Switzerland votes: it’s going to be really exciting here today

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The election campaign ends today at noon and the polling stations close. And for some people the big tremors begin: is it enough – or is it not enough? According to recent surveys, the SVP and the SP are the winners; the Greens are threatened with losses. SonntagsBlick’s election map shows where it is worth taking a closer look.

1. Bern

Four years ago the SP women were victorious here. Union members Corrado Pardini and Adrian Wüthrich were voted out. Now things are looking better for the men. A familiar face, former Kassenrutsch moderator Ueli Schmezer, is active. Matthias Aebischer’s candidacy for the Federal Council gives the SP men’s list an extra boost. Wüthrich, who is planning a comeback in the Grand Chamber, could benefit from this. At the expense of the SP women? Tamara Funiciello has a relaxing afternoon if the Greens lose a seat to the SP – or national councilor Flavia Wasserfallen easily makes the jump to Stöckli and makes way for an SP laggard.

2. Basel City

The population of Basel-Stadt is growing less rapidly than that of Zurich – Basel is therefore losing one in five seats to Zurich. A previous person is therefore in danger of being voted out. Three women in particular are in the spotlight: Katja Christ (GLP), Sibel Arslan (Greens) and Sarah Wyss (SP). Former government councilor Baschi Dürr, who is running for the FDP, wants to take a seat away from the trio. SP man Mustafa Atici increased his chances of re-election with an early and hopeless candidacy for the Federal Council, which he soon withdrew.

3. Basel-Land

The middle is on the rise. This could also be dangerous for Samira Marti in her canton of Basel-Land. It is unlikely that the Social Democrat will be voted out, but it cannot be ruled out. That would be very difficult for Marti, who replaced Susanne Leutenegger-Oberholzer five years ago and quickly became a puppeteer in the National Council. And the SP faction should look for a new co-chairman.

4. Schwyz

Petra Gössi wants to become the first woman to represent the canton of Schwyz in the Council of States. The former FDP president is competing against SVP national councilor Pirmin Schwander, among others.

5. Zurich

Ruedi Noser (FDP) is leaving – and more than ten candidates want to go to Stöckli. Only one person who has already almost been elected may make his place available: Daniel Jositsch (SP), who would like to become a federal councilor in December. Only a second round of voting is likely to provide clarity on November 19. In pole position for Noser’s seat are currently: Gregor Rutz (SVP), followed by Regine Sauter (FDP), Tiana Angelina Moser (GLP), Philipp Kutter (center) and Daniel Leupi (Greens). There is still discussion about which of the two eco-parties should leave the field. As an aside: Will the opponents of the Corona measures reach the Federal Palace with their top candidate and Mass Voll President Nicola Rimoldi?

6. Argau

In the canton of Aargau, the SVP wants to retain the seat of the Council of States of the retiring Hansjörg Knecht. The judge is Benjamin Giezendanner, son of Ulrich Giezendanner. Gabriela Suter (SP) and Marianne Binder (middle) want to prevent this. Here too, it will probably only be decided in a second round of voting who can represent Aargau in the Stöckli alongside FDP President Thierry Burkart. It will also be exciting to see whether EPP President Lilian Studer will be re-elected to the National Council. Four years ago she benefited from a list connection with the then BDP. Can you achieve this now in an alliance with the center? According to the latest research, Studer’s chair wobbles a lot.

7. Ticino

Marco Chiesa is going ‘all-in’ in the elections – and is only a candidate for the Council of States. If he doesn’t make it, his political career will be over – but then he won’t have to commute back and forth between Bern and Ticino, which he doesn’t really like. Chiesa’s deselection is not entirely unlikely. His predecessor Filippo Lombardi missed no fewer than 45 votes in 2019. The SVP president faces competition from a centrist who is politicizing to the right in the same way as himself: Fabio Regazzi, chairman of the Swiss Trade Association.

8. Vaud

In 2019, the Greens won the national elections. They increased their share of voters by 6.1 percentage points to 13.2 percent. If the predictions come true, the Greens will fall below 10 percent again this time. Nowhere is bloodletting more painful than in French-speaking Switzerland. The exciting question is actually: how bad will it really get? The Vaud Greens won two seats in the last National Council elections. This year its prominent driving force is missing, state councilor Adèle Thorens, who is no longer a candidate after just one term. The queer candidate Marius Duizens.l now has to pull the coals out of the fire for the environmental party

Source:Blick