All the successful candidates by canton
All those elected to the National Council and the Council of States.
All those elected to the National Council and the Council of States.
How is it decided who wins a seat in the National Council in the cantons that have only one seat?
Former members who were not re-elected for a new term of office.
What happens to your ballot paper? Where does it go and who establishes the results?
Former members who were not re-elected for a new term of office
How many citizens voted in the National Council election?
Who is sitting for the first time in the National Council from December 2015?
Example from Ticino in 2011.
The meaning of key terms associated with the elections.
Who is sitting for the first time in the Council of States from December 2015?
Find here the Federal Chancellery’s official brochure on the parliamentary elections on 18 October 2015.
National Council and Council of States: candidates
When do the members meet? What are their tasks?
The elections, the members of the Federal Assembly and their parliamentary activities.
The political landscape of Switzerland, the political parties and their tasks.
Which National Council members are not standing for a new term?
Which Council of States members are not standing for a new term?
Political parties are active in all different areas and at different political levels in Switzerland.
When and in which cantons is a second round of voting being held in the elections to the Council of States?
Results, statistics, legal foundations and other information about past federal elections.
Here you will find the requirements that you must meet in order to vote in the National Council elections.
In the 2015 elections, some voters will also be able to cast their votes online.
A look at the candidates in previous elections to the Federal Council.
Here you will find the requirements that you must meet in order to vote in the Council of States elections.
Voting by mail (or by internet, where possible) or at the polling station.
A vast amount of work and organisation is involved in preparing the elections to the Swiss parliament. A lot of people are involved at federal, cantonal and communal level.
Voting materials: what will you receive? When will you receive it?
If you want to vote in the elections, you must meet certain requirements.
If you want to vote in the elections, you must meet certain requirements.
Conditions for Swiss citizens living abroad who are interested in standing for the elections.
All you need to know if you intend to stand for election to the National Council or Council of States.
Voting materials: what will you receive? When will you receive it?
The People’s Assembly (Landsgemeinde) in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden has elected its representative in the Council of States.
Who can stand as a candidate and the conditions to be met.