1999 Swiss federal election

1999 Swiss federal election
24 October 1999
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)
Turnout43.3% 1.1 pp
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
National Council
Swiss People's Ueli Maurer 22.6% 44 +15
Social Democrats Ursula Koch 22.5% 51 −3
Free Democrats Franz Steinegger 19.9% 43 −2
Christian Democrats Adalbert Durrer 15.8% 35 +1
Greens Ruedi Baumann 5.0% 8 0
Liberals Jacques-Simon Eggly 2.2% 6 −1
Swiss Democrats Rudolf Keller 1.8% 1 −2
Evangelical People's Otto Zwygart 1.8% 3 +1
Federal Democrats Christian Waber 1.2% 1 0
Labour 1.0% 2 −1
Ticino League Giuliano Bignasca 0.9% 2 +1
LdU Anton Schaller 0.7% 1 −2
solidaritéS 0.5% 1 +1
Christian Social 0.4% 1 0
Feminist & Greens 0.3% 1 −1
Council of States
Free Democrats 17 0
Christian Democrats 15 −1
Swiss People's 7 +2
Social Democrats 6 +1
Independent 1 +1
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. The independent elected to the Council of States from Obwalden sat with the FDP.

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 24 October 1999. Although the Swiss People's Party received the most votes for the first time in the party's history, the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 51 of the 200 seats.

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