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Council of States
; Council of States ; ; Ständerat (German); Conseil des États (French); Consiglio degli Stati (Italian); Cussegl dals Stadis (Romansh); ;
Type
Type	; Upper house
Leadership
President	; Jean-René Fournier, CVP/PDC ; 28 Nov 2018 – 27 Nov 2019
Structure
Seats	46
Political groups	; Government parties (43); ; ; CVP/PDC 13; ; ; FDP/PLR 13; ; ; SP/PS 12; ; ; SVP/UDC 5; ; ; Other parliamentary parties (3); ; ; ; Greens (GPS/PES) 1; ; ; BDP/PBD 1; ; ; Independent 1; ; ; ;
Elections
Last election	; 18 October 2015;
Meeting place
	; Federal Palace of Switzerland, Bern;
Website
	http://www.parliament.ch/

The Council of States (German: Ständerat, French: Conseil des États, Italian: Consiglio degli Stati, Romansh: Cussegl dals Stadis) is the smaller chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, and is considered the Assembly's upper house, with the National Council being the lower house. There are 46 Councillors.^[2]

Twenty of the country's cantons are represented by two Councillors each. Six cantons, traditionally called "half cantons", are represented by one Councillor each for historical reasons. These are Obwalden, Nidwalden, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden.^[3]

The Councillors serve for four years, and are not bound in their vote to instructions from the cantonal authorities.

Elections

Under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the mode of election to the Council of States is left to the cantons, the proviso being that it must be a democratic method. All cantons now provide for the councillors to be chosen by popular election (historically it was typically the cantons' parliaments that elected representatives to Bern), however those eligible to vote varies according to the applicable cantonal law (notable variances are that qualified foreigners may vote in Neuchâtel, and the minimum voting age is 16 in Glarus).

In all cantons except for Appenzell Innerrhoden, the councillors are elected concurrently with the members of the National Council. In the Appenzell Innerrhoden the representative is elected by the physically convened popular assembly (Landsgemeinde) the April prior to the national vote.

With the exception of the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, where a proportional representation election system is used, the representatives are elected by majority vote in either one or two rounds of voting.^[4]

Working languages

In debates, councilors can choose any of the federal languages, usually the one (s)he is most proficient with: German, French, Italian, or Romansh.^[5] German (High German) and French are frequently used.

List of members

Seats by party

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**Summary of the 2015 Council of States of Switzerland results**
Parties		Ideology	2011	Seats	±
	Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)	Christian democracy	13	13	±0
	FDP.The Liberals (FDP/PRD)	Classical liberalism	11	13	+2
	Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS)	Social democracy	11	12	+1
	Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)	National conservatism	5	5	±0
	Green Party (GPS/PES)	Green politics	2	1	-1
	Green Liberal Party (GLP/PVL)	Green liberalism	2	0	-2
	Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD)	Conservatism / Economic liberalism	1	1	±0
	Independent	Independent	1	1	±0
Total			46	46
Source: https://www.ch.ch/en/elections2015/resultate-staenderat/staenderat-a-z/

Past seat compositions by party

2011 election

e • d Summary of the 23 October, 13 November, 20 November, 27 November and 4 December 2011 Council of States of Switzerland election results
Parties		Ideology	2007	Seats	±
	Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)	Christian democracy	15	13	-2
	FDP.The Liberals (FDP/PRD)	Classical liberalism	12	11	-1
	Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS)	Social democracy	9	11	+2
	Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)	National conservatism	7	5	-2
	Green Party (GPS/PES)	Green politics	2	2	±0
	Green Liberal Party (GLP/VL)	Green liberalism	1	2	+1
	Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD)	Conservatism / Economic liberalism	New	1	+1
	Independent	Independent	0	1	+1
Total			46	46
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/srw2011CH_de.html

2007 election

e • d Summary of the 21 October, 11 November, 18 November and 25 November 2007 Council of States of Switzerland election results
Parties		Ideology	2003	Seats	±
	Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)	Christian democracy	15	15	±0
	Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD)	Classical liberalism	14	12	–2
	Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS)	Social democracy	9	9	±0
	Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)	National conservatism	8	7	–1
	Green Party (GPS/PES)	Green politics	0	2	+2
	Green Liberal Party (GLP/VL)	Green liberalism	0	1	+1
Total			46	46
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/srw2007CH_de.html

Population per seat

The Council of States represents the federal nature of Switzerland: seats are distributed by state (canton), not by population. Most cantons send 2 representatives, while the historic half-cantons; Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landshaft, each send one.^[3] Consequently, the number of people represented by a single seat in the Council of State varies by a factor of 40, from 15,000 for Appenzell Innerrhoden to 600,000 for Zurich.

