Swiss parliamentary elections 1991

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Turnout: 46.0%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

20.99

18.49

18.00

11.90

6.20

5.07

3.39

3.04

2.83

10.09

FDP

SP

CVP

SVP

GPS

automobile

SD

LPS

LdU

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1987

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-1.94

+0.07

-1.73

+0.88

+1.32

+2.47

+0.85

+0.32

-1.34

-1.05

FDP

SP

CVP

SVP

GPS

automobile

SD

LPS

LdU

Otherwise.

Bundeshaus in Bern:
seat of the Swiss parliament

The Swiss parliamentary elections in 1991 took place on October 20, 1991. All 200 mandates of the National Council as well as the majority of the mandates in the Council of States were to be reassigned. This 44th legislative period lasted four years until October 1995.

The average turnout in the 1991 National Council elections was 46.0%, with cantonal values ​​between 23.6% in Nidwalden and 69.0% in Schaffhausen.

The right-wing protest parties were the winners. The Auto Party rose from two to eight national councilors and doubled its share of the vote. In Ticino, the newly founded Lega dei Ticinesi immediately won two national and one Council of States seats. The evangelical-conservative Federal Democratic Union was able to set up a national council for the first time. SVP and Swiss Democrats (SD) also won. On the other hand, the Green Party was also able to gain, but its profits were mainly at the expense of the small left-wing alternative groups. The biggest losers in the National Council elections were the FDP, the CVP and the Landesring (LdU).

In the elections to the Council of States, the FDP triumphed (+4 seats), which for the first time since 1935 replaced the CVP as the strongest party in the small chamber.

Election mode

National Council

The national councils have been elected according to the proportional representation system since 1919 . H. the seats are distributed in the individual cantons according to the proportion of voters on the party lists and only within the list according to the individual votes. The number of seats per canton is determined based on the number of inhabitants.

More detailed on this: National Council (Switzerland) - electoral process

Council of States

Every canton has elected two representatives for the Council of States since 1848 (former half-cantons : one representative). The elections to the Council of States are based on cantonal law. In most of the cantons, the cantons were also elected on October 20th. In the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden , Glarus , Nidwalden and Obwalden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden , the municipalities elected the Council of States in the spring. In all other cantons, the Council of States was determined by ballot ballots. Usually on the same day as the National Council elections. The cantons of Graubünden and Zug had different dates .

More detailed on this: Council of States - electoral procedure

Results National Council

Parties, voters, seats

The nationwide results were as follows:

2

1

42

14th

6th

3

37

44

10

25th

8th

1

2

5

2 1 42 14th 6th 3 37 44 10 25th 8th 1 2 5 

A total of 200 seats

• PdA : 2
• FraP! : 1
• SP (including PSU ): 42
• GPS : 14
• LdU (including Herbert Maeder ): 6
• EVP : 3
• CVP (incl. CSP and Al. Jur.): 37
• FDP : 44
• LPS : 10
• SVP : 25
• Car : 8
• EDU : 1
• Lega : 2
• SD : 5

