Yesterday federal elections were held inwards Switzerland to elect members of both houses of the Swiss Federal Assembly. The largest party, the anti-immigrant Swiss People's Party, remained the virtually pop political party only lost 12 seats on a -3.8% swing. All the major political parties, except for the 2 Green parties, saw a downturn inwards their vote share. The Greens gained 17 seats on a 6.1% swing (they instantly accept 28 seats inwards total). The Green Liberals gained ix seats on a 3.2% swing (they instantly accept xvi seats).
You tin persuasion interactive maps of yesterday's election inwards Switzerland on the Federal Statistical Office's website. Their Political Atlas for Switzerland allows yous to explore maps of all federal elections since 1866 - instantly including the 2019 Swiss Federal Election. The Political Atlas for Switzerland allows yous to persuasion the election information inwards a let on of unlike ways. For example yous tin persuasion a breakdown of the votes cast inwards every canton. In this persuasion yous tin run across the per centum of votes cast inwards the canton for each of the unlike political parties.
You tin too persuasion choropleth maps for each of the political parties. These choropleth maps exhibit the per centum of the population who voted for a political political party inwards each electoral ward inwards the province (or inwards each canton). The canton persuasion too includes scaled squares which exhibit the let on of votes cast for the political party inside the canton.
Swiss paper Neue Zürcher Zeitung has created a let on of cartograms which allow yous to run across the vote portion that each political party achieved inwards each canton. The paper too has to a greater extent than detailed choropleth maps showing the per centum of votes gained inwards each election ward across Switzerland for each of the primary political parties.
