Votes and Elections

2023 federal elections

The general elections to both chambers of the federal parliament took place on 22 October 2023. For the election results plus information, explanatory videos and interactive charts about the elections to the National Council and the Council of States, visit www.ch.ch/en/wahlen2023, a service brought to you by the Federal Chancellery, the Parliamentary Services, the Federal Statistical Office and the cantons.

This information including the election results, will also appear on the Federal Chancellery app VoteInfo. To download the app, visit: revue.link/voteinfo

Due to the abovementioned federal elections, there are no further voting dates in 2023. The next voting date is 3 March 2024. The Federal Council determines voting proposals at least four months before the voting date.

Everything you need to know about these voting proposals (voting pamphlets, committees, recommendations by parliament and the Federal Council, etc.) is available at www.admin.ch/votes or via the Federal Chancellery’s VoteInfo app.

Popular initiatives

The following federal popular initiatives had already been launched at the time of going to press (deadline for the collection of signatures in brackets):

• Federal Popular Initiative “For food security – by strengthening sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)” (13 December 2024)
• “No to a Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)” (4 January 2025)

The list of pending popular initiatives is available in German at www.bk.admin.ch > Politische Rechte > Volksinitiativen > Hängige Volksinitiativen

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