2006 Swiss Federal Council election

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2006 Swiss Federal Council election

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Nominee Doris Leuthard Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi
Party Christian Democrats Christian Democrats
Electoral vote 133 29

Federal Councillor before election

Joseph Deiss
Christian Democrats

Elected Federal Councillor

Doris Leuthard
Christian Democrats

On 14 June 2006, a

Federal Council, the government of Switzerland
.

The joint chambers of the

Federal Assembly elected Doris Leuthard of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland in the first round of voting with 133 votes out of 234.[1]

Candidates

Doris Leuthard, at that time president of her party and member of the

canton of Aargau
, was the only official candidate for the seat of Joseph Deiss. Several other members of her party also received votes.

Results

Round 1
Doris Leuthard 133
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi 29
Lucrezia Meier-Schatz 28
Carlo Schmid
11
Votes received by other persons 33
Votes cast 242
Invalid votes 3
Blank votes 5
Valid votes 234
Absolute majority 118

See also

References

  1. ^ Geiser, Urs (14 June 2006). "Leuthard steps up to the cabinet". swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 20 February 2024.