in 2003, it held 52 mandates (out of 200) in the swiss national council (first chamber of the swiss parliament); 9 (out of 46) in the second chamber and 2 out of 7 mandates in the swiss federal council (executive body). by 2005, it held 23.8% of the seats in the swiss cantonal governments and 23.2% in the swiss cantonal parliaments (index "badac", weighted with the population and number of seats). at the latest legislative elections on 18 october 2015, the party won 18.8% of the popular vote and 43 out of 200 seats.