Strongest parties in the cantons and distribution of seats

Political party	Voters	%	(+/-)	Seats	(+/-)
Liberal Democratic Party	429,072	20.99%	−1.43%	44	−7
Social Democratic Party	377,968	18.49%	+0.07%	41	± 0
Christian Democratic People's Party	367,928	18.00%	−1.73%	35	−7
Swiss People's Party	243,268	11.90%	+ 0.88%	25th	± 0
Green Party of Switzerland 1	126,846	6.20%	+1.19%	14th	+5
Car party	103'585	5.07%	+ 2.47%	8th	+6
Swiss democrats	69,297	3.39%	+ 0.85%	5	+2
Liberal Party of Switzerland	62,073	3.04%	+ 0.32%	10	+1
National Ring of Independents	57,819	2.83%	−1.34%	5	−3
Evangelical People's Party	38,681	1.89%	−0.04%	3	± 0
Lega dei Ticinesi	28,290	1.38%	+1.38%	2	+2
The Other Switzerland - DACH (Green Alternative, POCH ) 2	24,946	1.22%	−2.78%	0	−4
Federal Democratic Union	20,395	1.00%	+0.08%	1	+1
Party of labor	15,871	0.78%	−0.02%	2	+1
Partito Socialista Unitario (PSU) (TI) 3	12,006	0.59%	+0.03%	1	± 0
Christian Social Party	8,039	0.39%	+0.09%	1	+1
Gray panthers 4 (ZH, BE)	6,049	0.34%	+ 0.30%	0	± 0
Women make politics!	5'211	0.25%	+ 0.25%	1	+1
Alliance jurassienne	5'258	0.26%	+ 0.26%	1	+1
Herbert Maeder Committee	5'162	0.25%	+ 0.25%	1	± 0
Party of the Future (PDZ) (SZ)	3,573	0.17%	+ 0.17%	0	± 0
Democratic Social Party (FR)	3,377	0.17%	+ 0.17%	0	± 0
Progressive Party of Switzerland (BE + SO)	3,049	0.15%	+ 0.15%	0	± 0
European Party of Switzerland (EPS) (AG, SO, SZ, VD, ZH) 5	2,095	0.10%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Committee «Women to Bern» (ZG)	1'954	0.10%	+ 0.10%	0	± 0
People's action against foreigners and asylum seekers in our homeland (VA) (BS)	1,710	0.08%	+0.08%	0	± 0
«Appel du 700e» 6 (VD + GE)	1,486	0.07%	+0.07%	0	± 0
Pour une politique en faveur des travailleurs 7 (GE, NE, VD)	1,304	0.06%	+0.06%	0	± 0
Young Christians (ZH)	1,013	0.05%	+ 0.05%	0	± 0
Free list of non-party members (SO)	937	0.05%	+ 0.05%	0	± 0
Jung'91 (GR)	846	0.04%	+ 0.04%	0	± 0
Young Grisons (GR)	822	0.04%	+ 0.04%	0	± 0
«Therefore» (DE) (BE)	788	0.04%	+ 0.04%	0	± 0
Representative of the low-income earners (VK) (BE)	738	0.04%	+ 0.04%	0	± 0
Zurich Seniors List (ZH)	734	0.04%	+ 0.04%	0	± 0
Légalisons le cannabis 8 (GE)	661	0.03%	−0.12%	0	± 0
PdA - Labor Party, Basel (founded 1944) (BS)	656	0.03%	+0.03%	0	± 0
Mouvement patriotique genevois 9 (GE)	556	0.03%	+0.03%	0	± 0
Laws that discriminate against men / Against inhuman animal experiments (ZH)	554	0.03%	+0.03%	0	± 0
Svolta ecologica e politica - SVEPO 10 (TI)	546	0.03%	+0.03%	0	± 0
List women and men (LFM) (BE)	524	0.03%	+0.03%	0	± 0
Fortunately Beat Looser (ZH)	495	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Naturli - from Sächzgi (ZH)	461	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Human non-party movement (ZH)	453	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
You may (LU)	437	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Parti anti-magouilles 11 (GE)	435	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Partito ticinese per la protezione dei cittadini 12 (TI)	380	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Party for Child and Community (SO)	377	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Homosexual List Basel (BS)	367	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
THC 700 (ZH)	351	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
List of an individual (AG)	346	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Partito Cattolico Conservatore Independente, Roveredo 13 (GR)	343	0.02%	+0.02%	0	± 0
Citizens' List 14 (BE)	288	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Trade Citizens Farmer Party (GBB) (TG)	286	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Jeunesse indépendante 15 (GE)	269	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Pro Pace Mundi (ZH)	173	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Forum Utopia '92 (fu'92) (ZH)	154	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Young tolerance (ZH)	128	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
Silent List (ZH)	127	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	± 0
The Basel-Städtische sky-blue modern times Schamannen Beil (BS)	100	0.00%	± 0.00%	0	± 0
Schmid Jörg Wilhelm (821.57.463.116) (AHV) (BE)	92	0.00%	± 0.00%	0	± 0
Politics + Ethics (ZH)	87	0.00%	± 0.00%	0	± 0
Isolated votes in single constituencies	1,283	0.06%	−0.14%	0	± 0
Total	2,044,100	100%	± 0.00%	200	± 0

¹Result including the Green Canton of Friborg ("Les VertEs", at that time observer status with the GPS), in this respect a deviation from the Federal Statistical Office. It should also be noted that since 1987 various green alternative cantonal parties had switched to GPS.

