In southwestern canton Geneva, a right-wing majority in parliament was strengthened, with the People’s Party – Switzerland’s biggest – notably making ground.
In the canton’s seven-member government, currently dominated by the left, unclear results mean a run-off election will be held on April 30.
The People’s Party were also the biggest winners in the central canton of Lucerne, at the expense of the Green Party and the Centre Party.
In southern canton Ticino, meanwhile, the division of government seats remained the same (a right-wing majority), with the counting of votes for the regional parliament to take place on Monday.
Political windsocks
Political analyst Michael Hermann told Swiss public television SRF that ahead of October’s elections “things are going in a certain direction, and it looks rather rightwards”.
He said this could not only indicate a breaking of the “green wave” which saw the ecologist party make big gains four years ago, but that it could also mean “further movement in the political landscape before elections in autumn”.
Elections in the country’s biggest canton Zurich in February showed a similar picture, as did a recent survey by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SWI swissinfo.ch’s parent company): an ebbing of Green Party support, but otherwise relative stability.
Hermann added that the recent Credit Suisse collapse, which has angered many within the Swiss population, did not seem to have any clear impact on Sunday’s results.
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