1995 Swiss federal election
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on October 22, 1995.[1] The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 54 of the 200 seats.[2]
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Results
Summary
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Social Democratic Party | 415,226 | 21.8 | 54 | +13 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 384,515 | 20.2 | 45 | +1 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 319,972 | 16.8 | 34 | –1 | |
| Swiss People's Party | 283,902 | 14.9 | 29 | +4 | |
| Green Party | 96,069 | 5.0 | 8 | –6 | |
| Freedom Party | 75,641 | 4.0 | 7 | –1 | |
| Swiss Democrats | 59,613 | 3.1 | 3 | –2 | |
| Liberal Party | 51,182 | 2.7 | 7 | –3 | |
| Ring of Independents | 34,801 | 1.8 | 3 | –2 | |
| Evangelical People's Party | 34,071 | 1.8 | 2 | –1 | |
| Feminist and Green Alternative Groups | 28,076 | 1.5 | 2 | +1 | |
| Federal Democratic Union | 24,795 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Swiss Party of Labour | 22,850 | 1.2 | 3 | +1 | |
| Ticino League | 17,940 | 0.9 | 1 | –1 | |
| Solidarity | 6,168 | 0.3 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Social-Christian Party | 5,625 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 44,878 | 2.4 | 0 | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,298 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 1,940,622 | 100 | 200 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,596,209 | 42.2 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Seats | Electorate | Turnout | Party | Votes | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aargau | 15 | 342,331 | 144,183 | Swiss People's Party | 416,584 | 3 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 408,491 | 3 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 332,189 | 3 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 297,955 | 2 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 236,929 | 2 | |||||
| Green Party | 112,351 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 93,690 | 0 | |||||
| Ring of Independents | 69,321 | 1 | |||||
| Evangelical People's Party | 64,030 | 0 | |||||
| Federal Democratic Union | 28,016 | 0 | |||||
| FrauenPolitik | 20,293 | 0 | |||||
| Catholic People's Party | 14,643 | 0 | |||||
| Kurt Bornhauser | 4,567 | 0 | |||||
| Non-Partisan Forum | 3,009 | 0 | |||||
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | 35,511 | 17,303 | Free Democratic Party | 12,401 | 1 | |
| Swiss People's Party | 7,494 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 7,461 | 0 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 3,240 | 0 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 3,032 | 0 | |||||
| Non-Partisan | 405 | 0 | |||||
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | 9,888 | 1,716 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 1,346 | 1 | |
| Others | 230 | 0 | |||||
| Basel-Landschaft | 7 | 172,915 | 71,412 | Social Democratic Party | 124,385 | 2 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 96,442 | 1 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 57,615 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 53,823 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 53,177 | 1 | |||||
| Green Party | 46,766 | 1 | |||||
| Free Citizens' List | 31,418 | 0 | |||||
| Federal Democratic Union | 9,275 | 0 | |||||
| Evangelical People's Party | 8,455 | 0 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 6,467 | 0 | |||||
| Ring of Independents | 6,402 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 1,873 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Freedom Party | 1,705 | 0 | |||||
| Basel-Stadt | 6 | 129,279 | 60,500 | Social Democratic Party | 125,965 | 4 | |
| Liberal Party | 52,707 | 1 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 43,108 | 1 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 34,387 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 24,453 | 0 | |||||
| Green Party | 19,782 | 0 | |||||
| Evangelical People's Party | 14,657 | 0 | |||||
| Basel's Strong Alternative | 11,344 | 0 | |||||
| Women's List | 9,962 | 0 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 8,835 | 0 | |||||
| Party of Labour | 4,706 | 0 | |||||
| Solidarity | 2,309 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 1,214 | 0 | |||||
| Gray Panther | 1,151 | 0 | |||||
| Bern | 27 | 676,293 | 273,451 | Swiss People's Party | 1,873,155 | 8 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,779,142 | 8 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 1,127,035 | 4 | |||||
| Green Party | 599,878 | 2 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 421,925 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 392,735 | 1 | |||||
| Federal Democratic Union | 300,218 | 1 | |||||
| Evangelical People's Party | 270,781 | 1 | |||||
| Ring of Independents | 139,538 | 0 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 112,048 | 1 | |||||
| Jurassic Alliance | 104,970 | 0 | |||||
| Liberal Party | 22,637 | 0 | |||||
| Independent Social-Christian Party | 21,303 | 0 | |||||
