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Popular vote on 19 May 2019

Vote on the Tax Reform and AHV Financing and the implementation of the EU Weapons Directive. Live regional results from noon, updated regularly (in German)

Popular votes

Results of popular votes by canton, by district as well as by linguistic region and type of Commune are updated regularly

National elections

Results, statistics and analysis of the National elections 2015 are available in german and french

Cantonal elections

Results and statistics are available in german and french

Municipal elections

Statistics on municipal elections (cities) are available in german and french

The main figures

National Council elections 2015 - share of the votes of the major parties (in %)
Radical Democratic party ¹	16.4
Christian Democratic Party	11.6
Social Democratic Party	18.8
Swiss People's Party	29.4
National popular votes 1848–2019
Compulsory referendums ²	240
accepted	174
rejected	66
Non-compulsory referendums	188
accepted	108
rejected	80
Popular initiatives	216
accepted	22
rejected	194
Total votes ³	628
Voter turnout
Number of persons entitled to vote (mean 2017)	5'357'836
Participation rate (popular votes, mean 2017)	45.6
Participation rate (national elections 2015)	48.5

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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