Results of the Council of States elections (2019-2023)

This article contains the results of all elections relevant to the composition of the Swiss Council of States during the 51st legislative period (October 2019 – October 2023) . This includes the ordinary elections held together with the National Council elections on October 20, 2019 , 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 28, 2019, at which the Appenzell Council of States for the period of 2019 was elected until 2023.

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 the majority procedure ( majority voting) applied in the 51st 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 51st legislative period took place together with the elections to the National Council on October 20, 2019. For the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, the elections to the Council of States on April 28, 2019 are also specified. This is because the person elected there sits on the Council of States during the 51st legislative period.

Kanton Aargau

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because nobody achieved the absolute majority of 88,828 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Thierry Burkart	FDP	82,515	43.4%
Hansjörg Knecht	SVP	72,574	38.2%
Cédric Wermuth	SP	55,274	29.1%
Ruth Müri	Green	40,560	21.4%
Marianne Binder-Keller	CVP	36,700	19.3%
Beat flat	glp	23,158	12.2%
Maya Bally	BDP	21,706	11.4%
Roland Frauchiger	EPP	9,784	5.2%
Jean-Pierre Leutwyler	FW AG ^AG1	5,786	3.0%
Pius Lischer	independent	1,663	0.9%
Isolated		5,590	2.9%

^AG1 Free voters Aargau

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 24, 2019)

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Because no one had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 24, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Thierry Burkart	FDP	99,372	62.1%	elected
Hansjörg Knecht	SVP	73,692	46.0%	elected
Marianne Binder-Keller	CVP	61,657	38.5%
Ruth Müri	Green	58,754	36.7%

Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

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candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Andrea Caroni (previously)	FDP	11'490	71.1%	elected
Reto Sonderegger	SVP ^AR1	4,059	25.1%
Isolated		621	3.8%

^AR1 Candidate against the will of his party.

Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (1 seat)

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, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because nobody achieved an absolute majority of 38,496 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Daniela Schneeberger	FDP	26,536	34.5%
Maya Count	Green	22,986	29.9%
Eric Nussbaumer	SP	22,519	29.2%
Elisabeth Augstburger	EPP	3209	4.2%
Isolated		1740	2.3%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 24, 2019)

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Because no one had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 24, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Maya Count	Green	32,581	50.8%	elected
Daniela Schneeberger	FDP	30,488	47.6%
Isolated		1,021	1.6%

Canton of Basel-Stadt (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

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candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Eva Herzog	SP	37,230	66.4%	elected
Patricia von Falkenstein	LDP	12,037	21.5%
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki	SVP	4,557	8.1%
Eric Weber	VA	1,187	2.1%
Marc Meyer	independent ^BS1	531	0.9%
Isolated		501	0.9%

Canton Bern

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because nobody achieved an absolute majority of 152,797 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Hans Stöckli (previously)	SP	122'263	35.2%
Regula Rytz	Green	119,960	34.6%
Werner Salzmann	SVP	119,630	34.5%
Beatrice Simon	BDP	82,283	23.7%
Christa Markwalder	FDP	61,904	17.8%
Kathrin Bertschy	glp	48,076	13.9%
Marianne Streiff-Feller	EPP	24,139	7.0%
Pascal Fouquet	PPS	10'424	3.0%
Peter Eberhardt	YOU ^BE1	9,888	2.8%
Jorgo Ananiadis	PPS	4,298	1.2%
Florian Gerber	PNOS	3'003	0.9%
Philipp Jutzi	independent	1,998	0.6%
Verena Lobsiger-Schmid	independent ^BE2	1,772	0.5%
Yannic Nuofer	PNOS	1,348	0.4%
Joe Grin	independent	198	0.1%

^BE1 «YOU - The Independent»

^BE2Candidates under the name "Party of Unlimited Possibilities" (PUM). The PUM obviously only consists of Verena Lobsiger herself.

