Results of the Council of States elections (2015-2019)

This article contains the results of all elections relevant to the composition of the Swiss Council of States during the 50th legislative period (October 2015 – October 2019) . This includes the ordinary elections held together with the National Council elections on October 18, the replacement elections for members of the Council who stepped down or who died during the term of office and the ordinary renewal elections in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden on April 26, 2015, on which the Appenzell Council of States for the period from 2015 to Was elected in 2019.

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 the canton of Neuchâtel are elected using proportional representation ( proportional representation ), in all other cantons in the 50th legislature the majority procedure ( majority voting ) applied. 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 Council of States elections for the 50th legislative period took place together with the National Council elections on October 18, 2015. For the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, the elections to the Council of States on April 26, 2015 are also given. This is because the person elected there sits on the Council of States during the 50th legislative period.

Kanton Aargau

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton Aargau

Because in the 1st ballot only Pascale Bruderer achieved an absolute majority of 90,261 votes, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Pascale Bruderer (previously)	SP	104,687	53.5%	elected
	Hansjörg Knecht	SVP	77'255	39.5%
	Philipp Mueller	FDP	71'445	36.5%
	Ruth Humbel Näf	CVP	33,900	17.3%
	Irène Kälin	Green	21,257	10.9%
	Beat flat	GLP	15'266	7.8%
	Bernhard Guhl	BDP	13,600	7.0%
	Lilian Studer	EPP	13,382	6.8%
	Pius Lischer	independent	2'115	1.1%
	Samuel Schmid	SLB	1'997	1.0%
	Isolated		6,137	3.1%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 22, 2015)

Source: Canton Aargau

Because only Pascale Bruderer achieved the absolute majority in the 1st ballot, a 2nd ballot was scheduled for November 22, 2015. The relative majority applies.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Philipp Mueller	FDP	63,174	40.5%	elected
	Hansjörg Knecht	SVP	53,824	34.5%
	Ruth Humbel Näf	CVP	35,909	23.0%
	Pius Lischer	independent	3,204	2.1%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: ar.ch

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Andrea Caroni	FDP	12,308	82.5%	elected
	Isolated		2,613	17.5%

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

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

Ordinary election 2019 (April 28, 2019)

At the Landsgemeinde on April 28, 2019, National Councilor Daniel Fässler (CVP) was elected as the new Council of States with a clear majority. He defeated the former government councilor Thomas Rechsteiner, recommended by an anonymous group . This had rejected an official candidacy, but announced in advance that he would accept any election.

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

	candidate	Political party	Result
	Daniel Fassler	CVP	elected
	Thomas Rechsteiner	CVP

Canton of Basel-Country (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Basel-Landschaft

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Claude Janiak (previously)	SP	42,450	52.3%	elected
	Christoph Buser	FDP	31,317	38.6%
	Hans Furrer	GLP	2,056	2.5%
	Isolated		5,293	6.5%

Canton of Basel-Stadt (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Basel-Stadt

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Anita Fetz (previously)	SP	35,842	66.8%	elected
	Julian Eicke	JF	7,320	13.6%
	David Wüest-Rudin	GLP	5,970	11.1%
	Eric Weber	VA	3,471	6.5%
	Isolated		1,035	1.9%

Canton Bern

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Bern

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority of 152,860 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Werner Luginbühl (previously)	BDP	151,069	42.9%
	Hans Stöckli (previously)	SP	144,805	41.1%
	Albert Rösti	SVP	136,055	38.6%
	Christine Haesler	Green	73,109	20.8%
	Claudine Esseiva	FDP	32,615	9.3%
	Juerg Grossen	GLP	29,125	8.3%
	Marianne Streiff-Feller	EPP	23,138	6.6%
	Jorge Ananiadis	PPS	8,288	2.4%
	Denis Simonet	PPS	5'333	1.5%
	Bruno Moser	independent	4'114	1.2%
	Josef Rothenfluh	independent	3,786	1.1%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 15, 2015)

Source: Canton of Bern

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 15, 2015. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Werner Luginbühl (previously)	BDP	169,903	81.5%	elected
	Hans Stöckli (previously)	SP	159,974	76.7%	elected
	Bruno Moser	independent	22,966	11.0%

Canton of Friborg

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Friborg

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority of 44,842 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Christian Levrat (previously)	SP	39,014	43.5%
	Beat Vonlanthen	CVP	34,365	38.3%
	Jacques Bourgeois	FDP	22,272	24.8%
	Emanuel Waeber	SVP	20,343	22.7%
	Ralph Schmid	GLP	13,998	15.6%
	Patrick Castioni	BDP	1,717	1.9%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 8, 2015)

Source: Canton of Friborg

Because none of the candidates achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 8, 2015. The relative majority applied. The SVP replaced its candidate Emanuel Waeber with National Councilor Jean-François Rime .

