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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 1848–2021
Compulsory referendums 2	240
accepted	174
rejected	66
Non-compulsory referendums	199
accepted	115
rejected	84
Popular initiatives	224
accepted	23
rejected	201
Total votes 3	647
Voter turnout
Number of persons entitled to vote (mean 2020)	5'488'371
Participation rate (popular votes, mean 2020)	49.3
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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