On 14 June 2006, a by-election was held for the vacant seat of Joseph Deiss on the Federal Council, the government of Switzerland.
The joint chambers of the Federal Assembly elected Doris Leuthard of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland in the first round of voting with 133 votes out of 234.
Candidates Doris Leuthard, at that time president of her party and member of the National Council representing the canton of Aargau, was the only official candidate for the seat of Joseph Deiss. Several other members of her party also received votes.
Results Round 1 Doris Leuthard 133 Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi 29 Lucrezia Meier-Schatz 28 Carlo Schmid 11 Votes received by other persons 33 Votes cast 242 Invalid votes 3 Blank votes 5 Valid votes 234 Absolute majority 118
See also List of members of the Swiss Federal Council
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