Swiss parliamentary elections 2003

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Turnout: 45.2%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

26.8

23.3

17.3

14.4

7.4

2.3

2.2

1.3

1.0

4.0

SVP

SP

FDP

CVP

GPS

EPP

LPS

EDU

SD

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+4.2

+0.8

-2.6

-1.4

+2.3

+0.5

-0.1

± 0.0

-0.8

-3.0

SVP

SP

FDP

CVP

GPS

EPP

LPS

EDU

SD

Otherwise.

Bundeshaus in Bern:
seat of the Swiss parliament

The Swiss parliamentary elections in 2003 took place on October 19, 2003. The 200 mandates of the National Council and 41 of the 46 mandates in the Council of States were to be newly awarded. This 47th legislative period lasted four years until October 2007.

In the National Council, the SVP was the clear winner with 11 seats (including 6 in French-speaking Switzerland ). The Greens also won 4 seats. The bourgeois parties CVP and FDP each lost 7 seats. This strengthened the poles at the expense of the center parties.

In the Council of States, the SP won 3 seats and held nine seats, which brought it back to its 1979 record. The FDP lost four seats and was no longer the strongest party in the small chamber for the first time since 1991.

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 , Zug and Graubünden , all cantons were also elected on October 19th.

More detailed on this: Council of States - electoral procedure

Results National Council

Development of the share of the vote in national council elections

Parties, vote, seats

Results from the cantons of the Swiss parliamentary elections 2003 / Results of the National Council elections .

3

14th

52

3

29

36

4th

2

55

1

1

3 14th 52 3 29 36 4th 2 55 1 1 

A total of 200 seats

• PdA / Sol : 3
• GPS (incl. AZ) : 14
• SP : 52
• EVP : 3
• CVP : 29
• FDP : 36
• LPS : 4
• EDU : 2
• SVP : 55
• Lega : 1
• SD : 1

Strongest parties in the cantons and distribution of seats

Political party	be right	% (+/-)		Seats (+/-)
Swiss People's Party	563,379	26.80%	+ 4.24%	55	+11
Social Democratic Party	490,388	23.33%	+ 0.85%	52	+1
Liberal Democratic Party	364,503	17.34%	−2.59%	36	−7
Christian Democratic People's Party	302'355	14.38%	−1.49%	28	−7
Green Party of Switzerland	156'228	7.43%	+ 2.37%	13	+4
Evangelical People's Party	47,839	2.28%	+ 0.45%	3	0
Liberal Party of Switzerland	45,864	2.18%	−0.07%	4th	−2
Federal Democratic Union	26,586	1.26%	+0.02%	2	+1
Swiss democrats	20,175	0.96%	−0.88%	1	0
Party of labor	14,595	0.69%	−0.26%	2	0
solidarityS	10,563	0.50%	+0.03%	1	0
Christian Social Party	7,538	0.36%	−0.06%	1	0
Lega dei Ticinesi	7,304	0.35%	−0.53%	1	−1
Alternative list (AG, ZH)	6,454	0.31%	+ 0.14%
List romande (BE)	5,521	0.26%	+ 0.26%
Alternative Canton Zug (ZG)	4,698	0.22%	+ 0.21%	1	+1
Freedom party	3,999	0.19%	−0.68%
Free Forum (ZH)	3,317	0.16%	+ 0.16%
Social list - the trade unions (ZH)	2,632	0.13%	+ 0.13%
Party Interest Group Health (BE)	2,465	0.12%	+ 0.12%
CHance-21 (LU)	1,835	0.09%	+0.02%
Free List - Solidarity (FR)	1,594	0.08%	−0.07%
Risorgimento ticinese (TI)	1'190	0.06%	+0.06%
Union des patriotes suisses (GE)	976	0.05%	−0.00%
Catholic People's Party (SG, TG)	937	0.04%	+0.02%
Popular action against too many foreigners and asylum seekers (BS)	885	0.04%	+ 0.04%
Hemp-Ueli (ZH)	698	0.03%	+0.03%
Les communistes (GE)	682	0.03%	+0.03%
Campaign Jörg Stettler (BE)	625	0.03%	+0.03%
Independent 4Wb (BL)	619	0.03%	+0.03%
Boy to parliament! (ZH)	567	0.03%	+0.03%
Animal protection is human protection (SG)	505	0.02%	+0.02%
Brave and innovative, one for all (SG)	413	0.02%	+0.02%
Avenir + securité 1 (VD)	404	0.02%	+0.02%
Le droit de savoir 2 (VD)	380	0.02%	+0.02%
Freiburg Independent Movement (FR)	378	0.02%	−0.04%
European Party (ZH)	358	0.02%	−0.02%
Humanist Party (ZH)	286	0.01%	−0.03%
Direct access (FR)	242	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Nationally Oriented Swiss Party (AG)	191	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Die-Jugend.ch (ZH)	124	0.01%	+ 0.01%
The Eastern Swiss Party (SG)	117	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Danowski (ZH)	107	0.01%	+ 0.01%
Isolated votes in single-person constituencies	1,552	0.07%	−0.06%

