niederberger was then declared on September 13, 2011 by the government council as having been elected to the Council of States by silent vote .

	candidate	Political party	be right	Result
	Paul Niederberger (previously)	CVP	silent choice	elected

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Hans Hess (previously)	FDP	12,739	85.4%	elected
	Bashkim Rexhepi	JUSO	2,170	14.6%

Canton of Schaffhausen

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because in the 1st ballot only the previous Council of States Hannes Germann achieved an absolute majority of 12,927, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Hannes Germann (previously)	SVP	15,557	49.5%	elected
	Thomas Minder	independent	11,879	37.8%
	Christian Heydecker	FDP	8,179	26.0%
	Matthias Freivogel	SP	7,143	22.7%
	Herbert Bühl	ÖBS	6,738	21.4%
	Isolated		2,193	7.0%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 13, 2011)

Because in the 1st ballot only the previous Council of States Hannes Germann had achieved an absolute majority, a 2nd ballot took place on November 13th. The relative majority applied, which means that the candidate who received the most votes was elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Thomas Minder	independent	11,853	42.4%	elected
	Matthias Freivogel	SP	8,336	29.8%
	Christian Heydecker	FDP	7,586	27.2%
	Isolated		153	0.5%

Canton of Schwyz

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because in the 1st ballot only the previous Council of States Alex Kuprecht achieved an absolute majority of 17,961, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Alex Kuprecht (previously)	SVP	23,249	52.3%	elected
	Bruno Frick (previously)	CVP	17'069	38.3%
	Vincenzo Pedrazzini	FDP	13'216	29.6%
	Toni Reichmuth	GPS	7,790	17.5%
	Birgitta Michel Thenen	GPS	7,317	16.4%
	Martha Leuthard	independent	1'580	3.5%
	Reto Wehrli 3	CVP	424	1.0%
	Peter Foehn 3	SVP	242	0.5%
	Roger Federer 3	independent	132	0.3%
	Isolated		779	1.7%

³ These people received votes without running for office.

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 27, 2011)

Because only Alex Kuprecht had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 27th. The relative majority applied, which means that whoever received the most votes was elected. For this ballot, the SVP Canton Schwyz nominated the resigning National Councilor Peter Föhn as an additional candidate .

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Peter Foehn	SVP	15,899	37.4%	elected
	Bruno Frick (previously)	CVP	14,833	34.9%
	Vincenzo Pedrazzini	FDP	10,478	24.7%
	Martha Leuthard	independent	1,084	2.6%
	Isolated		207	0.5%

Canton of Solothurn

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because in the first ballot only the previous Council of States Roberto Zanetti achieved an absolute majority of 44,193 votes, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Roberto Zanetti (previously)	SP	44,808	50.3%	elected
	Pirmin Bishop	CVP	41,533	47.0%
	Kurt Fluri	FDP	29,401	33.3%
	Walter Wobmann	SVP	25,360	28.7%
	Barbara Banga-Schaad	animal	5,764	6.5%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (December 4, 2011)

Because only the previous Council of States Roberto Zanetti achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on December 4th. The relative majority applied, which means that the candidate who received the most votes was elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Pirmin Bishop	CVP	31,829	51.2%	elected
	Kurt Fluri	FDP	23'440	37.7%
	Peter Brudermann	independent	6,844	11.0%

Canton of St. Gallen

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because in the first ballot only Karin Keller-Sutter achieved an absolute majority of 78,357 votes, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Karin Keller-Sutter	FDP	101,181	64.6%	elected
	Toni Brunner	SVP	56,347	36.0%
	Eugen David (previously)	CVP	47,774	30.5%
	Paul Rechsteiner	SP	44,348	28.3%
	Yvonne Gilli	GPS	24,183	15.4%
	Jürg Gehrig	BDP	5,311	3.4%
	Isolated		2,451	1.6%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 27, 2011)

