1991 Swiss federal election

1991 Swiss federal election
20 October 1991
All 200 seats in the National Council (101 seats needed for a majority)
All 46 seats in the Council of States (24 seats needed for a majority)
Turnout46.0% 0.5 pp
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
National Council
Free Democrats Franz Steinegger 21.0% 44 −7
Social Democrats Peter Bodenmann 18.5% 41 0
Christian Democrats Eva Segmüller 18.0% 35 −7
Swiss People's Hans Uhlmann 14.9% 25 0
Greens Hanspeter Thür 6.1% 14 +5
Motorists' Jürg Scherrer 5.1% 8 +6
Swiss Democrats Rudolf Keller 3.4% 5 +2
Liberals Claude Bonnard 3.0% 10 +1
LdU Franz Jaeger 2.8% 5 −3
Evangelical People's Max Dünki 1.9% 3 0
Ticino League Giuliano Bignasca 1.4% 2 New
Federal Democrats Werner Scherrer 1.0% 1 +1
Labour 0.8% 2 +1
Unitarian Socialists 0.6% 1 0
Christian Social 0.4% 1 +1
Entente 0.3% 1 +1
FraP! 0.3% 1 +1
KHM Herbert Maeder 0.3% 1 0
Council of States
Free Democrats 18 +4
Christian Democrats 16 −3
Swiss People's 4 0
Social Democrats 3 −2
Liberals 3 0
LdU 1 0
Ticino League 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Map of Swiss cantons colored by the party that won the most votes. The seats that were won in the cantons for both the National Council and the Council of States are shown as well.

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 20 October 1991. The Free Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 44 of the 200 seats.

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