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National Council of Switzerland
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The National Council of Switzerland (German: Nationalrat; French: Conseil National; Italian: Consiglio Nazionale; Romansh: Cussegl Naziunal) is the larger Chamber of the parliament, with 200 seats. Each canton is a constituency. The number of deputies of each constituency depends on the population of the canton. Zürich, which is the largest canton of Switzerland, has 34 seats. Uri, Glarus, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden, on the other hand, each have only one seat. [1] For cantons with more than one seat proportional representation is used.
There are currently (2005) 53 women in the National Council (26.5%).
The National Council is elected by the Swiss citizens, as is most of the Swiss Council of States. There were 4.6 million citizens old enough to vote in 2003.
| Parties | Abbr. | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss People's Party | SVP/UDC | 672'562 | 29.0 | +2.3 | 62 | +7 |
| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | SP/PS | 451'916 | 19.5 | –3.8 | 43 | –9 |
| Free Democratic Party of Switzerland | FDP/PRD | 364'736 | 15.6 | –1.5 | 31 | –5 |
| Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland | CVP/PDC | 335'623 | 14.6 | +0.2 | 31 | +3 |
| Green Party of Switzerland | GP/PES | 222'206 | 9.6 | +2.2 | 20 | +7 |
| Liberal Party of Switzerland | LPS/PLS | 41'682 | 1.8 | –0.4 | 4 | ±0 |
| Green Liberal Party of Switzerland | GLP/VL | 33'104 | 1.4 | +1.4 | 3 | +3 |
| Evangelical People's Party | EVP/PEV | 56'748 | 2.4 | +0.1 | 2 | –1 |
| Federal Democratic Union | EDU/UDF | 29'914 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | 1 | –1 |
| Party of Labour | PdA | 17'218 | 0.7 | ±0.0 | 1 | –1 |
| Ticino League | LdT | 13'031 | 0.5 | +0.1 | 1 | ±0 |
| Christian Social Party | CSP/PCS | 9984 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | 1 | ±0 |
| Swiss Democrats | SD/DS | 12'609 | 0.5 | –0.5 | — | –1 |
| solidaritéS | Sol | 8669 | 0.4 | –0.1 | — | –1 |
| Alternative List | AL | 4582 | 0.2 | –0.3 | — | ±0 |
| Others | 43327 | 1.8 | +0.2 | — | ±0 | |
| Total (turnout 48.9%) | 200 | |||||
| Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw2007CH_de.html | ||||||
- Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland.
- List of members of the Swiss National Council (2007-2011)
- List of members of the Swiss National Council (2003-2007)
| Abbr | Canton | Number of Seats |
|---|---|---|
| ZH | Zurich | 34 |
| BE | Bern | 26 |
| LU | Lucerne | 10 |
| UR | Uri | 1 |
| SZ | Schwyz | 4 |
| OW | Obwalden (Obwald) | 1 |
| NW | Nidwalden (Nidwald) | 1 |
| GL | Glarus | 1 |
| ZG | Zug | 3 |
| FR | Fribourg | 7 |
| SO | Solothurn | 7 |
| BS | Basel-Stadt (Basel-City) | 5 |
| BL | Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Country) | 7 |
| SH | Schaffhausen | 2 |
| AR | Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Appenzell Outer Rhodes) | 1 |
| AI | Appenzell Innerrhoden (Appenzell Inner Rhodes) | 1 |
| SG | St. Gallen (St. Gall) | 12 |
| GR | Graubünden (Grisons) | 5 |
| AG | Aargau (Argovia) | 15 |
| TG | Thurgau (Thurgovia) | 6 |
| TI | Ticino | 8 |
| VD | Vaud | 18 |
| VS | Valais (Wallis) | 7 |
| NE | Neuchâtel | 5 |
| GE | Geneva | 11 |
| JU | Jura | 2 |