Abbr	Canton	Seats	Population ¹	per seat	²
ZH	Zurich	2	1,466,100	733,050	1.0
BE	Berne	2	1,017,200	508,600	1.4
VD	Vaud	2	773,200	386,600	1.9
AG	Aargau	2	653,500	326,750	2.2
BL	Basel-Country	1	283,200	283,200	2.6
SG	St. Gall	2	499,000	249,500	2.9
GE	Geneva	2	484,400	242,200	3.0
LU	Lucerne	2	398,700	199,350	3.7
BS	Basel-City	1	191,800	191,800	3.8
TI	Ticino	2	351,900	175,950	4.2
VS	Valais	2	335,600	167,800	4.4
FR	Fribourg	2	307,400	153,700	4.8
TG	Thurgau	2	267,400	133,700	5.5
SO	Solothurn	2	266,400	133,200	5.5
GR	Grisons	2	196,600	98,300	7.5
NE	Neuchâtel	2	178,100	89,050	8.2
SZ	Schwyz	2	154,100	77,050	9.5
ZG	Zug	2	122,100	61,050	12.0
AR	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	1	54,500	54,500	13.5
NW	Nidwalden	1	42,400	42,400	17.3
SH	Schaffhausen	2	79,800	39,900	18.4
OW	Obwalden	1	37,100	37,100	19.8
JU	Jura	2	72,800	36,400	20.1
GL	Glarus	2	40,000	20,000	36.7
UR	Uri	2	36,000	18,000	40.7
AI	Appenzell Innerrhoden	1	16,000	16,000	45.8
Overall		46	8,325,200	180,983	4.1

Notes: ¹ Population data from 2015 (^[6]). ² Relative representation compared to Zürich.

Notes and references

Notes

^ Part of the SVP/UDC parliamentary group

References

^ ^a^b "Parliamentary Groups of the 50th Legislative Period 2015-2019" (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2016-08-09..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ "The Council of States" (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

^ ^a^b "Member of the Council of States by Canton" (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

^ "Elections 2015:How the elections to the Council of States are organised: process, rules and principal stages". ch.ch – A service of the Confederation, cantons and communes (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

^ "Art. 8 Bundesversammlung, SR 441.1 SpG (Bundesgesetz über die Landessprachen und die Verständigung zwischen den Sprachgemeinschaften)" (official site) (in German, French, Italian, and Romansh). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Federal Council. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

^ Population data 2015 accessed 28 July 2016

Bibliography

The Swiss Confederation – A Brief Guide 2015 (PDF), Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Confederation, Swiss Federal Chancellery FCh of the Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova, 28 April 2015, retrieved 2016-01-04

External links

Official website—(in English)

The Swiss Parliament—(in English)

The Law Collection: SR 17 Bundesbehörden/Autorités fédérales/Autorità federali—(in German)

[1] Part of the SVP/UDC parliamentary group

[ParlGroups-2] "Parliamentary Groups of the 50th Legislative Period 2015-2019" (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2016-08-09..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[3] "The Council of States" (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

[MofCS-4] "Member of the Council of States by Canton" (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

[5] "Elections 2015:How the elections to the Council of States are organised: process, rules and principal stages". ch.ch – A service of the Confederation, cantons and communes (official site). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

[6] "Art. 8 Bundesversammlung, SR 441.1 SpG (Bundesgesetz über die Landessprachen und die Verständigung zwischen den Sprachgemeinschaften)" (official site) (in German, French, Italian, and Romansh). Berne, Switzerland: The Swiss Federal Council. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

[7] Population data 2015 accessed 28 July 2016

v t e Swiss Council of States
Current members	Fabio Abate Isidor Baumann Didier Berberat Pirmin Bischof Ivo Bischofberger Pascale Bruderer Wyss Andrea Caroni Raphaël Comte (President) Robert Cramer Josef Dittli Roland Eberle Joachim Eder Stefan Engler Erich Ettlin Anita Fetz Peter Föhn Jean-René Fournier Olivier Français Hannes Germann Konrad Graber Brigitte Häberli-Koller Claude Hêche Thomas Hefti Peter Hegglin Werner Hösli Claude Janiak Daniel Jositsch Karin Keller-Sutter Alex Kuprecht Christian Levrat Filippo Lombardi Werner Luginbühl Liliane Maury Pasquier Thomas Minder Damian Müller Philipp Müller Ruedi Noser Paul Rechsteiner Beat Rieder Géraldine Savary Martin Schmid Anne Seydoux-Christe Hans Stöckli Beat Vonlanthen Hans Wicki Roberto Zanetti
About	Demographics
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v t e Legislatures of the Swiss Confederation
Federal Assembly	National Council Council of States
Cantonal legislatures	Aargau AG Appenzell Ausserrhoden AR Appenzell Innerrhoden AI Basel-Stadt BS Basel-Landschaft BL Bern BE Fribourg FR Geneva GE Glarus GL Graubünden GR Jura JU Lucerne LU Neuchâtel NE Nidwalden NW Obwalden OW Schaffhausen SH Canton of Schwyz SZ Canton of Solothurn SO Canton of St. Gallen SG Thurgau TG Ticino TI Uri UR Valais VS Vaud VD Zug ZG Zürich ZH
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v t e Upper houses of national legislatures
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