Because only Karin Keller-Sutter achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 27th. The relative majority applied, which means that the candidate who received the most votes was elected. CVP Councilor of States Eugen David had decided not to run again after his moderate result in the first ballot; the CVP nominated Michael Hüppi in his place.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Paul Rechsteiner	SP	54,616	37.8%	elected
	Toni Brunner	SVP	53,308	36.9%
	Michael Hüppi	CVP	36,282	25.1%
	Isolated		323	0.2%

Canton of Ticino

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Filippo Lombardi (previously)	CVP	45,260	40.5%
	Fabio Abate	FDP	38'438	35.0%
	Franco Cavalli	SP	35,735	32.0%
	Sergio Morisoli	Lega / SVP	34,235	30.7%
	Germano Mattei	MontViva 4	9,048	8.1%
	Domenico zucchetti	independent	2,496	2.2%

^4th MontagnaViva

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 20, 2011)

Because no candidate had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 20th. The relative majority applied, meaning that the two candidates who received the most votes were elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Filippo Lombardi (previously)	CVP	48,618	46.9%	elected
	Fabio Abate	FDP	36'262	35.0%	elected
	Franco Cavalli	SP	35,499	34.3%
	Sergio Morisoli	Lega / SVP	31,630	30.5%
	Germano Mattei	MontViva 5	10,277	9.9%

⁵ MontagnaViva

Canton of Thurgau

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because only Roland Eberle achieved an absolute majority of 33,358 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Roland Eberle	SVP	40,688	55.8%	elected
	Brigitte Häberli-Koller	CVP	26,761	36.7%
	Max Vögeli	FDP	21,941	30.1%
	Edith Graf-Litscher	SP	18'437	25.3%
	Sylvia Schwyter-Mäder	Green	13,917	19.1%
	Daniel Wittwer	EDU	8,617	11.8%
	Isolated		3,069	4.2%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 13, 2011)

Because only Roland Eberle achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 13th. The relative majority applied, which means that the candidate who received the most votes was elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Brigitte Häberli-Koller	CVP	26,777	57.0%	elected
	Max Vögeli	FDP	18,348	39.1%
	Daniel Wittwer	EDU	437	0.9%
	Isolated		1,393	3.0%

Canton of Uri

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because in the 1st ballot only Isidor Baumann achieved an absolute majority of 6,118 votes, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Isidor Baumann	CVP	7,120	58.2%	elected
	Markus Stadler (previously)	glp	5'122	41.9%
	Gusti Planzer	SVP	4,824	39.4%
	Felix Muheim	SP	2,568	21.0%
	Isolated		1,094	8.9%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 27, 2011)

Because only Isidor Baumann had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 27th. The relative majority applied, which means that the candidate who received the most votes was elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Markus Stadler (previously)	glp	6,945	57.1%	elected
	Gusti Planzer	SVP	5,049	41.5%
	Isolated		171	1.4%

Canton of Vaud

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Géraldine Savary (previously)	SP	73,830	44.5%
	Luc Recordon (previously)	Green	70,147	42.3%
	Guy Parmelin	SVP	46,063	27.8%
	Isabelle Moret	FDP	37,808	22.8%
	Fathi Derder	FDP	22,071	13.3%
	Isabelle Chevalley	glp	16,607	10.0%
	Claude Béglé	CVP	14'056	8.5%
	Julien Sansonnens	PdA	3,535	2.1%
	Maximilien Bernard	EDU	3,484	2.1%
	Sarah Frund	PdA	2,861	1.7%
	André Corboz	MCR	1,891	1.1%
	Roland Villard	MCR	1,682	1.0%
	Pierre Conscience	Sol	1,301	0.8%
	Isolated		1,069	0.6%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 13, 2011)

Because no candidate had achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 13th. The relative majority applied, meaning that the two candidates who received the most votes were elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Géraldine Savary (previously)	SP	78'263	55.6%	elected
	Luc Recordon (previously)	Green	71,686	50.9%	elected
	Isabelle Moret	FDP	62,369	44.3%
	Guy Parmelin	SVP	58,687	41.7%
	Isolated		119	0.1%

