Swiss federal election, 1999

Swiss federal election, 1999

← 1995 24 October 1999 2003 →
All 200 seats to the National Council of Switzerland and 40 (of the 46) seats to the Swiss Council of States
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ursula Koch Ueli Maurer Franz Steinegger Party Social Democrats Swiss People's Free Democrats Last election 54+5 seats, 21.8% 29+5 seats, 14.9% 45+17 seats, 20.2% Seats won 51 + 6 44 + 7 43+17 Seat change 3 + 1 15+2 2 + 0 Popular vote 438,560 440,159 388,780 Percentage 22.5% 22.6% 19.9% Swing 0.8pp 7.7pp 0.3pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Adalbert Durrer Ruedi Baumann Jacques-Simon Eggly Party Christian Democrats Greens Liberals Last election 34+16 seats, 16.8% 8+0 seats, 5.0% 7+2 seats, 2.7% Seats won 35 + 15 8 + 0 6 + 0 Seat change 1 + 1 1+2 Popular vote 309,118 96,807 43,870 Percentage 15.8% 5.0% 2.2% Swing 1.0pp 0.5pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader  ?  ? Giuliano Bignasca Party Evangelical People's Labour Lega Last election 2+0 seats, 1.8% 3+0 seats, 1.2% 1+0 seats, 0.9% Seats won 3 + 0 2 + 0 2 + 0 Seat change 1 + 1 + 1 + Popular vote 35,679 18,569 17,118 Percentage 1.8% 1.0% 0.9% Swing 0.2pp

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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