¹ In German: Future + Security

² In German: "The right to know"

Deviations from the information provided by the Federal Statistical Office are due to the following differences:

• The Federal Statistical Office counts the SVP-affiliated group "Active Seniors" in the cantons of Aargau and Lucerne as an independent party. Here their votes are assigned to the SVP.
• In the cantons of Glarus and Appenzell Innerrhoden , the Federal Statistical Office listed all but the elected candidates at the Federal Statistical Office under "Other". Here, however, their votes are assigned to the respective party.

Voting shares in the cantons (with multiple seats)

Voter numbers, percentages of smaller parties and names of those elected in the Swiss parliamentary elections 2003 / results of the National Council elections

Canton	SVP	SP	FDP	CVP	Green	EPP	LPS	SD	AL , PdA , Sol	EDU
AG	34.8	21.2	15.3	15.6	5.1	5.2		1.4	0.8
BL	26.5	24.7	19.9	10.0	12.6	2.7		2.7
BS	18.6	40.9	9.9	6.6	9.2	2.9	8.5	1.1		0.7
BE	29.6	28.0	14.8	2.3	9.3	5.4		2.7		4.1
FR	21.4	21.5	12.8	25.4	4.0	0.7				0.7
GE	18.3	24.8	7.3	11.8	11.2		16.8		8.1
GR	33.9	24.9	15.8	23.5						1.9
JU	8.3	34.2	16.3	39.4						1.8
LU	23.9	11.1	23.1	29.4	9.8	0.8		0.4
NE	22.5	29.2	14.8		13.8		14.4		5.2
SH	28.5	39.7	29.1	2.7
SZ	43.6	17.6	15.4	23.4
SO	22.5	25.4	24.0	21.0	6.0	1.2
SG	33.1	18.4	14.7	22.2	7.1	1.5		0.8		1.1
TI	7.6	25.8	29.8	24.6	3.0
TG	41.0	14.1	11.9	16.5	7.9	2.7		2.9		1.9
VD	20.3	21.7	18.5	4.4	11.3	0.7	11.1	0.3	9.4	1.8
VS	13.4	19.1	17.1	47.9	2.6
ZG	27.7	13.4	22.4	22.9	13.6
ZH	33.4	25.7	16.2	5.4	8.5	4.1		0.9	1.4	2.1
Switzerland	26.8	23.3	17.3	14.4	7.4	2.3	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.3

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 2003 / results of the national council elections .

Canton	Total	SVP		SP		FDP		CVP		Green 3		LPS		EPP		PdA / Sol.		EDU		CSP		Lega		SD
Aargau	15th	6th	+1	3		2	−1	2	−1	1	+1			1
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	1	0	−1			1
Appenzell Innerrhoden	1							1
Basel-Country	7th	2	+1	2		1	−1	1		1
Basel city	5	1		3		1						0	−1
Bern	26th	8th		8th		4th	−1	1		2				1				1						1
Freiburg	7th	1	+1	2		1		2												1
Geneva	11	2	+2	3	+1	1	−1	1	−1	1		2				1	−1
Glarus	1			1
Grisons	5	2		1		1		1
law	2			1				1
Lucerne	10	3	+1	1		2		3	−1	1
Neuchâtel	5	1	+1	2		1				1		0	−1
Nidwalden	1					1
Obwalden	1							1
Schaffhausen	2			1		1
Schwyz	4th	2	+1	1	+1	0	−1	1
Solothurn	7th	2	+1	2		2		1	−1
St. Gallen	12	4th	+1	2		2		3	−1	1
Ticino	8th			2		3	+1	2														1	−1
Thurgau	6th	3		1		1		1
Uri	1					1
Vaud	18th	4th	+2	4th	−1	4th	−1	0	−1	2	+1	2				2	+1
Valais	7th	1	+1	2		1		3	−1
train	3	1				0	−1	1		1	+1
Zurich	34	12	−1	10		5	−1	2		3	+2			1				1	+1
Switzerland	200	55	+11	52	+1	36	−7	28	−7	14th	+5	4th	−2	3	± 0	3	± 0	2	+1	1	± 0	1	−1	1	± 0

