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Federal Council — Seat held by Ruth Metzler

Switzerland elections · 2003-12-10 · held

Separate Federal Assembly ballot for one Federal Council seat.

Indirect election — selection through an electoral body rather than a direct national popular vote. The record notes explain the selection process.

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Results: final · complete coverage · Candidate votes / 241 valid ballots for this seat and this ballot

Federal Council — Seat held by Ruth Metzler — recorded results
Party / candidateElector ballotsElector ballot shareSeatsElectoral votes
Christoph Blocher
Swiss People's Party
11949.377593%——
Ruth Metzler
Christian Democratic People's Party
11748.547718%——
Others
Unattributed ballots
52.074689%——

This is one seat ballot, not a popular presidential election or a national party vote. The absolute-majority threshold is calculated from valid ballots. No winner is marked until a named candidate obtains more than half; votes for unspecified others are retained as an unattributed aggregate and cannot be treated as an elected individual. Candidate affiliations are entered where the source identifies them; otherwise they remain explicitly unverified. Different seats and rounds have separate denominators.

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