Federal Act
on Political Rights
(PRA)1

of 17 December 1976 (Status as of 23 October 2022)

1 Inserted by No I of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).


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Art. 24 Quorum of signatures 49

1 Each can­did­ate list must be signed by hand by a min­im­um num­ber of per­sons who are both eli­gible to vote and have their polit­ic­al dom­i­cile in the con­stitu­ency. The min­im­um num­ber is:

a.
100 in can­tons with 2–10 seats;
b.
200 in can­tons with 11–20 seats;
c.
400 in can­tons with more than 20 seats.50

2 No per­son eli­gible to vote has the right to sign more than one can­did­ate list. They may not with­draw their sig­na­ture fol­low­ing sub­mis­sion of the can­did­ate list.

3 The quor­ums in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 1 above do not ap­ply to any party that was duly re­gistered with the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery at the end of the year pre­ced­ing the year of the elec­tion (Art. 76a) provided that it has been rep­res­en­ted in the Na­tion­al Coun­cil for the same con­stitu­ency in the le­gis­lat­ive peri­od that is due to ex­pire or it achieved at least three per cent of the vote in the same can­ton at the pre­vi­ous gen­er­al elec­tion.51

4 Any party fall­ing with­in the terms of para­graph 3 above must simply sub­mit the leg­ally val­id sig­na­tures of all its can­did­ates to­geth­er with those of its pres­id­ent and sec­ret­ary.52

49Amended by No I of the FA of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445).

50Amended by No I of the FA of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445).

51 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 21 June 2002 (AS 2002 3193; BBl 2001 6401). Amended by No I of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 (Na­tion­al Coun­cil elec­tions), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).

52 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 21 June 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2003 (AS 2002 3193; BBl 2001 6401).

BGE

149 I 354 (1C_399/2023) from 25. August 2023
Regeste: Art. 34 BV, Art. 31 Abs. 1bis und Art. 77 Abs. 2 BPR; Nationalratswahlen vom 22. Oktober 2023; Unterlistenverbindungen zwischen Listen verschiedener politischer Parteien. Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde, insbesondere Qualifikation des Beschwerdeobjekts (E. 1). Einhaltung der Beschwerdefrist nach Art. 77 Abs. 2 BPR vor dem Staatsrat (E. 2). Wörtliche (E. 3.3), teleologische und historische (E. 3.4) Auslegung von Art. 31 Abs. 1bis BPR; demnach sind nur Unterlistenverbindungen zwischen Listen derselben Partei oder Gruppierung erlaubt (E. 3). Das Kreisschreiben des Bundesrates vom 19. Oktober 2022 an die Kantonsregierungen über die Gesamterneuerungswahl des Nationalrates steht im Einklang mit Art. 31 Abs. 1bis BPR (E. 4). Das Verbot von Unterlistenverbindungen zwischen Listen verschiedener Parteien verstösst nicht gegen Art. 34 BV (E. 5).

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