GENEVA, Oct. 22 -- The right wing Swiss People's Party and the Greens have made the biggest gains in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to results released by the Federal Statistics Office on Monday.

       The People's Party took 29 percent of the vote in the elections for the House of Representatives, up 2.3 percent on the last election in 2003.

       This is the best result among the four governing parties since 1919, securing 62 of the 200 seats in the House, the Swissinfo website reported.

       The Social Democrats suffered the biggest loss, taking 19.5 percent of the vote, down by 3.8 percent on 2003. Their seats in the House were reduced from 52 to 43.

       The Radicals lost five seats as their share of the vote dropped1.7 percent to 15.6 percent, while the other center-right party, the Christian Democrats, recorded slight gains, winning three seats and 14.6 percent, up 0.2 percent.

       These four parties have held more than 75 percent of the seats in parliament for decades.

       But according to local media reports, the true winners of the 2007 elections is the opposition Green Party.

       The Greens boosted their number of seats in the House to 20, from 14. Their share of the vote increased to 9.6 percent from 7.7percent. They also won their first seat in the 46-member Senate.

       Swiss voters chose the 200 members of the House of Representatives and most members of the Senate for the next four-year term.

       Both houses of parliament will meet on Dec. 12 to elect the new cabinet.