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Christian Levrat (previously)	SP	48,680	56.0%	elected
	Beat Vonlanthen	CVP	45'122	51.9%	elected
	Jean-François Rime	SVP	27,132	31.2%

Canton of Geneva

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: ge.ch

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority of 52,745 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Liliane Maury Pasquier (previously)	SP	37,354	35.4%
	Robert Cramer (previously)	Green	34,621	32.8%
	Benoît Genecand	FDP	29,981	28.4%
	Raymond Loretan	CVP	27'169	25.8%
	Yves Nidegger	SVP	21,454	20.3%
	Celine Amaudruz	SVP	20,934	19.8%
	Eric Stauffer	MCG	12,284	11.6%
	Salika Wenger	PdA	6'470	6.1%
	Jean Batou	Sol	6,243	5.9%
	Thierry Vidonne	BDP	2,730	2.6%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 8, 2015)

Source: ge.ch

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 8, 2015. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Liliane Maury Pasquier (previously)	SP	42,153	46.6%	elected
	Robert Cramer (previously)	Green	40,031	44.3%	elected
	Benoît Genecand	FDP	36,183	40.0%
	Yves Nidegger	SVP	27,855	30.8%
	Eric Stauffer	MCG	16'078	17.8%

Canton of Glarus

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Glarus

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Thomas Hefti (previously)	FDP	8,619	80.9%	elected
	Werner Hösli (previously)	SVP	5'469	51.3%	elected
	Hans Peter Legler	independent	3,335	31.3%
	Jacques Marti 1	SP	683	6.4%
	Isolated		1'201	11.3%

¹Received votes despite not running for the Council of States. Presumably because of his candidacy for the National Council election at the same time.

canton of Grisons

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Graubünden

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Stefan Engler (previously)	CVP	39,608	81.2%	elected
	Martin Schmid (previously)	FDP	35,926	73.7%	elected
	Isolated		8,512	17.5%

Canton of Jura

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Jura

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
	Christian Democratic People's Party	25,736	45.1%	Anne Seydoux-Christe (previously)	14'275	elected
				Pierre Kohler	7,382
	Social Democratic Party	21,561	37.7%	Claude Hêche (previously)	15,532	elected
				Pierre Gilles	5'352
	Swiss People's Party	7,571	13.3%	Claude Gerber	4,725
	Green	2,256	4.0%	Jean-Marc Comment	1,611

Canton lucerne

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: wahlen.lu.ch

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority of 66,278 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Konrad Graber (previously)	CVP	64,577	48.7%
	Damian Müller	FDP	54,992	41.5%
	Prisca Birrer-Heimo	SP	37,241	28.1%
	Yvette Estermann	SVP	37,015	27.9%
	Louis Schelbert	Green	26,073	19.7%
	Roland Fischer	GLP	8,634	6.5%
	Rudolf Schweizer	PlCH 2	2823	2.1%
	Isolated		2491	1.9%

² "Non-party Swiss"

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 15, 2015)

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Konrad Graber (previously)	CVP	66,893	62.8%	elected
	Damian Müller	FDP	51,550	48.4%	elected
	Prisca Birrer-Heimo	SP	34,330	32.2%
	Yvette Estermann	SVP	27,648	25.9%
	Rudolf Schweizer	PlCH	2,123	2.0%

Canton of Neuchâtel

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Neuchâtel

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	25,514	26.1%	Didier Berberat (previously)	16,837	elected
				Martine Docourt Ducommun	8,339
	FDP The Liberals	25,021	25.6%	Raphaël Comte (previously)	15'080	elected
				Andréa's yurt	9,107
	Swiss People's Party	18,565	19.0%	Blaise Courvoisier	9,078
				Raymond Clottu	8,932
	Party of labor	13,178	13.5%	Denis de la Reussille	9,306
				Derya Dursun	3,547
	Green	7,531	7.7%	Fabien Fivaz	4,030
				Nicole Baur	3,411
	Christian Democratic People's Party	3,362	3.4%	Vincent Martinez	1,798
				Freddy Rumo	1,491
	Green Liberal Party	2,451	2.5%	Mauro Maruzzi	1,869
	List you vote blanc 3	995	1.0%	Thomas Wroblevski	524
				Maria-Jesus Wroblevski	449
	Bourgeois Democratic Party	630	0.6%	Nicolas Jaquet	481
	Mouvement Démocratique Cadmos	201	0.2%	Karim-Frédéric Marti	154
	impossible alternative 4	171	0.2%	Jean-Luc Pierren	131

³ German: List of those who vote “empty”

^4th German: Impossible alternative

List connections existed between the SP, Greens and PdA, between FDP, GLP, BDP and CVP and between SVP and “impossible alternative”.

