Table 2.2 Distribution of seats in the National Council and the Council of States (legislature 1991-5)

Party	Percentage of votes	Seats in National Council	Seats in Council of States
Governmental parties:
Radicals	20.9	44	18
Social Democrats	19.0	42	3
Christian Democrats	17.8	35	16
People's Party	11.8	25	4
Total	69.5	147	41
Non-Governmental parties:
Green Party	6.4	14
Automobile Party	5.1	8
Alternative Left	4.0	3
Liberals	3.0	10	3
Swiss Democrats	2.8	5	1
Independents	2.7	5	1
Protestant Party	1.9	3
Various	4.6	5	1
Total	30.5	53	5
Grand total	100	200	46

Sources: SDED, Miroir statistique de la Suisse 1991 (Geneve: 1992); GFS/FSP, VOX-Analyse zu den Nationalratswahlen 1991 (Bern: 1992).