| Workers and Pensioners' Party | 18,170 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 10,399 | 0 | |||||
| Generation 2001 | 9,025 | 0 | |||||
| Fribourg | 6 | 151,395 | 59,778 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 123,968 | 3 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 59,619 | 1 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 54,850 | 1 | |||||
| Independent Social-Christian Party | 30,069 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 28,735 | 1 | |||||
| Independence - Equality - Solidarity | 15,961 | 0 | |||||
| Democratic Social Party | 11,107 | 0 | |||||
| Green Party | 8,025 | 0 | |||||
| Time Bomb Politics | 3,428 | 0 | |||||
| Party of Labour | 3,156 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 3,035 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Europe Renaissance | 2,103 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 633 | 0 | |||||
| Geneva | 11 | 206,078 | 73,435 | Social Democratic Party | 233,287 | 4 | |
| Liberal Party | 138,219 | 2 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 105,053 | 2 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 104,056 | 1 | |||||
| Party of Labour | 73,476 | 2 | |||||
| Green Party | 43,598 | 0 | |||||
| Solidarity | 29,468 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 18,919 | 0 | |||||
| Let's Stay Swiss and Free! | 17,423 | 0 | |||||
| Unity Against Social Dismantlement | 5,941 | 0 | |||||
| Party Against Unfair Machinations | 5,035 | 0 | |||||
| Ex-Yugoslavia: Acting Against The Unsustainable | 4,130 | 0 | |||||
| Glarus | 1 | 24,786 | 6,072 | Social Democratic Party | 4,498 | 1 | |
| Others | 863 | 0 | |||||
| Grisons | 5 | 124,493 | 45,782 | Swiss People's Party | 59,119 | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 58,892 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 47,457 | 2 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 36,202 | 1 | |||||
| Green Party | 7,581 | 0 | |||||
| Independent Women | 4,112 | 0 | |||||
| Youth '91 | 2,712 | 0 | |||||
| Ring of Independents | 2,331 | 0 | |||||
| Gray Panther | 522 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 488 | 0 | |||||
| Jura | 2 | 47,625 | 20,256 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 15,041 | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 12,745 | 1 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 11,608 | 0 | |||||
| Lucerne | 10 | 227,940 | 112,654 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 408,725 | 4 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 279,132 | 3 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 154,384 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 127,888 | 1 | |||||
| Green Party | 88,183 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 24,194 | 0 | |||||
| Independent Women's List | 8,931 | 0 | |||||
| Clarity, Logic and Environmental Awareness | 2,001 | 0 | |||||
| Gray Panther | 1,907 | 0 | |||||
| Neuchâtel | 5 | 104,273 | 33,293 | Social Democratic Party | 44,640 | 2 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 40,714 | 2 | |||||
| Liberal Party | 39,880 | 1 | |||||
| Party of Labour | 11,290 | 0 | |||||
| Green Party | 9,313 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 4,017 | 0 | |||||
| Federal Democratic Union | 3,638 | 0 | |||||
| Unity Against Social Dismantlement | 2,646 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Europe Renaissance | 1,963 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 465 | 0 | |||||
| Nidwalden | 1 | 25,496 | 15,022 | Free Democratic Party | 7,081 | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 4,724 | 0 | |||||
| Democratic Nidwalden | 2,819 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Obwalden | 1 | 21,350 | 6,800 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 6,118 | 1 | |
| Freedom Party | 244 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 136 | 0 | |||||
| Schaffhausen | 2 | 48,702 | 31,349 | Social Democratic Party | 22,620 | 1 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 19,061 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 12,190 | 0 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 5,130 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 820 | 0 | |||||
| Schwyz | 3 | 80,097 | 28,089 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 22,208 | 1 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 19,486 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 17,432 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 16,160 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 2,516 | 0 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 2,299 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 723 | 0 | |||||
| Gray Panther | 369 | 0 | |||||
| Solothurn | 7 | 162,618 | 78,471 | Free Democratic Party | 136,936 | 2 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 130,378 | 2 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 115,744 | 2 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 56,898 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 36,040 | 0 | |||||