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: luzernerzeitung.ch

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Hans Wicki	FDP	9,249	54.5%	elected
	Therese Rotzer-Mathyer	CVP	7'238	42.6%
	Josef AR Käslin	independent	499	2.9%

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton Obwalden

Because none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority of 7,542 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Erich Ettlin	CVP	6,754	44.8%
	André Windlin	FDP	4,306	28.5%
	Adrian Halter	SVP	4,023	26.7%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 15, 2015)

Source: Canton Obwalden

Because no candidate had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot was determined on November 15th. Adrian Halter withdrew his candidacy for the second ballot.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Erich Ettlin	CVP	7'441	54.2%	elected
	André Windlin	FDP	6,283	45.8%

Canton of Schaffhausen

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Schaffhausen

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Hannes Germann (previously)	SVP	20,747	61.2%	elected
	Thomas Minder (previously)	independent	13,733	40.5%	elected
	Walter Vogelsanger	SP	7,952	23.5%
	Reto Dubach	FDP	7,731	22.8%
	Isolated			7.7%

Canton of Schwyz

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton Schwyz

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Alex Kuprecht (previously)	SVP	30,920	57.6%	elected
	Peter Föhn (previously)	SVP	29,629	55.1%	elected
	Bruno Beeler	CVP	14,932	27.8%
	Marco Casanova	CVP	11,700	21.8%
	Nathalie Henseler	independent	7,781	14.5%
	Thomas Büeler	JUSO	3,234	6.0%
	Elias Studer	JUSO	3,156	5.9%
	Albert Knobel	independent	2,336	4.3%
	Isolated		454	0.8%

Canton of Solothurn

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Solothurn

Because only Pirmin Bischof achieved an absolute majority of 44,007 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Pirmin Bischof (previously)	CVP	50,674	57.5%	elected
	Roberto Zanetti (previously)	SP	42,421	48.1%
	Walter Wobmann	SVP	29,666	33.7%
	Marianne Meister	FDP	25,563	29.0%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 15, 2015)

Source: State Chancellery WABSTI

Because only Pirmin Bischof achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot for the second seat took place on November 15th. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Roberto Zanetti (previously)	SP	47,753	64.6%	elected
	Walter Wobmann	SVP	26'214	35.4%

Canton of St. Gallen

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Portal Canton St.Gallen

Because only Karin Keller-Sutter achieved an absolute majority of 76,367 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Karin Keller-Sutter (previously)	FDP	103,258	67.6%	elected
	Paul Rechsteiner (previously)	SP	62,944	41.2%
	Thomas Müller	SVP	50,629	33.1%
	Yvonne Gilli	GPS	19'191	12.6%
	Thomas Ammann	CVP	16'821	11.0%
	Richard Ammann	BDP	9,958	6.5%
	Margrit Kessler	GLP	7,627	5.0%
	Hans Oppliger	EPP	5,771	3.8%
	Andreas Graf	Pf SG 5	4,915	3.2%
	Isolated

⁵ "Party free SG"

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 15, 2015)

Source: Portal Canton St.Gallen

Because only Karin Keller-Sutter achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot for the second seat took place on November 15, 2015. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Paul Rechsteiner (previously)	SP	70'250	58.3%	elected
	Thomas Müller	SVP	49,662	41.2%
	Isolated		629	0.5%

Substitute election for Keller-Sutter, 1st ballot (March 10, 2019)

Source: wab.sg.ch

Because Councilor of States Keller-Sutter was elected Federal Councilor on December 5, 2018, a replacement election had to take place. As none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority of 48,523 votes, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Benedict Würth	CVP	37,613	38.8%
	Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher	FDP	25,071	25.8%
	Mike Egger	SVP	18,947	19.5%
	Patrick Ziltener	GPS	8'236	8.5%
	Sarah Boesch	independent	2,693	2.8%
	Andreas Graf	Pf SG	2,242	2.3%
	Alex Pfister	independent	1,883	1.9%
	Isolated		359	0.4%

Substitute election for Keller-Sutter, 2nd ballot (May 19, 2019)

Source: wab.sg.ch

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Benedict Würth	CVP	50,669	41.2%	elected
	Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher	FDP	36,550	29.7%
	Mike Egger	SVP	27,146	22.1%
	Andreas Graf	Pf SG	8,113	6.6%
	Isolated		467	0.4%

Canton of Ticino

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton Ticino

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority of 57,400 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Filippo Lombardi (previously)	CVP	43,897	38.2%
	Fabio Abate (previously)	FDP	40'504	35.3%
	Battista Ghiggia	Lega / SVP	36,307	31.6%
	Roberto Malacrida	SP	23,030	20.1%
	Sergio Savoia	GPS	14'412	12.6%
	Germano Mattei	MontViva 6	6,838	6.0%
	Demis Fumasoli	Pc	4,623	4.0%