²Election platform for various green alternative parties including AL Zurich , GB Bern and POCH-Basel; Other green alternative cantonal parties had switched to GPS since 1987

³in German: United Socialist Party; Comparison with the result of the Partito Socialista Autonomo

^4th"Gray Panthers Zurich" and "Pensioners also have a say! (" Gray Panthers "from Bern)"; Comparison with the result of "Retirees speak too!" 1987

⁵"Parti suisse des fédéralistes européens" in the canton of Vaud. Comparison with the result of the "Social-Liberal Party of European Federalists" from 1987

^6thIn German (analogously): Call for the 700th (anniversary of the Federal Letter )

^7th in German: Ending for a policy for the benefit of work

^8th in German: let's legalize cannabis

⁹ in German (analogously): Patriotic Movement Geneva

¹⁰ in German (by analogy): (for) an ecological and political turnaround

¹¹ in German (by analogy): Party against dishonest machinations

¹² in German: Ticino party for the protection of citizens

¹³in German: Independent Catholic Conservative Party Roveredo

^14th Full name: Citizen list for the restoration of the destroyed Swiss constitutional state and against state wage feudalism (BL)

^15th in German: Independent youth

Distribution of seats in the cantons

Source:

Canton	Total	FDP		SP		CVP		SVP		GPS		LPS		automobile		LdU 16		SD		EPP		PdA		Lega		PSU 17		EDU		CSP		Women 18		AJ 19		DACH 20
Aargau	14th	3		2	−1	2	−1	3		1	21 +1			2	+2	1																				0	21 -1
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2	1														1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1					1
Basel-Country	7th	2		2		0	−1	1		1	+1							1	+1																	0	−1
Basel city	6th	1		2		1	+1					1				1																				0	−1
Bern	29	4th	−1	6th	−1	0	−1	8th	−1	4th	+1			2	+1	0	−1	2	+1	1								1	+1					1	+1
Freiburg	6th	1		1		2	−1	1																						1	+1
Geneva	11	1	−1	3	+1	2				1		3										1
Glarus	1			1	+1			0	−1
Grisons	5	1		2	+1	1	−1	1
law	2	1		0		1
Lucerne	9	2	−1	1		5				1	+1
Neuchâtel	5	1		2								2
Nidwalden	1					1
Obwalden	1					1
Schaffhausen	2	1		1
Schwyz	3	1		1		1
Solothurn	7th	2	−1	1	−1	2				1	+1			1	+1
St. Gallen	12	2	−1	2		5	−1			1	+1			1	+1	1
Ticino	8th	3		0		2	−2																	2	+2	1
Thurgau	6th	1		1		1		2		1
Uri	1	1
Vaud	17th	5	−1	5	−1			1		1		4th	+1									1	+1
Valais	7th	2		1		4th
train	2	1				1
Zurich	35	7th	−1	7th	+1	2		8th	+2	2	−1			2	+1	2	−2	2		2												1	+1			0	−1
Switzerland	200	44	−7	41	± 0	35	−7	25th	± 0	14th	+5	10	+1	8th	+6	6th	−3	5	+2	3	± 0	2	+1	2	+2	1	± 0	1	+1	1	+1	1	+1	1	+1	0	−4

¹⁶including Herbert Maeder (AR)

^17th Comparison with the number of seats in the PSA from 1987

^18th" Women makes politics " (ZH)

^19th"Alliance jurassienne". Was elected Jean-Claude Zwahlen of the "Parti Libéral Jurassien". This joined the National Council of the CVP parliamentary group.

^20th"The other Switzerland" electoral alliance. Comparison with the election results of the "Green Alliance" of 1987.

