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It's the first time that canton Obwalden elects a woman to the House of Representatives. Monika Rüegger-Hurshler is a member of the Swiss People's Party. Keystone / Urs Flueeler

It's the first time that canton Uri elects a woman to the Senate. Heidi Z'Graggen is a member of the Christian Democratic Party. © Keystone / Anthony Anex

It's the first time that canton Ticino elects a Green to the House of Representatives. Greta Gysin will replace Roberta Pantani, a member of the Lega dei Ticinesi movement. Keystone / Samuel Golay

It's the first time that canton Zug elects a woman to the House of Representatives. Manuela Weichelt-Picard is a member of the Green Alternative. Keystone / Alexandra Wey

It's the first time that canton Valais elects a Green to the House of Representatives. Christophe Clivaz will replace Thomas Egger, a Christian Democrat. Keystone / Olivier Maire

It's the first time that canton Glarus elects a Green to the House of Representatives. Mathias Zopfi will replace Swiss People's Party former parliamentarian Werner Hösli. Fridolin Walcher

It's the first time that there's only one canton that has never elected a woman to the parliament. In 2015 there were four cantons with the same score. swissinfo.ch

It's the first time that the share of women in the House of Representatives reaches 42.5%. 85 women were elected yesterday for one of the 200 seats. Keystone / Jean-christophe Bott

It's the first time that the parliament is so young. The newly elected parliamentarians are 49 years on average. The youngest is Andri Silberschmidt, 25, from canton Zurich. Keystone / Manuel Lopez

It's the first time that the Christian Democrats are not one of the four strongest parties. The Greens could try to claim one of the seven government seats. swissinfo.ch

It's the first time that canton Graubünden elects more women than men. 5 other cantons elected more than 50% of women. 3 cantons have exactly 50% and 8 cantons didn't elect any women candidate. swissinfo.ch

It's the first time that canton Fribourg elects more women than men to the parliament. swissinfo.ch

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On October 20 Switzerland elected its new parliament. About 5.4 million Swiss citizens were eligible to vote for their representatives. What were the main surprises this year?