Prior to the election, the Green group proposed a candidate of their own, State councillor Luc Recordon, to contest Blocher's seat.
Green Party candidate Luc Recordon, who did not receive more than ten votes in the first round, declared that he would "suspend" his candidacy.
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The opposition Green Party, citing their opposition to the SVP's policies and their representation on the Council, fielded State Councillor Luc Recordon as a candidate of their own.
Diener's seat is one of five (out of 46) not held by members of the parties represented in the Swiss Federal Council (besides fellow Green Liberal, Markus Stadler of Uri, Werner Luginbühl of Canton of Bern and the two of the Green Party, Robert Cramer of Geneva and Luc Recordon of Vaud).
Jean-Luc Godard | Luc Besson | Jean-Luc Ponty | Luc Plamondon | Luc-Normand Tellier | Jean-Luc Picard | Luc Longley | Luc Tuymans | Luc Soete | Luc Recordon | Jean-Luc Nancy | Luc Montagnier | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | Luc Van Acker | Luc-sur-Mer | Luc Sante | Luc-Olivier Merson | Luc Delahaye | Luc Côté | Le Luc | Jean-Luc Moudenc | Jean-Luc Mélenchon | Luc Van Lierde | Luc Salvas | Luc Jacquet | Luc Chikhani | Luc Boltanski | Luc Bernard | Jean-Luc Marion | Jean-Luc Lagardère |