Canton of Valais

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Jean-René Fournier (previously)	CVP	47,190	39.2%
	René Imoberdorf (previously)	CVP	39,834	33.1%
	Oskar Freysinger	SVP	31,664	26.3%
	Jean-René Germanier	FDP	26,601	22.1%
	Stéphane Rossini	SP	23,948	19.9%
	Franz Ruppen	SVP	23,686	19.7%
	Beat Jost	SP	12,611	10.5%
	Marylène Volpi Fournier	Green	6,708	5.6%
	Brigitte Wolf	Green	4,351	3.6%
	Olivier Cottagnoud	AL	1,619	1.3%
	Jacqueline Bovier	BDP	1,145	1.0%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (October 26, 2011)

Because no candidate had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled. Because only the two previous Councilors of States, Jean-René Fournier and René Imoberdorf, registered for this second ballot , they were declared to have been elected in silent elections .

	candidate	Political party	be right	Result
	René Imoberdorf (previously)	CVP	silent choice	elected
	Jean-René Fournier (previously)	CVP	silent choice	elected

Canton of Zug

Ordinary election (October 23, 2011)

Source:

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Joachim Eder	FDP	22,571	58.4%	elected
	Peter Bieri (previously)	CVP	21,076	54.6%	elected
	Philipp C. Brunner	SVP	10,612	27.5%
	Eusebius Spescha	SP	5,998	15.5%
	Stefan Gisler	Alternat.	5,387	13.9%

Canton Zurich

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 23, 2011)

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Verena Diener (previously)	glp	157,945	39.7%
	Felix Gutzwiller (previously)	FDP	153,548	38.6%
	Christoph Blocher	SVP	131,041	32.9%
	Thomas Hardegger	SP	72,727	18.3%
	Balthasar Glättli	Green	68,036	17.1%
	Urs Hany	CVP	20,169	5.1%
	Maja Ingold	EPP	16,945	4.3%
	Hans-Jacob Heitz	pf.ch	9,568	2.4%
	Jakub Walczak	PSS	442	0.1%
	Isolated		62'225	15.6%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 27, 2011)

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 27th. The relative majority applied, meaning that the two candidates who received the most votes were elected.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Felix Gutzwiller (previously)	FDP	239,054	67.6%	elected
	Verena Diener (previously)	glp	214,436	60.6%	elected
	Christoph Blocher	SVP	123,939	35.0%
	Toni Stadelmann	independent	1,064	0.3%
	Thomas Märki	animal	954	0.3%
	Jakub Walczak	PSS	756	0.2%
	Isolated		14,175	4.0%

Sources / individual references

The voting shares were calculated by User: So-Gast using the valid ballot papers (without invalid and empty ones). The canton of Schaffhausen is an exception, where the number of valid ballot papers is not given; here the voter share was calculated on the basis of all the papers inserted.

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10. ↑ http://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/kantonappenzell/auszeitung/tb-ap/SVP-will-Faessler-statt-Bischofberger-im-Staenderat;art136,2551273
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13. ↑ http://www.regierungsrat.bs.ch/wa-11-10-23-schlussresultat-sr.pdf
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17. ↑ http://www.fr.ch/cha/fr/pub/elections/federales_2011/conseil_des_etats/resultats.htm
18. ↑ http://www.ge.ch/elections/20111023/CDE/canton/nominatif/ , valid vote: Récapitulation des bulletins, sum of all: Total des bulletins (87,960), plus “Bulletins sans nom de liste, dont panachés »(6,717)"
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21. ↑ http://www.gl.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d1256/d41/d335/f1922.cfm
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37. ↑ http://www.wahlen-abstektiven.so.ch/archiv/20111204/index.php?navi=sr
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39. ↑ Election of the Council of States: 2nd ballot on November 27, 2011 - election results on vote.sg.ch ( Memento from January 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
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45. ↑ http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/tabellesr2011.pdf
46. ↑ Election results from November 2011 at ur.ch (PDF)
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