^6th MontagnaViva

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 15, 2015)

Source: Canton Ticino

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 15, 2015. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Filippo Lombardi (previously)	CVP	39,921	41.2%	elected
	Fabio Abate (previously)	FDP	39,585	40.8%	elected
	Battista Ghiggia	Lega / SVP	37,930	39.1%
	Roberto Malacrida	SP	17,120	17.7%
	Sergio Savoia	GPS	10,614	10'9%

Canton of Thurgau

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Thurgau

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Brigitte Häberli-Koller (previously)	CVP	53'135	71.1%	elected
	Roland Eberle (previously)	SVP	49,518	66.3%	elected
	Klemenz Somm	GLP	26,304	35.2%
	Isolated		7,289	4.8%

Canton of Uri

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Uri

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Josef Dittli	FDP	10,979	84.6%	elected
	Isidor Baumann (previously)	CVP	10,782	83.1%	elected
	Isolated		2,222	17.1%

Canton of Vaud

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: elections.vd.ch

Because no candidate achieved the absolute majority of 88,189 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Géraldine Savary (previously)	SP	72,985	41.4%
	Luc Recordon (previously)	Green	68,339	38.8%
	Olivier Français	FDP	54'439	30.9%
	Michaël Buffat	SVP	32,271	18.3%
	Fabienne Despot	SVP	29,737	16.9%
	Isabelle Chevalley	glp	12,625	7.2%
	Claude Béglé	CVP	9,819	5.6%
	Jacques Neirynck	CVP	7,590	4.3%
	Laurent Miéville	glp	6,884	3.9%
	Dylan Karlen	JSVP	5,538	3.1%
	Arthur Petit	JSVP	4,834	2.7%
	Jean-Michel Dolivo	Sol	4,656	2.6%
	Celine Misiego	PdA	3,915	2.2%
	Sonya Grégoire	VB 8	1,451	0.8%
	Jean-Luc Berkovits	VB 8	1,279	0.7%
	Isolated		1,459	0.8%

^8th List du vote blanc ("List of 'empty' voters")

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 8, 2015)

Source: elections.vd.ch

Because none of the candidates achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 8, 2015. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Géraldine Savary (previously)	SP	81,469	54.0%	elected
	Olivier Français	FDP	78,068	51.7%	elected
	Luc Recordon (previously)	Green	74,972	49.7%

Canton of Valais

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Valais

Because no candidate achieved the absolute majority of 61,033 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Jean-René Fournier (previously)	CVP	45,690	37.4%
	Beat Rieder	CVP	37,100	30.4%
	Franz Ruppen	SVP	29,539	24.2%
	Pierre-Alain Grichting	FDP	28,357	23.2%
	Thomas Burgener	SP	20,942	17.2%
	Christophe Clivaz	Green	14,369	11.8%
	Robert Metrailler	CSP	4,721	3.9%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 2, 2015)

Source: Canton of Valais

Because no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 2, 2015. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Jean-René Fournier (previously)	CVP	50,853	55.1%	elected
	Beat Rieder	CVP	46,286	50.2%	elected
	Pierre-Alain Grichting	FDP	44,805	48.5%

Canton of Zug

Ordinary election (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Zug

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Peter Hegglin	CVP	24,132	62.3%	elected
	Joachim Eder (previously)	FDP	23,620	61.0%	elected
	Manuel Brandenberg	SVP	10,997	28.4%
	Barbara Gysel	SP	6,612	17.1%
	Andreas Lustenberger	Alternat.	5,691	14.7%
	Stefan Thöni	PPS	1,709	4.4%

Canton Zurich

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 18, 2015)

Source: Canton of Zurich

Because in the 1st ballot only Daniel Jositsch achieved the absolute majority of 177,770 votes, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Daniel Jositsch	SP	182,776	45.2%	elected
	Ruedi Noser	FDP	148,558	36.7%
	Hans-Ueli Vogt	SVP	123,144	30.5%
	Bastien Girod	Green	80,737	20.0%
	Martin Bäumle	glp	57,125	14.1%
	Barbara Schmid-Federer	CVP	34,639	8.6%
	Maja Ingold	EPP	21,603	5.3%
	David Duke	PPS	3,096	0.8%
	Joel von Allmen	ecopop	1,350	0.3%
	Isolated		58,050	14.4%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 22, 2015)

Source: Canton of Zurich

Because only Daniel Jositsch achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot for the second seat was scheduled for November 22, 2015. The relative majority applies.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Ruedi Noser	FDP	150,548	44.6%	elected
	Bastien Girod	Green	106,946	31.7%
	Hans-Ueli Vogt	SVP	74,758	22.1%
	Isolated		5,561	1.6%

Individual evidence

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