Swiss parliamentary elections 1995

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Turnout: 42.3%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

21.8

20.3

16.8

14.9

5.2

4.0

3.1

2.7

1.8

9.4

SP

FDP

CVP

SVP

GPS

FPS

SD

LPS

LdU

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1991

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+3.3

-0.7

-1.2

+3.0

-1.0

-1.1

-0.3

-0.3

-1.0

-0.8

SP

FDP

CVP

SVP

GPS

FPS

SD

LPS

LdU

Otherwise.

Bundeshaus in Bern:
seat of the Swiss parliament

The Swiss parliamentary elections in 1995 took place on October 22, 1995. The 200 mandates of the National Council and 39 of the 46 mandates in the Council of States were to be newly awarded. This 45th legislative period lasted four years until October 1999.

In the National Council there were exceptionally high profits for the Social Democrats . The SP won 15 seats, making up for the losses of the 1980s. Another winner was the Swiss People's Party , which gained four seats; in several cantons such as St. Gallen, Lucerne and Schwyz it was the first to appoint national councilors.

The social democratic gains were mainly at the expense of the Greens , which lost six seats in the National Council.

There were no major changes in the Council of States. The SP added 2 seats (from 3 to 5), the Lega dei Ticinesi lost its only Council of States seat after four years.

The turnout in the 1995 National Council elections was 42.5%, its lowest level ever.

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 ( half-cantons : one representative). The elections to the Council of States are based on cantonal law. With the exception of the canton of Jura, all cantons apply the majority vote . With the exception of the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden , Graubünden , canton Obwalden , Nidwalden and Zug , the representatives of the cantons were also elected on October 24th.

More detailed on this: Council of States - electoral procedure

Results National Council

Parties, vote, seats

Results from the cantons of the Swiss parliamentary elections 1995 / results of the national council elections .

3

9

55

1

3

2

34

45

7th

29

7th

1

1

3

3 9 55 1 3 2 34 45 7th 29 7th 1 1 3 

A total of 200 seats

• PdA : 3
• Greens (incl. GB ): 9
• SP (including FraP!): 55
• CSP : 1
• LdU : 3
• EVP : 2
• CVP : 34
• FDP : 45
• LPS : 7
• SVP : 29
• Car : 7
• Lega : 1
• EDU : 1
• SD : 3

Strongest parties in the cantons and distribution of seats

Political party	Voices (+/-)	%		Seats (+/-)
Social Democratic Party	410,130	21.79%	+ 3.30%	54	+13
Liberal Democratic Party	382,171	20.31%	−0.68%	45	+1
Christian Democratic People's Party	316'212	16.80%	−1.01%	34	−1
Swiss People's Party	280'427	14.90%	+ 3.00%	29	+4
Green Party of Switzerland 1	97,669	5.19%	−0.88%	8th	−6
Freedom Party of Switzerland	74,818	3.98%	−1.09%	7th	−1
Swiss democrats	58,886	3.13%	−0.26%	3	−2
Liberal Party of Switzerland	50,317	2.67%	−0.37%	7th	−3
National Ring of Independents	34,371	1.83%	−1.00%	3	−2
Evangelical People's Party	33,654	1.79%	−0.10%	2	−1
Federal Democratic Union	24,431	1.30%	+ 0.30%	1	0
Party of labor	22,403	1.19%	+ 0.41%	3	+1
Lega dei Ticinesi	17,804	0.95%	−0.43%	1	−1
Green alternative groups ( GB BE , LB ZH , BastA BS , Alt. Zug , ASV VD)	16'190	0.86%	−0.36%	2 1	+1
Independent feminist lists of women (AG, BS, GR, LU, ZH) 3	11'546	0.61%	+ 0.36%	1	0
solidarityS	6,033	0.32%	+ 0.32%	0	0
Christian Social Party	5,535	0.29%	−0.10%	1	0
Free Civil List (BL)	4,489	0.24%	+ 0.24%	0	0
Alliance jurassienne (BE)	3,888	0.21%	−0.05%	0	−1
Renaissance Suisse Europe (NE, VD)	3,190	0.17%	+ 0.17%
Natural Law Party (13 cantons)	3,080	0.16%	+ 0.16%
Independence - Equality - Solidarity (FR)	2,660	0.14%	+ 0.14%
Democratic Social Party (FR)	1,851	0.10%	−0.07%
Catholic People's Party (AG, TG)	1,818	0.10%	+ 0.10%
Comité pour l'unité contre le démantèlement social 4 (GE, NE, VD)	1,622	0.09%	+0.09%
Rassemblement "Restons Suisses et libres!" 5 (GE)	1,584	0.08%	+0.08%
Courage for Zug / Colorful List (ZG)	1,289	0.07%	+0.07%
Luckily gits üs (SG)	1,108	0.06%	+0.06%
Seniors of the Canton of Zurich (ZH)	940	0.05%	+ 0.05%
Polo della libertà (TI)	911	0.05%	+ 0.05%
Protection of the Constitution "Gray Panthers Switzerland" 6 (BS, GR, LU, SZ, SG, ZH)	903	0.05%	+ 0.05%
European Party of Switzerland (ZH)	854	0.05%	−0.05%
Free list of non-party members (SO)	834	0.04%	+ 0.04%
Workers and Pensioners Party 7 (BE)	673	0.04%	−0.07%
Time bomb politics (FR)	571	0.03%	+0.03%
Jung'91 (GR)	542	0.03%	−0.01%
Basic Democracy (ZG)	526	0.03%	+0.03%
Non-partisan Movement Switzerland (ZH)	421	0.02%	+0.02%
Parti anti-magouilles pour une justice sociale 8 (GE)	380	0.02%	−0.00%
Ex-Yougoslavie: Agir contre l'insoutenable 8 (GE)	375	0.02%	+0.02%
Generation 2001 (BE)	334	0.02%	+0.02%
Traditional People's Party (TG)	314	0.02%	+0.02%
Kurt Bornhauser, independent (AG)	304	0.02%	+0.02%
Liberal Alternative (ZG)	259	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Mouvement pour une Suisse vivante 9 (VD)	245	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Swiss Freedom Party (BL)	243	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Independent of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)	203	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Free List - Nonpartisan Forum Aargau (AG)	201	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Clarity, Logic and Environmental Awareness (LU)	200	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Thinking with heart and mind (più vivi, migliore diventi) (SG)	161	0.01%	+ 0.01%
St. Gallen Crafts (SG)	156	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Isolated votes in single-person constituencies	2,227	0.12%	+0.06%