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 17, 2019)

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Because no one had achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 17, 2019. Only candidates who had received at least three percent of the votes in the first ballot could participate. Beatrice Simon as well as Kathrin Bertschy and Marianne Streiff-Feller did not run in the second ballot, although they had achieved the required number of votes in the first ballot. In the second ballot, the relative majority prevailed.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Hans Stöckli (previously)	SP	157,750	48.2%	elected
Werner Salzmann	SVP	154,586	47.2%	elected
Regula Rytz	Green	141,337	43.2%
Christa Markwalder	FDP	115'163	35.2%

Canton of Friborg

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because nobody achieved the absolute majority of 42,998 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Christian Levrat (previously)	SP	36,958	43.0%
Beat Vonlanthen (previously)	CVP	23,316	27.1%
Johanna Gapany	FDP	19,534	22.7%
Pierre-André Page	SVP	18,497	21.5%
Gerhard Andrey	Green	16,171	18.8%
Ralph Schmid	glp	5,534	6.4%
Anthony Jaria	BDP	1,469	1.7%
Claudio Rugo	KP ^FR1	1,264	1.5%
Flavio Guido	DDSN ^FR2	823	1.0%
Ruedi Raemy	DDSN	759	0.9%

^FR1 «Artist party»

^FR2 "Direct Democracy Spirituality and Nature"

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 10, 2019)

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The surprisingly voted out Beat Vonlanthen

Because no candidate had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 3, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Christian Levrat (previously)	SP	38,372	52.2%	elected
Johanna Gapany	FDP	31,129	42.3%	elected
Beat Vonlanthen (previously)	CVP	30,991	42.1%

Canton of Geneva

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because nobody achieved an absolute majority of 50,854 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Lisa Mazzone	Green	41,757	41.1%
Carlo Sommaruga	SP	38,344	37.7%
Hugues Hiltpold	FDP	23,424	23.0%
Béatrice Hirsch	CVP	21,716	21.4%
Celine Amaudruz	SVP	20,267	19.9%
François Bärtschi	MCG	11'051	10.9%
Willy Cretegny	independent	7,746	7.6%
Susanne Amsler	glp	7,312	7.2%
Marc Wuarrin	glp	4,761	4.7%
Stefania Prezioso Batou	Sol	4,423	4.3%
Jean mayor	Sol	3,393	3.3%
Alexandre Eniline	PdA	2,093	2.1%
Thierry Vidonne	BDP	1,444	1.4%
André Leitner	BDP	1,191	1.2%
Paul Aymon	independent ^GE1	1,021	1.0%

^GE1official name: Prophète Eco - "Santé!" (German equivalent: Eco-Prophet - «Health!»)

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 10, 2019)

Source:

Because no one had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 3, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Lisa Mazzone	Green	42,651	52.4%	elected
Carlo Sommaruga	SP	38,911	47.8%	elected
Hugues Hiltpold	FDP	25,962	31.9%
Béatrice Hirsch	CVP	21,674	26.6%
Celine Amaudruz	SVP	21,045	25.8%
Paul Aymon	independent ^GE2	2,388	2.9%

^GE2official name: Prophète Eco - "Santé!" (German equivalent: Eco-Prophet - «Health!»)

Canton of Glarus

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

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candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Thomas Hefti (previously)	FDP	7,544	70.0%	elected
Mathias Zopfi	Green	5,684	52.7%	elected
Werner Hösli (previously)	SVP	5'432	50.4%
Isolated		1,229	11.4%

canton of Grisons

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

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candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Stefan Engler (previously)	CVP	30,033	52.8%	elected
Martin Schmid (previously)	FDP	26,629	46.8%	elected
Jon Pult	SP	15'230	26.8%
Valérie Favre Accola	SVP	10,093	17.7%
Géraldine Danuser	glp	7,106	12.5%
Timo Stammwitz	independent	693	1.2%
Isolated		5,326	9.4%

Canton of Jura

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

Source:

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	15'162	33.9%	Elisabeth Baume-Schneider	8,895	elected
Social Democratic Party	15'162	33.9%	Mathilde Crevoisier Crelier	5,628
Christian Democratic People's Party	12,633	28.3%	Charles Juillard	7,630	elected
Christian Democratic People's Party	12,633	28.3%	Françoise Chaignat-Arnoux	3,888
Swiss People's Party	8,571	19.2%	Thomas Stettler	4,609
Swiss People's Party	8,571	19.2%	Thierry Froidevaux	3,546
Green	8,317	18.6%	Pauline Godat	4,907
Green	8,317	18.6%	Jean-Marc Comment	3,221

Canton lucerne

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because only the previous Council of States, Damien Müller, achieved an absolute majority of 65,476 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Damian Müller (previously)	FDP	65,784	50.2%	elected
Andrea Gmür	CVP	54,861	41.9%
Franz Grueter	SVP	38,358	29.3%
Monique Frey	Green	30,322	23.2%
David Roth	SP	29,668	22.7%
Michèle Graber	glp	9,334	7.1%
Florian Studer	independent	4,553	3.5%
Isolated		1,923	1.5%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 17, 2019)

Because only one candidate had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled. Because only Andrea Gmür registered for this second ballot, while the other candidates had withdrawn, Gmür was declared to have been elected in a silent election on October 24th .

	candidate	Political party	be right	Result
	Andrea Gmür-Schönenberger	CVP	silent choice	elected

Canton of Neuchâtel

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

Source:

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
Green	20,107	21.1%	Celine Vara	10'035	elected
Green	20,107	21.1%	Fabien Fivaz	9,785
FDP The Liberals	20,092	21.1%	Philippe Bauer	11'044	elected
FDP The Liberals	20,092	21.1%	Didier Boillat	8,402
Social Democratic Party	17,445	18.3%	Silvia Locatelli	8,641
Social Democratic Party	17,445	18.3%	Martine Docourt Ducommun	8,274
Party of labor	13,615	14.3%	Denis de la Reussille	8,950
Party of labor	13,615	14.3%	Sarah Blum	4,315
Swiss People's Party	10,591	11.1%	Pierre Hainard	5'498
Swiss People's Party	10,591	11.1%	Magali Junod	4,829
Green Liberal Party	7,030	7.4%	Sarah Pearson Perret	991
Green Liberal Party	7,030	7.4%	Mireille Tissot Daguette	959
Christian Democratic People's Party	4,308	4.5%	Nathalie Schallenberger	1,387
Christian Democratic People's Party	4,308	4.5%	Laurent Sutter	497
SolidaritéS	1'513	1.6%	Zoé Bachmann	783
SolidaritéS	1'513	1.6%	Dimitri Paratte	718
European Federalist Party	224	0.2%	Jean Luc Pieren	102
Les modernocrates	196	0.2%	Thomas Wroblevski	91

Canton of Nidwalden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

For the elections to the Council of States on October 20, 2019, only the incumbent Hans Wicki registered in the canton of Nidwalden . Wicki was then declared by the government council to have been elected to the Council of States by silent vote .

	candidate	Political party	be right	Result
	Hans Wicki (previously)	FDP	silent choice	elected

Canton of Obwalden (1 seat)

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

For the elections to the Council of States on October 20, 2019, only the incumbent Erich Ettlin registered in the canton of Nidwalden . Ettlin was then declared by the government council to be elected to the Council of States by silent vote .

	candidate	Political party	be right	Result
	Erich Ettlin (previously)	CVP	silent choice	elected

Canton of Schaffhausen

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

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candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Hannes Germann (previously)	SVP	17'333	58.1%	elected
Thomas Minder (previously)	independent	14,813	49.6%	elected
Patrick Portmann	SP	9,952	33.3%
Christian Amsler	FDP	6,346	21.3%
Isolated		3,688	12.4%

Canton of Schwyz

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

Source:

Because in the 1st ballot only the previous Council of States Alex Kuprecht achieved an absolute majority of 24,135 votes, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Alex Kuprecht (previously)	SVP	24,695	48.1%	elected
Pirmin Schwander	SVP	21,340	41.5%
Othmar Reichmuth	CVP	21'234	41.3%
Kaspar Michel	FDP	15,379	29.9%
Michael Fuchs	SP	11,672	22.7%
Honorata Züger	independent	1,226	2.4%
Isolated		993	1.9%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 24, 2019)

Source:

Because only one candidate had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 24, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Othmar Reichmuth	CVP	23,359	51.1%	elected
Pirmin Schwander	SVP	21,338	46.7%
Honorata Züger	independent	870	1.9%
Isolated		118	0.3%

Canton of Solothurn

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because only Pirmin Bischof achieved an absolute majority of 39,651 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Pirmin Bischof (previously)	CVP	42,234	53.1%	elected
Roberto Zanetti (previously)	SP	37,465	47.1%
Christian Imark	SVP	24,460	30.8%
Felix Wettstein	Green	19,794	24.9%
Stefan Nünlist	FDP	17,942	22.6%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 17, 2019)

Source:

Because no candidate had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 17, 2019. The relative majority applied.

	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
	Roberto Zanetti (previously)	SP	42,666	61.0%	elected
	Christian Imark	SVP	27,143	39.0%

Canton of St. Gallen

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

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Because nobody achieved an absolute majority of 71,095 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Benedikt Würth (previously)	CVP	70,594	49.6%
Paul Rechsteiner (previously)	SP	64,077	45.1%
Roland Rino Büchel	SVP	45,941	32.3%
Marcel Dobler	FDP	30,755	21.6%
Franziska Ryser	GPS	27,660	19.5%
Pietro Vernazza	glp	12,695	8.9%
Norbert Feldmann	BDP	4,174	2.9%
Isolated		2,353	1.7%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 17, 2019)

Source:

Because no one had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 17, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Benedikt Würth (previously)	CVP	77,893	68.8%	elected
Paul Rechsteiner (previously)	SP	62,750	55.4%	elected
Roland Rino Büchel	SVP	45,904	40.5%

Canton of Ticino

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

Source:

Because nobody achieved the absolute majority of 52,882 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Filippo Lombardi (previously)	CVP	34,318	32.5%
Marco Chiesa	SVP	32,576	30.8%
Giovanni Merlini	FDP	30,371	28.7%
Marina Carobbio Guscetti	SP	30,263	28.6%
Greta Gysin	GPS	22,012	20.8%
Battista Ghiggia	Lega	20,546	19.4%
Werner Nussbaumer	LV ^TI2	2,885	2.7%
Germano Mattei	MontViva ^TI1	2,757	2.6%
Xenia Peran	LV	838	0.8%

^TI1 MontagnaViva

^TI2 «Lega Verde»

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 17, 2019)

Source:

Because no one had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 17, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Marco Chiesa	SVP	42,552	40.3%	elected
Marina Carobbio Guscetti	SP	36,469	34.5%	elected
Filippo Lombardi (previously)	CVP	36,424	34.5%
Giovanni Merlini	FDP	33,278	31.5%

Canton of Thurgau

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

Source:

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Brigitte Häberli-Koller (previously)	CVP	43'434	61.6%	elected
Jakob Stark	SVP	37,913	53.3%	elected
Nina Schläfli	SP	16,568	23.3%
Kurt Egger	Green	14'025	19.7%
Ulrich (Ueli) fish	glp	14,002	19.7%
Gabriela Coray	independent	4,396	6.2%
Isolated		3,369	4.7%

Canton of Uri

Ordinary election (October 20, 2019)

Source:

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Josef Dittli (previously)	FDP	7,576	73.8%	elected
Heidi Z'graggen	CVP	7,086	69.0%	elected
Isolated		3,143	30.6%

Canton of Vaud

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

Source:

