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Switzerland 1991 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Free Democratic Party of Switzerland won 44 of 200 seats with 21.0% of the vote; 46.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.4 points on 1987.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland44−721.0−1.9429,072
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland41018.5+0.1377,968
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland35−718.0−1.6367,928
Swiss People's Party25011.9+0.9243,268
Green Party of Switzerland14+56.1+1.2124,149
Automobile Party / Freedom Party of Switzerland8+65.1+2.5103,585
Swiss Democrats5+23.4+0.969,297
Liberal Party of Switzerland10+13.0+0.362,073
Alliance of Independents5−32.8−1.457,819
Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland301.90.038,681
Ticino League21.428,290
Feminists and Green-Alternative Groups101.3−1.125,605
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland1+11.0+0.120,395
Swiss Party of Labour2+10.80.015,871
Autonomous Socialist Party100.60.012,006
Christian Social Party10.48,039
Progressive Organizations of Switzerland0−30.2−1.14,552
Agreement Jura1
Committee Herbert Maeder10

± is the change against the Switzerland 1987 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 429,072
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 377,968
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 367,928
  • Swiss People's Party 243,268
  • Green Party of Switzerland 124,149
  • Automobile Party / Freedom Party of Switzerland 103,585
  • Swiss Democrats 69,297
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland 62,073
  • Alliance of Independents 57,819
  • Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 38,681
  • Ticino League 28,290
  • Feminists and Green-Alternative Groups 25,605
  • Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 20,395
  • Swiss Party of Labour 15,871
  • Autonomous Socialist Party 12,006
  • Christian Social Party 8,039
  • Progressive Organizations of Switzerland 4,552
  • Agreement Jura
  • Committee Herbert Maeder

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

46.0% of the 4,510,521 registered voters cast a ballot (2,076,901 ballots), down 0.4 points on 1987. 2,044,100 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1947. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland21.0% of votes22.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland18.5% of votes20.5% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland18.0% of votes17.5% of seats
  • Swiss People's Party11.9% of votes12.5% of seats
  • Green Party of Switzerland6.1% of votes7.0% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland3.0% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Automobile Party / Freedom Party of Switzerland5.1% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Swiss Democrats3.4% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Alliance of Independents2.8% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland1.9% of votes1.5% of seats
  • Ticino League1.4% of votes1.0% of seats
  • Swiss Party of Labour0.8% of votes1.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.4 by votes and 6.8 by seats; Free Democratic Party of Switzerland led Social Democratic Party of Switzerland by 2.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.

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