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. 47 Procedure

1 In con­stitu­en­cies where only one mem­ber of the Na­tion­al Coun­cil is to be elec­ted, votes may be cast for any per­son who is eli­gible for elec­tion. The per­son who re­ceives the highest num­ber of votes shall be elec­ted. In the event of a tie, the res­ult shall be de­cided by draw­ing lots.

1bis The can­ton may pub­lish elec­tron­ic­ally and in the can­ton­al gaz­ette all can­did­a­cies that are no­ti­fied to the can­ton­al elect­or­al au­thor­ity by the forty-eighth day be­fore the elec­tion day. The pub­lished in­form­a­tion must as a min­im­um in­clude the can­did­ates:

a.
of­fi­cial sur­name and first names;
b.
name by which they are known in polit­ics or in every­day life;
c.
sex;
d.
home ad­dress in­clud­ing post­code;
e.
place and can­ton of ori­gin;
f.
party or polit­ic­al group af­fil­i­ation; and
g.
oc­cu­pa­tion.84

2 Can­ton­al le­gis­la­tion may provide for a ta­cit elec­tion where only one val­id nom­in­a­tion has been sub­mit­ted to the re­spons­ible can­ton­al au­thor­ity by 12.00 noon on the forty-eighth day (sev­enth Monday) pri­or to the elec­tion.85

84 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).

85In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 18 March 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445). Amended by No I 1 of the Fed­er­al Act of 23 March 2007 on the Amend­ment of the Fed­er­al Le­gis­la­tion on Polit­ic­al Rights, in force since 1 Jan. 2008 (AS 20074635; BBl 2006 5261).

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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