Elections were held to the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election. All 46 members of the Council of States were elected from all cantons of Switzerland. The first round was held on 21 October. In eight cantons, not all seats were filled in the first round, and a second round was held on 11 November, 18 November, or 25 November.
2007 Swiss Council of States election
← 2003
21 October, 11 November, 18 November and 25 November 2007
The election was a breakthrough for the Green Party, which won its first two seats in the Council of States, and the Green Liberal Party (GLP), which won a seat only four months after it split from the Greens. These gains – the first time minor parties had won representation in the Council of States since 1995 – came at the expense of the Free Democratic Party, which lost two seats, and the Swiss People's Party, which lost its seat in its stronghold of Zurich to the GLP.
The Council of States election was not finalized with the first run on 21 October; twelve seats remained to be distributed in second round elections on 11 November, 18 November or 25 November 2007.[1]
The second round saw a number of notable races, for instance the election for the second seat in Zürich, where SP candidate Chantal Galladé agreed to withdraw and support GLP candidate Verena Diener against SVP candidate Ueli Maurer, increasing the centre-left's changes in the second round.[2] In St. Gallen, where no one was elected in the first round, FDP candidate Erika Forster and CVP candidate Eugen David, both incumbents, started a common campaign for reelection against SVP candidate Toni Brunner.[3] Four candidates contested the election for the two seats in Tessin -- Dick Marty (FDP, over 40,000 votes in the first round), Filippo Lombardi (CVP), Franco Cavalli (SP) -- both of whom had over 30,000 votes—and finally Attilio Bignasca (Lega).[4] The two incumbents from the FDP and CVP were reelected on 18 November.
The second seat for Lucerne was handed to CVP candidate Konrad Graber in so-called "silent election" when no other candidate filed to run against him in the second round. Graber had narrowly failed to be elected in the first round.[5] The second mandate in Fribourg and Valais was also decided in this way.
^CVP und FDP gemeinsam gegen Toni Brunner (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
^Lombardi erhält Schützenhilfe von der Lega (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
^Stille Ständeratswahl im Kanton Luzern (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
April 10, 2024
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Elections were held to the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election All 46 members of the Council of States were elected from all cantons of Switzerland The first round was held on 21 October In eight cantons not all seats were filled in the first round and a second round was held on 11 November 18 November or 25 November 2007 Swiss Council of States election 2003 21 October 11 November 18 November and 25 November 2007 2011 All 46 seats to the Swiss Council of States First party Second party Third party Leader Christophe Darbellay Fulvio Pelli Hans Jurg FehrParty Christian Democrats Free Democrats Social DemocratsLast election 15 seats 14 seats 9 seatsSeats won 15 12 9Seat change 2 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Ueli Maurer Ruth Genner Martin BaumleParty Swiss People s Greens Green LiberalsLast election 8 seats 0 seats 0Seats won 7 2 1Seat change 1 2 1The election was a breakthrough for the Green Party which won its first two seats in the Council of States and the Green Liberal Party GLP which won a seat only four months after it split from the Greens These gains the first time minor parties had won representation in the Council of States since 1995 came at the expense of the Free Democratic Party which lost two seats and the Swiss People s Party which lost its seat in its stronghold of Zurich to the GLP Contents 1 Results 1 1 By canton 1 1 1 Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1 1 2 Appenzell Innerrhoden 1 1 3 Aargau 1 1 4 Basel Landschaft 1 1 5 Basel Stadt 1 1 6 Bern 1 1 7 Fribourg 1 1 8 Geneva 1 1 9 Glarus 1 1 10 Graubunden 1 1 11 Jura 1 1 12 Lucerne 1 1 13 Neuchatel 1 1 14 Nidwalden 1 1 15 Obwalden 1 1 16 Schaffhausen 1 1 17 Schwyz 1 1 18 Solothurn 1 1 19 St Gallen 1 1 20 Thurgau 1 1 21 Ticino 1 1 22 Uri 1 1 23 Valais 1 1 24 