2007 Election
The 2007 election to the National Council saw the Swiss People's Party strengthen its position as the largest party, gaining seven seats to put it on 62. In second place, the Social Democratic Party lost nine seats, giving it 43. The Free Democratic Party and Christian Democratic People's Party tied for third place with 31 seats each, having lost five seats and gained three seats respectively. The Green Party broke into the main group of parties, increasing its number of seats by seven to leave it on 20 after the election.
| Parties | Abbr. | Ideology | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss People's Party | SVP/UDC | National conservatism | 672,562 | 28.9 | +2.2 | 62 | +7 | |
| Social Democratic Party | SPS/PSS | Social democracy | 451,916 | 19.5 | –3.8 | 43 | –9 | |
| Free Democratic Party | FDP/PLR | Classical liberalism, Radicalism | 364,736 | 15.8 | –1.3 | 31 | –5 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | CVP/PDC | Christian democracy | 335,623 | 14.5 | +0.1 | 31 | +3 | |
| Green Party | GPS/PES | Green politics | 222,206 | 9.6 | +2.2 | 20 | +7 | |
| Liberal Party | LPS/PLS | Classical liberalism | 41,682 | 1.9 | –0.3 | 4 | ±0 | |
| Green Liberal Party | GLP/PVL | Green liberalism | 33,104 | 1.4 | N/A | 3 | N/A | |
| Evangelical People's Party | EVP/PEV | Christian democracy | 56,748 | 2.4 | +0.1 | 2 | –1 | |
| Federal Democratic Union | EDU/UDF | Christian right | 29,914 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | 1 | –1 | |
| Party of Labour | PdA/PST-POP | Communism | 17,218 | 0.7 | ±0.0 | 1 | –1 | |
| Ticino League | LdT | National conservatism | 13,031 | 0.6 | +0.2 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Christian Social Party | CSP/PCS | Christian left | 9,984 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Swiss Democrats | SD/DS | Nationalism | 12,609 | 0.5 | –0.5 | 0 | –1 | |
| solidaritéS | Sol | Socialism | 8,669 | 0.4 | –0.1 | 0 | –1 | |
| Alternative List | AL | Socialism | 4,582 | 0.2 | –0.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Others | 43,327 | 1.8 | +0.2 | 0 | ±0 | |||
| Total (turnout 48.9%) | 2,317,911 | — | — | 200 | — | |||
| Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw2007CH_de.html | ||||||||
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