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Elections to cantonal parliaments

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Popular vote on 25th September 2022

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The main figures

National Council elections 2019 - share of the votes of the major parties (in %)
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
1 2009: merger of the FDP (Free Democratic Party) with the LPS (Liberal Party) under the designtaion "RDP.The Liberals"
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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