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1999 Swiss federal election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 24 October 1999.[1] Although the Swiss People's Party received the most votes for the first time in the party's history, the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 51 of the 200 seats.[2]
Results
National Council
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Swiss People's Party | 440,159 | 22.56 | 44 | +15 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 438,560 | 22.48 | 51 | –3 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 388,780 | 19.93 | 43 | –2 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 309,118 | 15.84 | 35 | +1 | |
| Green Party | 96,807 | 4.96 | 8 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 43,870 | 2.25 | 6 | –1 | |
| Swiss Democrats | 35,883 | 1.84 | 1 | –2 | |
| Evangelical People's Party | 35,679 | 1.83 | 3 | +1 | |
| Federal Democratic Union | 24,355 | 1.25 | 1 | 0 | |
| Swiss Party of Labour | 18,569 | 0.95 | 2 | –1 | |
| Ticino League | 17,118 | 0.88 | 2 | +1 | |
| Freedom Party | 16,887 | 0.87 | 0 | –7 | |
| Alliance of Independents | 14,439 | 0.74 | 1 | –2 | |
| Solidarity | 9,138 | 0.47 | 1 | +1 | |
| Christian Social Party | 8,212 | 0.42 | 1 | 0 | |
| Feminist and Green Alternative Groups | 6,257 | 0.32 | 1 | –1 | |
| Other parties | 47,120 | 2.42 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 1,950,951 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,950,951 | 97.33 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 53,457 | 2.67 | |||
| Total votes | 2,004,408 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,628,782 | 43.30 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||