| Green Party | 31,477 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 14,941 | 0 | |||||
| Ring of Independents | 8,806 | 0 | |||||
| Free List of Non-Partisans | 5,839 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 1,036 | 0 | |||||
| St. Gallen | 12 | 280,839 | 115,214 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 417,191 | 4 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 254,476 | 2 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 218,130 | 3 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 137,691 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 113,683 | 1 | |||||
| Green Party | 65,903 | 1 | |||||
| Ring of Independents | 55,309 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 27,173 | 0 | |||||
| Evangelical People's Party | 22,840 | 0 | |||||
| Federal Democratic Union | 13,960 | 0 | |||||
| Zum Glück gits üs | 13,297 | 0 | |||||
| Think with Heart and Mind | 1,930 | 0 | |||||
| St. Gallen Craft | 1,868 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 1,739 | 0 | |||||
| Gray Panther | 1,490 | 0 | |||||
| Ticino | 8 | 189,625 | 99,681 | Free Democratic Party | 233,392 | 3 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 217,217 | 2 | |||||
| Ticino League | 142,441 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 130,672 | 2 | |||||
| Green Party | 13,254 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 11,358 | 0 | |||||
| Party of Labour | 10,277 | 0 | |||||
| Pole of Liberty | 7,287 | 0 | |||||
| Thurgau | 6 | 137,602 | 60,624 | Swiss People's Party | 96,708 | 2 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 64,738 | 1 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 54,729 | 1 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 46,424 | 1 | |||||
| Green Party | 33,146 | 0 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 28,532 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 17,067 | 0 | |||||
| Evangelical People's Party | 9,580 | 0 | |||||
| Catholic People's Party | 5,052 | 0 | |||||
| Rustic People's Party | 1,881 | 0 | |||||
| Uri | 1 | 25,381 | 10,081 | Free Democratic Party | 7,550 | 1 | |
| Natural Law Party | 265 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 962 | 0 | |||||
| Vaud | 17 | 362,897 | 119,186 | Free Democratic Party | 450,305 | 5 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 436,391 | 5 | |||||
| Liberal Party | 281,870 | 3 | |||||
| Party of Labour | 171,533 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 148,684 | 1 | |||||
| Green Party | 127,235 | 1 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 108,461 | 0 | |||||
| Federal Democratic Union | 52,359 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 34,911 | 0 | |||||
| Solidarity | 50,479 | 0 | |||||
| Swiss Europe Renaissance | 41,595 | 0 | |||||
| Unity Against Social Dismantlement | 9,403 | 0 | |||||
| Movement for A Lively Switzerland | 4,162 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 3,810 | 0 | |||||
| Valais | 7 | 177,102 | 97,311 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 351,978 | 4 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 154,763 | 2 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 106,518 | 1 | |||||
| Liberal Party | 14,259 | 0 | |||||
| Green Party | 8,419 | 0 | |||||
| Party of Labour | 5,458 | 0 | |||||
| Zug | 3 | 60,447 | 26,850 | Christian Democratic People's Party | 21,587 | 1 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 17,935 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 13,523 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss People's Party | 12,072 | 0 | |||||
| Bunte List | 3,867 | 0 | |||||
| Basic Democracy | 1,577 | 0 | |||||
| Liberal Alternative | 776 | 0 | |||||
| Zürich | 34 | 768,809 | 332,133 | Swiss People's Party | 2,823,623 | 9 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 2,559,235 | 9 | |||||
| Free Democratic Party | 2,007,068 | 6 | |||||
| Green Party | 723,603 | 2 | |||||
| Ring of Independents | 589,346 | 2 | |||||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 540,385 | 2 | |||||
| Evangelical People's Party | 414,962 | 1 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 392,693 | 1 | |||||
| Swiss Democrats | 365,336 | 1 | |||||
| Frauen macht Politik! | 302,116 | 1 | |||||
| Federal Democratic Union | 206,746 | 0 | |||||
| Liberal Party | 52,179 | 0 | |||||
| Senior Citizens | 31,952 | 0 | |||||
| Europe Party | 29,043 | 0 | |||||
| Independent Social-Christian Party | 17,739 | 0 | |||||
| Natural Law Party | 14,874 | 0 | |||||
| Non-Partisan Movement | 14,336 | 0 | |||||
| Gray Panther | 5,750 | 0 | |||||
| Source: Bundesblatt, 12 December 1995 | |||||||
Council of the States
| Party | Seats | +/– |
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| Free Democratic Party | 17 | –1 |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 16 | 0 |
| Swiss People's Party | 5 | +1 |
| Social Democratic Party | 5 | +2 |
| Liberal Party | 2 | –1 |
| Ring of Independents | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 46 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||
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