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2003 Swiss Federal Council election

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Elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 10 December 2003 to elect all seven of Switzerland's Federal Council. The 246 members of the United Federal Assembly elect the seven members individually by an absolute majority of votes, with the members serving for four years, beginning on 1 January 2004, or until resigning.

Six of the seven incumbents were running for re-election. Five were re-elected, but Ruth Metzler lost in her re-election bid: the first time an incumbent Federal Councillor had failed to be re-elected since 1872. In her place was elected Christoph Blocher of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). This modified the magic formula, by which the four largest parties have shared power on the Federal Council by a set formula since 1959; Metzler's Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) was reduced from two seats to one, and Blocher's SVP increased from one to two.

Results

Seat held by Moritz Leuenberger

CandidatePartyCantonRound 1
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Moritz LeuenbergerSPZürich
Others23
Ballot papers distributed246
Ballot papers returned246
Invalid votes (of which spoiled)12 (1)
Valid votes234

Seat held by Pascal Couchepin

CandidatePartyCantonRound 1
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Pascal CouchepinFDPValais
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Fulvio PelliFDPTicino
Green Party of Switzerland}}"Fernand CucheGreensNeuchâtel
Others25
Ballot papers distributed246
Ballot papers returned246
Invalid votes (of which spoiled)16 (3)
Valid votes230

Seat held by Ruth Metzler

CandidatePartyCantonRound 1Round 2Round 3
Swiss People's Party}}"Christoph BlocherSVPZürich116119
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}"Ruth MetzlerCVPAppenzell Innerrhoden116117
Others850
Ballot papers distributed246246246
Ballot papers returned246246246
Invalid votes (of which spoiled)6 (2)5 (3)9 (4)
Valid votes240241237

Seat held by Joseph Deiss

CandidatePartyCantonRound 1
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}"Joseph DeissCVPFribourg
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}"Ruth MetzlerCVPAppenzell Innerrhoden
Others7
Ballot papers distributed245
Ballot papers returned245
Invalid votes (of which spoiled)4 (0)
Valid votes241

Seat held by Samuel Schmid

CandidatePartyCantonRound 1
Swiss People's Party}}"Samuel SchmidSVPBern
Green Party of Switzerland}}"Ruth GennerGreensZürich
Others24
Ballot papers distributed244
Ballot papers returned244
Invalid votes (of which spoiled)40 (1)
Valid votes204

Seat held by Micheline Calmy-Rey

CandidatePartyCantonRound 1
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Micheline Calmy-ReySPGeneva
Others20
Ballot papers distributed244
Ballot papers returned244
Invalid votes (of which spoiled)18 (1)
Valid votes226

Vacant seat

CandidatePartyCantonRound 1Round 2
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Hans-Rudolf MerzFDPAargau115
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Christine BeerliFDPBern83
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Franz SteineggerFDPUri16
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"Fulvio PelliFDPTicino11
Others1616
Ballot papers distributed246244
Ballot papers returned246244
Invalid votes (of which spoiled)5 (0)5 (0)
Valid votes241239

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