Federal Act
on Political Rights
(PRA)¹

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall keep stat­ist­ics on fed­er­al elec­tions and pop­u­lar votes; these shall provide in­form­a­tion at com­mun­al, dis­trict and can­ton­al levels on:

a.

in the case of elec­tions: the num­ber of votes that the can­did­ates and elect­or­al lists re­ceived;

b.

in the case of votes: the num­ber of votes in fa­vour of the pro­pos­als be­ing voted on.¹⁷⁴

^1bis The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may or­der ad­di­tion­al stat­ist­ic­al sur­veys on the elec­tions to the Na­tion­al Coun­cil and on pop­u­lar votes.¹⁷⁵

² It may, after con­sult­ing the rel­ev­ant can­ton­al gov­ern­ment, provide for the votes in se­lec­ted com­munes to be sep­ar­ated ac­cord­ing to sex and age groups.

³ No breach of vot­ing secrecy in con­nec­tion with a stat­ist­ic­al sur­veys shall be per­mit­ted.