Data
Which data zbern uses, where it comes from and how far back it goes: by the five areas of the home page, with the sources of each dataset.
Data as of 22 October 2026 · checked nightly for new publications
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Items of business, debates and votes in both Councils, down to how individual members of the National Council voted. Plus the members of both Councils and their declared interests.
Results of popular votes down to municipality level, National Council elections and the disclosed financing of referendum and election campaigns.
Federal law in force, verbatim in German, French and Italian, linked to the items of business it came from.
The Confederation's accounts, budget and financial plan, spending by federal office, subsidies with their legal basis, and federal procurement contracts. Plus the finances of the cantons, municipalities and social insurance, fiscal equalisation and international comparison.
Official statistics from the FSO, FOPH, SFOE and ElCom, plus SNB and SBB data, by canton and often by municipality.