Vaud 1 1 25 Zug 1 1 26 Zurich 2 ReferencesResults editThe Council of States election was not finalized with the first run on 21 October twelve seats remained to be distributed in second round elections on 11 November 18 November or 25 November 2007 1 The second round saw a number of notable races for instance the election for the second seat in Zurich where SP candidate Chantal Gallade agreed to withdraw and support GLP candidate Verena Diener against SVP candidate Ueli Maurer increasing the centre left s changes in the second round 2 In St Gallen where no one was elected in the first round FDP candidate Erika Forster and CVP candidate Eugen David both incumbents started a common campaign for reelection against SVP candidate Toni Brunner 3 Four candidates contested the election for the two seats in Tessin Dick Marty FDP over 40 000 votes in the first round Filippo Lombardi CVP Franco Cavalli SP both of whom had over 30 000 votes and finally Attilio Bignasca Lega 4 The two incumbents from the FDP and CVP were reelected on 18 November The second seat for Lucerne was handed to CVP candidate Konrad Graber in so called silent election when no other candidate filed to run against him in the second round Graber had narrowly failed to be elected in the first round 5 The second mandate in Fribourg and Valais was also decided in this way nbsp PartySeats Christian Democratic People s Party150Free Democratic Party12 2Social Democratic Party90Swiss People s Party7 1Green Party2 2Green Liberal Party1 1Total460Source Nohlen amp StoverBy canton edit Appenzell Ausserrhoden edit 2007 Council of States election Appenzell Ausserrhoden Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Hans Altherr 10 880 87 9Independent Vereinzelte 1 012 8 2Independent Edgar Bischof 310 2 5Independent Ivo Muller 98 0 8Independent Matthias Weishaupt 84 0 7Turnout 12 384Free Democrats hold SwingAppenzell Innerrhoden edit 2007 Council of States election Appenzell Innerrhoden Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Ivo BischofbergerTurnoutChristian Democrats hold SwingAargau edit 2007 Council of States election Aargau Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Christine Egerszegi Obrist 98 961 29 5Swiss People s Maximilian Reimann 92 814 27 6Social Democrats Pascale Bruderer 62 780 18 7Greens Geri Muller 31 417 9 4Christian Democrats Esther Egger 2 3843 7 1Evangelical People s Heiner Studer 16 884 5 0Independent Pius Lischer 6 152 1 8Independent Rene Bertschinger 3 147 0 9Turnout 335 998Free Democrats hold SwingSwiss People s hold SwingBasel Landschaft edit 2007 Council of States election Basel Landschaft Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Claude Janiak 47 473 58 5Swiss People s Erich Straumann 28 054 34 6Independent Vereinzelte 5 618 6 9Turnout 81 145Social Democrats gain from Free Democrats SwingBasel Stadt edit 2007 Council of States election Basel Stadt Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Anita Fetz 32 736 60 4Liberals Andreas Albrecht 17 344 32 0Independent Eric Weber 3 631 6 7Independent Vereinzelte 460 0 8Turnout 54 171Social Democrats hold SwingBern edit 2007 Council of States election Bern Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Simonetta Sommaruga 164 557 29 1Swiss People s Werner Luginbuhl 143 347 25 3Greens Franziska Teuscher 108 597 19 2Free Democrats Dora Andres 108 017 19 1Evangelical People s Walter Donze 17 789 3 1Federal Democrats Christian Waber 14 374 2 5Swiss Democrats Adrian Wyss 9 073 1 6Turnout 565 754Social Democrats hold SwingSwiss People s hold SwingFribourg edit 2007 Council of States election Fribourg First round Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Urs Schwaller 47 202 37 1Social Democrats Alain Berset 35 068 27 6Free Democrats Jean Claude Cornu 25 165 19 8Swiss People s Jean Francois Rime 19 782 15 5Turnout 127 217Christian Democrats hold Swing2007 Council of States election Fribourg Second round Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Alain BersetSocial Democrats hold SwingGeneva edit 2007 Council of States election Geneva Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Liliane Maury Pasquier 49 046 26 6Greens Robert Cramer 45 452 24 7Liberals Martine Brunschwig Graf 37 964 20 6Christian Democrats Jean Pierre Jobin 26 816 14 6Swiss People s Soli Pardo 22 014 11 9Independent Claude Tamborini 3 000 1 6Turnout 184 292Social Democrats hold SwingGreens gain from Free Democrats