BL cantonal elections FDP defends its seat in the Baselbieter government
The FDP retains its seat in the Baselbieter government. Markus Eigenmann won the second round of the by-election with a lead of 2745 votes over Sabine Bucher of the GLP.
30.11.2025, 13:37
SDA
The mayor of Arlesheim BL received 29,789 votes according to the final results from the state chancellery on Sunday. The GLP candidate and district councillor Sabine Bucher received 27,044 votes after all 86 municipalities in the Basel region had been counted. Voter turnout was 33.3 percent
The FDP thus retains its seat in the five-member Baselbieter government and Eigenmann succeeds his party colleague Monica Gschwind (FDP). The Director of Education will step down at the end of the year after ten years in office.
Eigenmann was considered the favorite for the second ballot, as the SVP had withdrawn its candidate after the first ballot and supported the FDP candidate. Bucher had achieved the best result in the first round of voting on October 26.