³including alternative canton of Zug

Results Council of States

Distribution of seats

Detailed results with votes from all candidates in the cantons under results of the Council of States elections (2003–2007) .

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15th

14th

8th

9 15th 14th 8th 

A total of 46 seats

• SP : 9
• CVP : 15
• FDP : 14
• SVP : 8

Political party	Mandates	Change
CVP	15th	0
FDP	14th	−4
SP	9	+3
SVP	8th	+1

Elected Councilors of States

Detailed results with votes from all candidates in the cantons under results of the Council of States elections (2003–2007) .

Canton	1. Seat of the Council of States	2. Seat of the Council of States
Aargau	Thomas Pfisterer , FDP (previously)	Maximilian Reimann , SVP (previously)
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Hans-Rudolf Merz , FDP (previously)	only 1 seat
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Carlo Schmid-Sutter , CVP (previously)	only 1 seat
Basel-Country	Hans Fünfschilling , FDP (previously)	only 1 seat
Basel city	Anita Fetz , SP (new)	only 1 seat
Bern	Hans Lauri , SVP (previously)	Simonetta Sommaruga , SP (new)
Freiburg	Urs Schwaller , CVP (new)	Alain Berset , SP (new)
Geneva	Christiane Brunner , SP (previously)	Françoise Saudan , FDP (previously)
Glarus	Fritz Schiesser , FDP (previously)	This Jenny , SVP (so far)
Grisons	Christoffel Brändli , SVP (previously)	Theo Maissen , CVP (previously)
law	Pierre-Alain Gentil , SP (previously)	Madeleine Amgwerd , CVP (new)
Lucerne	Helen Leumann-Würsch , FDP (previously)	Franz Wicki , CVP (previously)
Neuchâtel	Jean Studer , SP (previously)	Gisèle Ory , SP (new)
Nidwalden	Marianne Slongo , CVP (previously)	only 1 seat
Obwalden	Hans Hess , FDP (previously)	only 1 seat
Schaffhausen	Peter Briner , FDP (previously)	Hannes Germann , SVP (previously)
Schwyz	Bruno Frick , CVP (previously)	Alex Kuprecht , SVP (new)
Solothurn	Rolf Büttiker , FDP (previously)	Ernst Leuenberger , SP (previously)
St. Gallen	Erika Forster , FDP (previously)	Eugen David , CVP (previously)
Ticino	Dick Marty , FDP (so far)	Filippo Lombardi , CVP (previously)
Thurgau	Philipp Stähelin , CVP (previously)	Hermann Bürgi , SVP (previously)
Uri	Hansruedi Stadler , CVP (previously)	Hansheiri Inderkum , CVP (previously)
Vaud	Michel Béguelin , SP (previously)	Christiane Langenberger , FDP (previously)
Valais	Simon Epiney , CVP (previously)	Rolf Escher , CVP (previously)
train	Peter Bieri , CVP (previously)	Rolf Schweiger , FDP (previously)
Zurich	Hans Hofmann , SVP (previously)	Trix Heberlein , FDP (new)

Web links

• Official results of the National Council elections

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.portal-stat.admin.ch/nrw/files/de/02.xml , table xls Council of States elections: distribution of mandates according to parties, 1919-2007, je-d-02/17/02/01
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 18, 2010 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. Table: National Council elections 2003: strength of parties and voter turnout, by cantons (su-d-17.02.03.03.zd.2003.k) 
3. ↑ In the canton of Glarus, the parties are already listed at http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/nrw03/list/cand/gl_cand.html . In AI http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/nrw03/list/cand/ai_cand.html and Daniel Fässler
4. ↑ 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)