NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SWITZERLAND

The 'National Council' of Switzerland (; ; ; ) is the larger Chamber of the parliament, with 200 seats. Each canton is a constituency. The number of deputies of each constituency depends on the population of the canton. Zürich, which is the largest canton of Switzerland, has 34 seats. Uri, Glarus, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden, on the other hand, each have only one seat. For cantons with more than one seat proportional representation is used.
There are currently (2005) 53 women in the National Council (26.5%).
The National Council is elected by the Swiss citizens, as is most of the Swiss Council of States. There were 4.6 million citizens old enough to vote in 2003.

Contents

Latest election

Lists

Members per canton

Latest election

Main articles: Swiss federal election, 2003

Lists

★ Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland.

★ List of members of the Swiss National Council

Members per canton

Abbr	Canton	Number of Seats
ZH	Zurich	34
BE	Bern	26
LU	Lucerne	10
UR	Uri	1
SZ	Schwyz	4
OW	Obwalden (Obwald)	1
NW	Nidwalden (Nidwald)	1
GL	Glarus	1
ZG	Zug	3
FR	Fribourg	7
SO	Solothurn	7
BS	Basel-Stadt (Basel-City)	5
BL	Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Country)	7
SH	Schaffhausen	2
AR	Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Appenzell Outer Rhodes)	1
AI	Appenzell Innerrhoden (Appenzell Inner Rhodes)	1
SG	St. Gallen (St. Gall)	12
GR	Graubünden (Grisons)	5
AG	Aargau (Argovia)	15
TG	Thurgau (Thurgovia)	6
TI	Ticino	8
VD	Vaud	18
VS	Valais (Wallis)	7
NE	Neuchâtel	5
GE	Geneva	11
JU	Jura	2