SwingGlarus edit 2007 Council of States election Glarus Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Fritz Schiesser 6 380 44 8Swiss People s This Jenny 6 024 42 3Independent Vereinzelte 1 834 12 9Turnout 14 238Free Democrats hold SwingSwiss People s hold SwingGraubunden edit 2007 Council of States election Graubunden Party Candidate Votes Swiss People s Christoffel Brandli 27 923 44 4Christian Democrats Theo Maissen 21 257 33 8Social Democrats Johannes Pfenninger 8 558 13 6Independent Vereinzelte 5 139 8 2Turnout 62 877Swiss People s hold SwingChristian Democrats hold SwingJura edit 2007 Council of States election Jura Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Claude Heche 7 965 18 9Christian Democrats Anne Seydoux Christe 6 322 15 0Christian Democrats Madeleine Amgwerd 5 992 14 2Social Democrats Christophe Berdat 5 907 14 0Christian Social Pierre Olivier Cattin 3 079 7 3Free Democrats Jean Frederic Gerber 2 968 7 0Swiss People s Frederic Juillerat 2 869 6 8Swiss People s Olivier Allimann 2 804 6 7Free Democrats Pascal Haenni 2 194 5 2Christian Social Pascal Prince 2 052 4 9Turnout 42 152Social Democrats hold SwingChristian Democrats hold SwingLucerne edit 2007 Council of States election Lucerne First round Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Helen Leumann Wursch 65 269 29 6Christian Democrats Konrad Graber 60 464 27 4Swiss People s Josef Kunz 36 302 16 5Social Democrats Prisca Birrer Heimo 26 595 12 1Greens Heidi Rebsamen 23 925 10 8Swiss People s Pirmin Muller 8 001 3 6Turnout 220 556Free Democrats hold Swing2007 Council of States election Luzern Second round Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Konrad GraberChristian Democrats hold SwingNeuchatel edit 2007 Council of States election Neuchatel First round Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Gisele Ory 17 155 15 3Free Democrats Didier Burkhalter 16 927 15 1Social Democrats Pierre Bonhote 15 366 13 7Swiss People s Yvan Perrin 15 026 13 4Liberals Sylvie Perrinjaquet 11 811 10 5Swiss People s Jean Charles Legrix 10 663 9 5Labour Denis de la Reussille 8 351 7 4Greens Francine John Calame 5 008 4 5solidariteS Marianne Ebel 4 045 3 6Greens Blaise Horisberger 3 642 3 2Christian Democrats Vincent Martinez 1 926 1 7Christian Democrats Mauro Nanini 1 845 1 7Independent Jaggi Lukas 341 0 3Turnout 112 1062007 Council of States election Neuchatel Second round Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Didier Burkhalter 28 710 35 7Social Democrats Gisele Ory 27 617 34 4Social Democrats Pierre Bonhote 24 050 29 9Turnout 80 377Free Democrats gain from Social Democrats SwingSocial Democrats hold SwingNidwalden edit 2007 Council of States election Nidwalden Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Paul NiederbergerTurnoutChristian Democrats hold SwingObwalden edit 2007 Council of States election Obwalden Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Hans HessTurnoutFree Democrats hold SwingSchaffhausen edit 2007 Council of States election Schaffhausen Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Peter Briner 16 831Swiss People s Hannes Germann 16 774Greens Hans Jakob Gloor 6 481Social Democrats Sabine Spross 6 196Alternative List Florian Keller 3 279Independent Vereinzelte 1 655TurnoutFree Democrats hold SwingSwiss People s hold SwingSchwyz edit 2007 Council of States election Schwyz Party Candidate Votes Swiss People s Alex Kuprecht 22 950Christian Democrats Bruno Frick 21 647Christian Democrats Alois Kessler 13 690Free Democrats Ueli Metzger 11 396Social Democrats Patrick Nauer 5 006Independent Vereinzelte 715TurnoutSwiss People s hold SwingChristian Democrats hold SwingSolothurn edit 2007 Council of States election Solothurn Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Rolf Buttiker 50 433Social Democrats Ernst Leuenberger 45 911Christian Democrats Annelies Peduzzi 35 470TurnoutFree Democrats hold SwingSocial Democrats hold SwingSt Gallen edit 2007 Council of States election St Gallen First round Party Candidate Votes Swiss People s Toni Brunner 61 648Christian Democrats Eugen David 59 488Free Democrats Erika Forster Vannini 55 462Social Democrats Kathrin Hilber 43 278Greens Yvonne Gilli 22 824Swiss Democrats Thomas Meinrad Manser 6 280Independent Vereinzelte 2 930Turnout2007 Council of States election St Gallen Second round Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Erika Forster Vannini 84 547Christian Democrats