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Portugal Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the Social [Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP] and the Green Party. In the federal election, a total of 297 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.4%. In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 632 registered voters of which 239 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 22.2% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Les Radicaux, they were sixth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts, they were second in the canton-wide election. For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 630 registered voters of which 295 voted. In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Chancy there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 771 registered voters of which 401 voted. Out of the 401 votes, there were 1 blank votes, 1 null or unreadable votes and 61 votes with a name that was not on the list. Economy , Chancy had an unemployment rate of 5.6%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 60 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector. There were 494 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.4% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 60. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 10, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 7 of which 3 or were in manufacturing and 4 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 43. In the tertiary sector; 14 or 32.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 11.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 4.7% were in the information industry, 3 or 7.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 16.3% were in education and 3 or 7.0% were in health care. , there were 34 workers who commuted into the municipality and 442 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 13.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 14.7% of the workforce coming into Chancy are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 76.5% used a private car. Religion From the, 231 or 25.3% were Roman Catholic, while 209 or 22.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 14 members of an Orthodox church, there were 2 individuals who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 38 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals who were Jewish, and 5 who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist. 340 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 70 individuals did not answer the question. Education In Chancy about 290 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 239 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 239 who completed tertiary schooling, 40.6% were Swiss men, 31.4% were Swiss women, 15.1% were non-Swiss men and 13.0% were non-Swiss women. During the 2009–2010 school year there were a total of 288 students in the Chancy school system. The education system in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory kindergarten. During that school year, there were 31 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Chancy there were 45 students in kindergarten or primary school and 3 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 45 lower secondary students who attended school in Chancy. There were 59 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 8 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 18 students attended a private school. , there were 6 students in Chancy who came from another municipality, while 84 residents attended schools outside the municipality.