¹ Including a joint list of Greens and solidarities in the canton of Friborg.

²Was elected Franziska Teuscher from GB Bern, which was followed up in Parliament green faction

³Was elected Christine Goll from the FraP Zurich

^4th in German: Committee for unity against social cuts

⁵ in German: Association "Let's stay Swiss and free"

^6th full list name: constitution protection movement "Gray Panthers Switzerland" for personal sovereignty with the "right to rights" of the citizens and the healing of drug and cancer patients

^7th Comparison with the added proportions of voters of the two lists "representatives of low earners" and "pensioners also speak with" from 1987

^8th in German: party against unfair machinations and for social justice

⁹in German: Former Yugoslavia : Against the unbearable action!

¹⁰ in German: Movement for a Lively Switzerland

Distribution of seats in the cantons

Votes and percentages in the cantons as well as the names of those elected in the Swiss parliamentary elections 1995 / results of the national council elections .

Canton	Total	SP		FDP		CVP		SVP		Green 8		FPS		LPS		LdU		SD		PdA		EPP		EDU		Women 9		CSP		Lega		AJ 10
Aargau	15th	3	+1	3		2		3		1		2				1
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	2			1				1	+1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1					1
Basel-Country	7th	2		1	−1	1	+1	1		1								1
Basel city	6th	4th	+2	1		0	−1							1		0	−1
Bern	27	8th	+2	4th		1	+1	8th		2	−2	1	−1					1	−1			1		1								0	−1
Freiburg	6th	1		1		3	+1	0	−1																			1
Geneva	11	4th	+1	2	+1	1	−1			0	−1			2	−1					2	+1
Glarus	1	1
Grisons	5	2		1		1		1
law	2	1	+1	0	−1	1
Lucerne	10	1		3	+1	4th	−1	1	+1	1
Neuchâtel	5	2		2	+1									1	−1
Nidwalden	1			1	+1	0	−1
Obwalden	1					1
Schaffhausen	2	1		1
Schwyz	3	0	−1	1		1		1	+1
Solothurn	7th	2	+1	2		2				0	−1	1
St. Gallen	12	3	+1	2		4th	−1	1	+1	1		1				0	−1
Ticino	8th	2	+2	3		2																								1	−1
Thurgau	6th	1		1		1		2		0	−1	1	+1
Uri	1			1
Vaud	17th	5		5		1	+1	1		1				3	−1					1
Valais	7th	1		2		4th
train	3	1	+1	1		1
Zurich	34	9	+2	6th	−1	2		9	+1	2		1	−1			2		1	−1			1	−1			1
Switzerland	200	54	+13	45	+1	34	−1	29	+4	9	−5	7th	−1	7th	−3	3	−2	3	−2	3	+1	2	−1	1	± 0	1	± 0	1	± 0	1	−1	0	−1

^8th including the small green alternative groups (seat of the Green Alliance of Bern)

⁹Seat for women makes politics! (FraP, ZH)

¹⁰ Alliance jurassienne

Results Council of States

Distribution of seats

Detailed results with the number of votes of all candidates in the cantons under the results of the Council of States elections (1995–1999) .

