Editing Bern (section)

==== National Council ====
In the [[2019 Swiss federal election|2019 federal election]] for the [[National Council (Switzerland)|Swiss National Council]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|PS]] which received 28.7% (-5.6) of the vote. The next five most popular parties were the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (25.2%, +7.9), the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|pvl]] (13.5%, +4.1), the [[Swiss People's Party|UDC]] (9.5%, -2.9), [[FDP.The Liberals|PLR]] (4.2%, -2.8), and the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|BDP/PBD]] (7.0%).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfsstatic/dam/assets/9386461/appendix |title=NR - Ergebnisse Parteien (Gemeinden) (INT1) |format=CSV |editor=Swiss Federal Statistical Office, FSO |type=official statistics |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office, FSO |via=opendata.swiss |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |date=28 November 2019 |language=de, fr, it |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811013939/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfsstatic/dam/assets/9386461/appendix |url-status=live }}</ref> In the federal election a total of 49,030 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 56%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfsstatic/dam/assets/9386463/appendix |title=NR - Wahlbeteiligung (Gemeinden) (INT1) |format=CSV |editor=Swiss Federal Statistical Office, FSO |type=official statistics |via=opendata.swiss |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office, FSO |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |date=28 November 2019 |language=de, fr, it |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811014252/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfsstatic/dam/assets/9386463/appendix |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[2015 Swiss federal election|2015 federal election]] for the [[National Council (Switzerland)|Swiss National Council]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|PS]] which received 34.3% of the vote. The next five most popular parties were the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (17.4%), the [[Swiss People's Party|UDC]] (12.4%), and the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP/PLR]] (9.9%), [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp/pvl]] (9.4%), and the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|BDP/PBD]] (7.0%). In the federal election, a total of 48,556 voters were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 56.0%.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2016 |title=Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden |trans-title=National Council Elections 2015: Party strength and voter turnout by municipalities |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802003536/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html |archive-date=2 August 2016 |access-date=3 August 2016 |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |language=de, fr |type=official statistics |format=XLS |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland}}</ref>