page_title: Mergoscia
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Mergoscia / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Mergoscia, Ticino, Switzerland
context_page_description: Mergoscia is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
context_section_description: In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 36.43% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the SP (30.09%), the Green Party (11.54%) and the Ticino League (5.88%).  In the federal election, a total of 56 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 35.9%.
  In the 2007 Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 154 registered voters in Mergoscia, of which 84 or 54.5% voted.  3 blank ballots and 1 null ballot were cast, leaving 80 valid ballots in the election.  The most popular party was the PS which received 24 or 30.0% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT (with 19 or 23.8%), the SSI (with 17 or 21.3%) and the Greens (with 11 or 13.8%).
  In the 2007 Consiglio di Stato election, 2 blank ballots were cast, leaving 82 valid ballots in the election.  The most popular party was the PS which received 28 or 34.1% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT (with 15 or 18.3%), the LEGA (with 14 or 17.1%) and the SSI (with 13 or 15.9%).
caption: View of Mergoscia
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