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Switzerland 2027 federal election

What do we know about the 2027 federal election in Switzerland?

It is on Sunday 24 October 2027. An official source confirms the date.

  • Switzerland
  • Polling day:
  • Date confirmed
  • Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei, Der Bund kurz erklärt 2026

When is the 2027 federal election in Switzerland?

As of , the 2027 federal election in Switzerland is on Sunday 24 October 2027; an official source confirms the date.

  • Polling day

    Date confirmed

    Set by an official notice, which we read on 26 October 2026. Source: Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei, Der Bund kurz erklärt 2026.

Three things

  1. The contest

    Federal election.

  2. The date

    An official source confirms the date.

    Our sources give Sunday 24 October 2027.

  3. The result

    No result in our data yet.

    When an official source we read publishes the count, this page shows it: the results by party, or the turnout where the count is by candidate.

From the date to the official result

  1. Date listed

    Done

  2. Polling day

    Next

  3. Published count

    Later

  4. Final record

    Later

What did the newest result in our data show?

Switzerland 2019 federal election,

  • Swiss People's Party 53 −12 seats 25.6% −3.8 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 39 −4 seats 16.8% −2.0 points
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 29 −4 seats 15.1% −1.3 points
  • Green Party of Switzerland 28 +17 seats 13.2% +6.1 points
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 25 −2 seats 11.4% −0.3 points
  • Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 16 +9 seats 7.8% +3.2 points
  • Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland 3 −4 seats 2.4% −1.7 points
  • Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 3 +1 seat 2.1% 0.0 points
  • Swiss Party of Labour 1 0 seats 1.1% +0.2 points
  • Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 1 +1 seat 1.0% −0.2 points
  • Ticino League 1 −1 seat 0.8% −0.3 points
  • Solidarity 1
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Switzerland 2015 federal election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

45.1% of the 5,459,218 registered voters cast a ballot (2,462,581 ballots), down 3.4 points on 2015. 2,424,202 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1999 in our data.

This result comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023. A later election of this kind is not in our data yet.

What is the background?

  • The chamber had 200 seats at the newest federal election with a result in our data, and 101 made a majority.
  • 12 parties held seats after the newest federal election with a result in our data.
  • Our data holds the results of 19 federal elections in Switzerland, the first in 1947.
  • Turnout at the 19 national parliament elections in our data averaged 54.4%. It was 45.1% in 2019, the latest.

How many people usually vote?

Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot, with Switzerland 2027 federal election marked
Turnout at each election
Turnout at national parliament elections
ElectionTurnout
Sunday 26 October 194772.4%
Sunday 28 October 195171.2%
Sunday 30 October 195570.1%
Sunday 25 October 195968.5%
Sunday 27 October 196366.1%
Sunday 29 October 196765.7%
Sunday 31 October 197156.9%
Sunday 26 October 197552.4%
Sunday 21 October 197948.0%
Sunday 23 October 198348.9%
Sunday 18 October 198746.5%
Sunday 20 October 199146.0%
Sunday 22 October 199542.2%
Sunday 24 October 199943.3%
Sunday 19 October 200345.2%
Sunday 21 October 200748.3%
Sunday 23 October 201148.5%
Sunday 18 October 201548.5%
Sunday 20 October 201945.1%

How the date changed

  1. Wikidata gave Sunday 24 October 2027.
  2. Wikipedia gave Sunday 24 October 2027.

What else is on that month?

Time and source Data as of