Because nobody achieved an absolute majority of 90,759 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Adèle Thorens Goumaz	Green	72,416	39.9%
Ada Marra	SP	71,997	39.7%
Olivier Français (previously)	FDP	53,049	29.3%
Jacques Nicolet	SVP	32,045	17.7%
Michaël Buffat	SVP	29,639	16.3%
Isabelle Chevalley	glp	21,982	12.1%
François Pointet	glp	12,634	7.0%
Claude Béglé	CVP	6,730	3.7%
François Bachmann	EPP	6,394	3.4%
Franziska Meinherz	EàG- Sol ^VD1	4,557	2.5%
Bernard Borel	PdA	4,476	2.5%
Anaïs Timofte	PdA	4,401	2.4%
Yvan Lucarini	EàG-Dec ^VD2	4,052	2.2%
Annick Tiburzio	DDSN ^VD3	1,077	0.6%
Olivier Pahud	DDSN	963	0.5%

^VD1Ensemble à Gauche - solidaritéS

^VD2Ensemble à Gauche - Décroissance -Alternative

^VD3 "Direct Democracy Spirituality and Nature"

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 10, 2019)

Source:

Because no candidate had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 3, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Olivier Français (previously)	FDP	86,354	53.8%	elected
Adèle Thorens Goumaz	Green	83,031	51.7%	elected
Ada Marra	SP	76,193	47.4%

Canton of Valais

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

Source:

Because nobody achieved an absolute majority of 58,692 votes in the first ballot, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%
Beat Rieder (previously)	CVP	45,678	38.9%
Marianne Maret	CVP	39,660	33.8%
Mathias Reynard	SP	36,323	30.9%
Philippe Nantermod	FDP	25,727	21.9%
Brigitte Wolf	Green	24,799	21.1%
Cyrille Fauchère	SVP	16,652	14.2%
Michael Kreuzer	SVP	15,359	13.1%
Jacqueline Lavanchy	GdF ^VS1	2,878	2.5%

^VS1 Grains de Futur (German: "Germs of the future")

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 3, 2019)

Source:

Because no candidate had achieved the absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 3, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Beat Rieder (previously)	CVP	52,355	48.6%	elected
Marianne Maret	CVP	48,402	44.9%	elected
Mathias Reynard	SP	47,032	43.6%
Brigitte Wolf	Green	31'411	29.1%
Cyrille Fauchère	SVP	14'227	13.2%

Canton of Zug

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

Source:

Because in the 1st ballot only the previous Council of States Peter Hegglin achieved an absolute majority of 18,464 votes, a 2nd ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Peter Hegglin (previously)	CVP	19,909	50.1%	elected
Matthias Michel	FDP	16,852	42.4%
Heinz Tännler	SVP	16,769	42.2%
Tabea carpenter	ALG	8'200	20.6%
Barbara Gysel	SP	7,898	19.9%
Stefan Thöni	PARAT	2,598	6.5%
Andrea Sidler Wyss	independent	1,626	4.1%

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 17, 2019)

Source:

Because only one candidate had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 17, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Matthias Michel	FDP	17,206	45.3%	elected
Heinz Tännler	SVP	13,857	36.5%
Tabea carpenter	ALG	6,949	18.3%

Canton Zurich

Ordinary election, 1st ballot (October 20, 2019)

Source:

Because in the first ballot only Daniel Jositsch achieved an absolute majority of 183,919 votes, a second ballot had to be scheduled.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Daniel Jositsch (previously)	SP	216,679	52.6%	elected
Ruedi Noser (previously)	FDP	141,700	34.4%
Roger Köppel	SVP	107,528	26.1%
Marionna Schlatter	Green	95,142	23.1%
Tiana Angelina Moser	glp	80'450	19.5%
Nicole Barandun	CVP	20,405	4.9%
Nik Gugger	EPP	17,750	4.3%
Isolated

Ordinary election, 2nd ballot (November 17, 2019)

Source:

Because only one candidate had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot took place on November 17, 2019. The relative majority applied.

candidate	Political party	be right	%	Result
Ruedi Noser (previously)	FDP	185'276	59.8%	elected
Marionna Schlatter	Green	116,594	37.6%
Isolated		7,824	2.5%

Individual evidence

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