The Centre Party has extended its dominance in the Senate, while the Swiss People’s Party lost seats in three cantons. The Social Democratic Party also gained two seats.
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Elecciones al Senado suizo 2023: el Centro sigue ampliando su dominio
The Swiss People’s Party not only lost its seat in canton Aargau, but also failed with its candidates in canton Zurich, where the Liberal Green Party took one seat from the centre-right, and canton Solothurn. The Swiss People’s Party President Marco Chiesa was re-elected. The Social Democratic Party gained two seats.
The new Senate is thus made up as follows: The Centre Party now has the strongest representation with 15 seats (2019: 13). The Radical-Liberal Party is in second place with eleven seats (2019: 12), ahead of the Social Democratic Party with nine seats (2019: unchanged) and the Swiss People’s Party with six seats (2019: unchanged). [numbers compared with autumn session 2019].
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Elections 2023: results
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Switzerland has voted: here are the final results of which parties won and lost in the two houses of parliament.
The Greens still hold three seats compared to five from four years ago. The Liberal Green Party and the Geneva Citizens’ Movement are once again represented in the Senate. The independent candidate Thomas Minder was not re-elected.
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