How “Against the line” counts

Everything on this page is counted from the published individual votes or quoted word for word. Nothing is inferred, nothing is reworded.

The group line

A group has a line when at least two thirds of its yes, no and abstentions are the same. Whoever votes otherwise votes against the line. Absent and excused members and the chair do not count. Below two thirds, the group is split: nobody deviates then, and we show the split. The line is derived from the votes; it is not an official group recommendation.

Decisive

We count the vote a second time, as if everyone who voted against the line had followed it. If the result would differ, the deviation is decisive. Under the expenditure brake, a majority of all members is needed: 101 yes in the National Council, 24 in the Council of States.

What comes first

At the top are at most three votes: decisive ones first, then entry, overall, final and conciliation votes with yes or no against the line, then the largest groups, from three people. One per business, and each chamber with such a vote gets one. Single abstentions never come to the top.

Quotes

If a person who voted against the line spoke on the business that day, we show one or two sentences of it, unaltered: the last sentence in which they say how they vote or what they propose, with the sentence before it. Without one, the last two sentences. The quote belongs to the business; it does not necessarily explain the individual vote.

Wording of the vote

The Parliamentary Services often publish the subject of a vote and the meaning of yes and no in French only. A fixed glossary renders them in German where it covers every word, marked “translated”; otherwise the original wording is shown.

With the group

The percentage next to a person is the same as on their profile: how often they have voted with their group since 1 March 2026, final votes counting three times, entry and overall votes twice. It shows whether a deviation is rare. We do not rank anyone by it.

Not an official publication. Names, figures and the texts of the votes appear unchanged, exactly as the Parliamentary Services publish them.