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National Council elections 2023 - share of the votes of the major parties (in %) | |
---|---|
FDP 1 | 14.3 |
The Centre 2 | 14.1 |
SP | 18.3 |
SVP | 27.9 |
GREENS | 9.8 |
National popular votes 1848–2024 | |
Compulsory referendums 3 | 242 |
accepted |
176 |
rejected |
66 |
Non-compulsory referendums | 210 |
accepted |
123 |
rejected |
87 |
Popular initiatives | 234 |
accepted |
26 |
rejected |
208 |
Total votes 4 | 670 |
Voter turnout | |
Number of persons entitled to vote (mean 2023) | 5'567'120 |
Participation rate (popular votes, mean 2023) | 42.5 |
Participation rate (national elections 2023) | 46.7 |
2 2021: merger of the CVP with the BDP under the designation "The Centre".
3 Includes popular initiatives with counter proposals
4 Popular initiatives with counter proposals are counted as one vote. March 2024
Source: FSO/election and vote statistics
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