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National Council Canton Lucerne – Surprise at the expense of the GLP: SP gets second seat – News

22 October 2023

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The SP emerged as the big winner in the elections in Lucerne. The GLP loses its only seat in the National Council.

You couldn’t necessarily expect that. The SP gets a second National Council seat. The big loser is GLP: its National Councilor Roland Fischer was not re-elected.

A total of nine seats were up for grabs in Lucerne. Three of them became vacant: Ida Glanzmann (center), Prisca Birrer-Heimo (SP) and Yvette Estermann (SVP) decided not to run again.

There is great joy at the SP

The SP is now appointing two new national councilors: cantonal president David Roth and cantonal councilor Hasan Candan. The latter is overwhelmed: “It’s unbelievable. I feel a lot of joy.”

The SP’s success in these federal elections is due to years of development work, says David Roth.

It’s incredible. I feel a lot of joy.

The cantonal president and new national councilor says that after Prisca Birrer-Heimo’s resignation there is no longer an SP woman in the National Council: “Hasan Candan and I have been politicizing in the cantonal council for twelve years. We benefited from this notoriety.”

SVP, Center and Greens can keep their seats. At the SVP, the previous Franz Grüter and the new Vroni Thalmann won the race.

The middle is still represented by the previous members Leo Müller and Priska Wismer. Pius Kaufmann is also new. Michael Töngi has been re-elected from the Green Party and FDP National Councilor Peter Schilliger can also keep his seat.

The center in the canton of Lucerne now has three National Council mandates, the SVP and the SP two and the FDP and the Greens one each.

Bitter pill for Roland Fischer

For Roland Fischer, this day is déjà vu: Fischer failed to get re-elected in 2015, but he regained the seat in 2019. Now he has to vacate his seat again.

It’s a bit like winning, losing like that.

Roland Fischer is disappointed. But he also knew that he had to expect this scenario: “It’s a bit like winning, losing like that. We won the seat relatively narrowly four years ago. We had to reckon with the fact that we would lose share of the electorate if the issue situation went against us.”

Assessment by SRF regional editor Sämi Studer:

There is a surprising shift in the distribution of Lucerne’s nine seats in the National Council: the SP gains one seat – at the expense of the GLP. It seems as if the issues of health insurance premiums and inflation have benefited the SP.

The SP can certainly celebrate this success thanks to a strong list of cantonal council members and a well-known driving force, the former national Juso president David Roth.

The fact that the SVP, contrary to all forecasts, remains with two seats is surprising. This is probably because, in contrast to the center or the FDP, the party ran with far fewer candidates and a less strong main list.

The election outcome is bitter for Roland Fischer from the GLP, who was elected to the National Council for the first time in 2011. He already missed re-election in 2015, was then re-elected in 2019 – and now has to vacate his seat again.

Ballot box symbol of the canton of Lucerne

On October 22, 2023, Lucerne voters will elect their representatives in the National Council and the Council of States. Here you will find an overview Backgrounds and assessments.