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National Council elections 2019 - share of the votes of the major parties (in %) | |
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Radical Democratic party 1 | 15.1 |
Christian Democratic Party | 11.4 |
Social Democratic Party | 16.8 |
Swiss People's Party | 25.6 |
Swiss Green Party | 13.2 |
National popular votes 1848–2022 | |
Compulsory referendums 2 | 241 |
accepted |
175 |
rejected |
66 |
Non-compulsory referendums | 207 |
accepted |
120 |
rejected |
87 |
Popular initiatives | 229 |
accepted |
25 |
rejected |
204 |
Total votes 3 | 661 |
Voter turnout | |
Number of persons entitled to vote (mean 2020) | 5'512'847 |
Participation rate (popular votes, mean 2020) | 57.2 |
Participation rate (national elections 2019) | 45.1 |
2 Includes popular initiatives with counter proposals
3 Popular initiatives with counter proposals are counted as one vote.
Source: FSO/election and vote statistics
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