Parliament
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.
Data as of 22 October 2026 · checked nightly for new publications
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Members of Parliament
All members of the National Council and the Council of States since 1848: Council, canton, party, parliamentary group, committees and term of office.
- Scope
- 3,706 persons
- Period
- since 1848
- Breakdown
- Person; Council, canton, party, parliamentary group, committee
- Publisher
- Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern
Sources
Method and citation
- Membership of party, parliamentary group and committees with its duration, including past memberships.
zbern.ch: Members of Parliament. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/parliament#ratsmitglieder
Declared interests
The declared interests of the members of Parliament: organisation, legal form, function, paid or unpaid.
- Scope
- 1,973 declared interests of 240 members of Parliament
- Period
- current status
- Breakdown
- Member of Parliament; organisation, function
- Publisher
- Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern
Sources
Method and citation
- Counted are the sitting members, as currently published by the Parliamentary Services.
- Linked to federal procurement (Federal finances area) via the business identification number (UID).
zbern.ch: Declared interests. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/parliament#interessenbindungen
Items of business and parliamentary interventions
The items of business of Parliament: Federal Council bills, motions, postulates, interpellations, questions and parliamentary initiatives, with text, status and author.
- Scope
- 68,811 items of business
- Period
- from the winter session 1995
- Breakdown
- Item of business; type, status, department, author
- Publisher
- Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern
Sources
Method and citation
- The Curia Vista business database is complete from the winter session 1995; older items of business are included only sporadically.
- Since the Parliamentary Services changed systems on 1 July 2023, new status labels apply.
zbern.ch: Items of business and parliamentary interventions. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/parliament#geschaefte
Council debates (verbatim records)
Speeches in the National Council and the Council of States from the Official Bulletin, with speaker, sitting and item of business.
- Scope
- 280,479 speeches
- Period
- since 1999
- Breakdown
- Speech; sitting, item of business, person
- Publisher
- Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern
Sources
Method and citation
- Only speeches are counted, not the procedural entries of the record.
- The text is in the language in which it was spoken.
zbern.ch: Council debates (verbatim records). Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/parliament#wortprotokolle
Roll-call votes in the National Council
Every electronic vote in the National Council with the vote of each member: yes, no, abstention or did not vote.
- Scope
- 24,526 votes, 4,903,034 individual votes
- Period
- since 2003
- Breakdown
- Vote, member of Parliament; parliamentary group, canton
- Publisher
- Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern
Sources
Method and citation
- Complete from the winter session 2007; from 2003 to 2007 only some of the votes.
- No individual votes are included for the Council of States.
- What yes and no mean is stated for each vote (for example, adoption of a proposal or of the draft).
zbern.ch: Roll-call votes in the National Council. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/parliament#abstimmungen-nationalrat
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