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Switzerland 2011 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swiss People's Party won 54 of 200 seats with 26.6% of the vote; 48.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.2 points on 2007.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swiss People's Party54−826.6−2.3648,675
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland46+318.7−0.8457,317
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland30−115.1−0.7368,951
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland28−312.3−2.2300,544
Green Party of Switzerland15−58.4−1.2205,984
Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland95.4132,279
Green Liberal Party of Switzerland12+95.4+4.0131,436
Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland202.0−0.448,789
Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland0−11.30.031,056
Ticino League2+10.8+0.219,657
Geneva Citizens' Movement10.410,714
Unnamed party with one seat1

± is the change against the Switzerland 2007 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swiss People's Party 648,675
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 457,317
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 368,951
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 300,544
  • Green Party of Switzerland 205,984
  • Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland 132,279
  • Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 131,436
  • Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 48,789
  • Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 31,056
  • Ticino League 19,657
  • Geneva Citizens' Movement 10,714
  • Unnamed party with one seat

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

48.5% of the 5,124,034 registered voters cast a ballot (2,485,403 ballots), up 0.2 points on 2007. 2,442,648 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1983 in our data. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Swiss People's Party26.6% of votes27.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland18.7% of votes23.0% of seats
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland15.1% of votes15.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland12.3% of votes14.0% of seats
  • Green Party of Switzerland8.4% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Green Liberal Party of Switzerland5.4% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland5.4% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland2.0% of votes1.0% of seats
  • Ticino League0.8% of votes1.0% of seats
  • Geneva Citizens' Movement0.4% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.4 by votes and 5.6 by seats; Swiss People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Switzerland by 7.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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