Eugen David 80 484Swiss People s Toni Brunner 68 667Swiss Democrats Thomas Meinrad Manser 7 940Independent Vereinzelte 946TurnoutFree Democrats hold SwingChristian Democrats hold SwingThurgau edit 2007 Council of States election Thurgau Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Philipp Stahelin 45 097Swiss People s Hermann Burgi 44 170Greens Isabella Staheli Tobler 14 449Social Democrats Walter Hugentobler 14 176Independent Gabriela Coray 8 845Independent Vereinzelte 2 685TurnoutChristian Democrats hold SwingSwiss People s hold SwingTicino edit 2007 Council of States election Ticino First round Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Dick Marty 41 428Christian Democrats Filippo Lombardi 33 513Social Democrats Franco Cavalli 33 068Ticino League Attilio Bignasca 21 410Swiss People s Pierre Rusconi 12 144Independent Matteo Gianini 1 878Federal Democrats Edo Pellegrini 1 463Independent Cortonesi Rivo 363Turnout2007 Council of States election Ticino Second round Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Dick Marty 40 088Christian Democrats Filippo Lombardi 38 177Social Democrats Franco Cavalli 32 786Ticino League Attilio Bignasca 18 346TurnoutFree Democrats hold SwingChristian Democrats hold SwingUri edit 2007 Council of States election Uri Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Hansruedi Stadler 5 038Christian Democrats Hansheiri Inderkum 4 937Independent Vereinzelte 697TurnoutChristian Democrats hold SwingChristian Democrats hold SwingValais edit 2007 Council of States election Valais First round Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Jean Rene Fournier 54 352Christian Democrats Rene Imoberdorf 45 092Free Democrats Leonard Bender 22 389Social Democrats Peter Jossen Zinsstag 18 128Swiss People s Jean Luc Addor 13 274Swiss People s Lukas Jager 12 257Greens Christophe Clivaz 11 027Independent Michel Carron 1 382Independent Gerlinde Marlene Bass Barenfaller 1 334Independent Claude Bourquin 961TurnoutChristian Democrats hold Swing2007 Council of States election Valais Second round Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Rene ImoberdorfTurnoutChristian Democrats hold SwingVaud edit 2007 Council of States election Vaud First round Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Charles Favre 65 439Swiss People s Guy Parmelin 65 186Social Democrats Geraldine Savary 54 192Greens Luc Recordon 42 998Christian Democrats Jacques Neirynck 17 952Labour Marianne Huguenin 13 795Labour Josef Zisyadis 12 456solidariteS Jean Michel Dolivo 5 180Federal Democrats Maximilien Bernhard 3 616solidariteS Naima Topkiran 2 728Independent Vereinzelte 951Turnout2007 Council of States election Vaud Second round Party Candidate Votes Social Democrats Geraldine Savary 88 056Greens Luc Recordon 86 350Free Democrats Charles Favre 62 116Swiss People s Guy Parmelin 62 092TurnoutSocial Democrats hold SwingGreens gain from Free Democrats SwingZug edit 2007 Council of States election Zug Party Candidate Votes Christian Democrats Peter Bieri 21 058Free Democrats Rolf Schweiger 20 195TurnoutChristian Democrats hold SwingFree Democrats hold SwingZurich edit 2007 Council of States election Zurich First round Party Candidate Votes Free Democrats Felix Gutzwiller 182 594Swiss People s Ueli Maurer 150 707Social Democrats Chantal Gallade 110 843Green Liberals Verena Diener 100 442Greens Daniel Vischer 61 354Independent Vereinzelte 48 148Christian Democrats Kathy Riklin 39 715Evangelical People s Ruedi Aeschbacher 16 237Federal Democrats Markus Wafler 8 011Alternative List Niklaus Scherr 7 878Independent Stadelmann Toni 1 327Independent Zaehner Heinz 350Independent Danowski Marian 142TurnoutFree Democrats hold Swing2007 Council of States election Zurich Second round Party Candidate Votes Green Liberals Verena Diener 199 594Swiss People s Ueli Maurer 170 081Independent Vereinzelte 8 230Turnout 377 905Green Liberals gain from Swiss People s SwingReferences edit Der erste Grune im Standerat Schweiz Tages Anzeiger Archived from the original on 2007 10 22 Retrieved 2011 03 30 Chantal Gallade verzichtet Zurich NZZ Online CVP und FDP gemeinsam gegen Toni Brunner Schweiz NZZ Online Lombardi erhalt Schutzenhilfe von der Lega Schweiz NZZ Online Stille Standeratswahl im Kanton Luzern Schweiz NZZ Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 Swiss Council of States election amp oldid 1176159452, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
