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Swiss federal election, 1991

Swiss federal election, 1991
Switzerland
← 1987 20 October 1991 1995 →

All 200 seats to the National Council of Switzerland
All 46 seats to the Swiss Council of States
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Franz Steinegger Peter Bodenmann Carlo Schmid-Sutter
Party Free Democrats Social Democrats Christian Democrats
Last election 51+14 seats, 22.9% 41+5 seats, 18.4% 42+19 seats, 19.6%
Seats won 44 + 18 41 + 3 35 + 16
Seat change Decrease7 + Increase4 Steady + Decrease2 Decrease 7+3
Popular vote 429,072 377,968 367,928
Percentage 21.0% 18.5% 18.0%
Swing Decrease 1.9pp Increase 0.1pp Decrease 1.6pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Hans Uhlmann  ? Claude Bonnard
Party Swiss People's Greens Liberals
Last election 25+4 seats, 11.0% 9+0 seats, 4.9% 9+3 seats, 2.7%
Seats won 25 + 4 14 + 0 10 + 3
Seat change Steady Increase5 + Steady Increase1 + Steady
Popular vote 243,268 124,149 62,073
Percentage 11.9% 6.1% 3.0%
Swing Increase0.9pp Increase 1.2pp Increase 0.3pp

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
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Leader Jürg Scherrer Rudolf Keller Franz Jaeger
Party Motorists' Swiss Democrats Ring of Independents
Last election 2+0 seats, 2.6% 3+0 seats, 2.5% 8+1 seats, 4.2%
Seats won 8 + 0 5 + 0 5 + 1
Seat change Increase6 + Steady Increase2 + Steady Decrease3 + Steady
Popular vote 103,585 69,297 57,819
Percentage 5.1% 3.4% 2.8%
Swing Increase 2.5pp Increase 0.9pp Decrease 1.4pp

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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