5

1

16

17th

2

5

5 1 16 17th 2 5 

A total of 46 seats

• SP : 5
• LdU : 1
• CVP : 16
• FDP : 17
• LPS : 2
• SVP : 5

Political party	Mandates	Change
FDP	17th	−1
CVP	16	0
SVP	5	+1
SP	5	+2
LPS	2	−1
LdU	1	0
Lega	0	−1

Elected Councilors of States

Detailed results with the number of votes of all candidates in the cantons under the results of the Council of States elections (1995–1999) .

Canton	1. Seat of the Council of States	2. Seat of the Council of States
Aargau	Willy Loretan , FDP (so far)	Maximilian Reimann , SVP (new)
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Otto Schoch , FDP (previously)	only 1 seat
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Carlo Schmid-Sutter , CVP (previously)	only 1 seat
Basel-Country	René Rhinow , FDP (previously)	only 1 seat
Basel city	Gian-Reto Plattner , SP (previously)	only 1 seat
Bern	Christine Beerli , FDP (so far)	Ulrich Zimmerli , SVP (previously)
Freiburg	Anton Cottier , CVP (previously)	Pierre Aeby , SP (new)
Geneva	Christiane Brunner , SP (new)	Françoise Saudan , FDP (new)
Glarus	Kaspar Rhyner , FDP (previously)	Fritz Schiesser , FDP (previously)
Grisons	Christoffel Brändli , SVP (new)	Theo Maissen , CVP (new)
law	Pierre-Alain Gentil , SP (new)	Pierre Paupe , CVP (new)
Lucerne	Helen Leumann-Würsch , FDP (new)	Franz Wicki , CVP (new)
Neuchâtel	Thierry Béguin , FDP (previously)	Jean Cavadini , LPS (so far)
Nidwalden	Peter-Josef Schallberger , CVP (previously)	only 1 seat
Obwalden	Niklaus Küchler , CVP (previously)	only 1 seat
Schaffhausen	Kurt Schüle , FDP (previously)	Bernhard Seiler , SVP (previously)
Schwyz	Hans Bisig , FDP (so far)	Bruno Frick , CVP (previously)
Solothurn	Rolf Büttiker , FDP (previously)	Rosmarie Simmen , CVP (previously)
St. Gallen	Paul Gemperli , CVP (previously)	Erika Forster , FDP (new)
Ticino	Dick Marty , FDP (new)	Renzo Respini , CVP (new)
Thurgau	Thomas Onken , SP (previously)	Hans Uhlmann , SVP (previously)
Uri	Hans Danioth , CVP (previously)	Hansheiri Inderkum , CVP (new)
Vaud	Jacques Martin , FDP (previously)	Éric Rochat , LPS (new)
Valais	Peter Bloetzer , CVP (previously)	Édouard Delalay , CVP (previously)
train	Andreas Iten , FDP (previously)	Peter Bieri , CVP (new)
Zurich	Monika Weber , LdU (previously)	Vreni Spoerry , FDP (new)

literature

• Daniel Schloeth et al. (Ed.): Eidgenössische Wahlen 1995, 3 vols., Zurich 1996.
• Daniel Schloeth: Given the choice. Declaration of voting behavior in the federal elections 1995, Bern 1998 (Diss. Zurich).

Web links

• Official results of the National Council elections
• Results of the Federal Statistical Office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.portal-stat.admin.ch/nrw/files/de/01b3.xml , table: National Council elections: "Distribution of mandates according to parties, 1919–2007", je-d-17.02.03.04.01
2. ↑ http://www.portal-stat.admin.ch/nrw/files/de/01b.xml , table National Council elections: voter turnout, 1919–2007 (je-d-17.02.03.02.02)
3. ↑ http://www.portal-stat.admin.ch/nrw/files/de/02.xml , table "Council of States elections: results of the candidates, 1991-2007" (su-d-17.02.02.02)
4. ↑ http://www.anneepolitique.ch/APS/de/APS_1995/APS1995_I_1_e.html
5. ↑ http://www.portal-stat.admin.ch/nrw/files/de/02.xml , table "Council of States elections: results of the candidates, 1991-2007" (su-d-17.02.02.02)