2010 Swiss Federal Council election

2010 Swiss Federal Council election

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Nominee Simonetta Sommaruga Jean-François Rime Party Social Democrats Swiss People's Electoral vote 159 81

Federal Councillor before election Moritz Leuenberger Social Democrats Elected Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga Social Democrats

2010 Swiss Federal Council election

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Nominee Johann Schneider-Ammann Jean-François Rime Party FDP.The Liberals Swiss People's Electoral vote 144 93

Federal Councillor before election Hans-Rudolf Merz FDP.The Liberals Elected Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann FDP.The Liberals

Two by-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held in Switzerland on 22 September 2010,^[1] after federal councillors Moritz Leuenberger (SP) and Hans-Rudolf Merz (FDP.The Liberals) announced they would step down from the Federal Council towards the end of the year. The by-elections resulted in the elections of Simonetta Sommaruga from the SP and Johann Schneider-Ammann from the FDP, resulting in no change in the partisan composition of the council. It also resulted in the first (and, to date, most recent) majority of women on the Federal Council in its history, with Sommaruga joining Micheline Calmy-Rey, Doris Leuthard and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.