^20thThe Aargau Greens (including their National Councilor Hanspeter Thür ) converted from GB to GPS in 1988.

Results of the Council of States elections

Distribution of seats

3

1

16

18th

3

4th

1

3 1 16 18th 3 4th 1 

A total of 46 seats

• SP : 3
• LdU : 1
• CVP : 16
• FDP : 18
• LPS : 3
• SVP : 4
• Lega : 1

Political party	Elections 1991	Elections 1987
FDP	18th	14th
CVP	16	19th
SVP	4th	4th
PLC	3	5
LPS	3	3
LdU	1	1
Lega	1	0

Elected Councils of State

Detailed results with votes from all candidates below

Canton	1. Seat of the Council of States	2. Seat of the Council of States
Aargau	Hans Jörg Huber , CVP (previously)	Willy Loretan , FDP (new)
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Otto Schoch , FDP (previously)	only one seat
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Carlo Schmid-Sutter , CVP (previously)	only one seat
Basel-Country	René Rhinow , FDP (previously)	only one seat
Basel city	Gian-Reto Plattner , SP (new)	only one seat
Bern	Christine Beerli , FDP (new)	Ulrich Zimmerli , SVP (previously)
Freiburg	Anton Cottier , CVP (previously)	Otto Piller , SP (previously)
Geneva	Gilbert Coutau , LPS (new)	Gilles Petitpierre , FDP (new)
Glarus	Kaspar Rhyner , FDP (previously)	Fritz Schiesser , FDP (previously)
Grisons	Luregn Mathias Cavelty , CVP (previously)	Ulrich Gadient , SVP (previously)
law	Michel Flückiger , FDP (previously)	Jean-François Roth , CVP (previously)
Lucerne	Robert Bühler , FDP (previously)	Josi Meier , CVP (previously)
Neuchâtel	Thierry Béguin , FDP (previously)	Jean Cavadini , LPS (so far)
Nidwalden	Peter-Josef Schallberger , CVP (previously)	only one seat
Obwalden	Niklaus Küchler , CVP (previously)	only one seat
Schaffhausen	Kurt Schüle , FDP (new)	Bernhard Seiler , SVP (previously)
Schwyz	Hans Bisig , FDP (new)	Bruno Frick , CVP (new)
Solothurn	Rolf Büttiker , FDP (new)	Rosmarie Simmen , CVP (previously)
St. Gallen	Paul Gemperli , CVP (new)	Ernst Rüesch , FDP (previously)
Ticino	Giorgio Morniroli , Lega (new)	Sergio Salvioni , FDP (new)
Thurgau	Thomas Onken , SP (previously)	Hans Uhlmann , SVP (previously)
Uri	Hans Danioth , CVP (previously)	Oswald Ziegler , CVP (previously)
Vaud	Jacques Martin , FDP (new)	Hubert Reymond , LPS (so far)
Valais	Peter Bloetzer , CVP (new)	Édouard Delalay , CVP (previously)
train	Andreas Iten , FDP (previously)	Markus Kündig , CVP (previously)
Zurich	Riccardo Jagmetti , FDP (new)	Monika Weber , LdU (previously)

Web links

• Federal Gazette of December 3, 1991 with official final results
• International Parliamentary Union, results of elections 91 (English; PDF; 30 kB)
• Number of candidacies by canton

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Table «National Council elections: voter turnout, 1919–2015» ( Memento of the original from February 15, 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. 
2. ↑ Gabriela Bader et al .: History of the Greens in Switzerland, p. 12. (No longer available online.) Green Party of Switzerland, archived from the original on August 17, 2016 ; accessed on January 15, 2017 . 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.  
3. ↑ Année politique suisse , political parties ( http://anneepolitique.ch/APS/de/APS_1991/APS1991_III_a.html )
4. ↑ National Council elections: distribution of mandates by party and canton. Federal Statistical Office, December 1, 2015, accessed on May 28, 2017 . 
5. ^ Chronology of the Swiss Greens , Année politique suisse , Institute for Political Science, University of Bern
6. ^ Elections to the Council of States in the 44th legislative period