Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland

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The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (German: Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, French: Parti Evangelique Suisse, Italian: Partito Evangelico Svizzero, Romansh: Partida evangelica da la Svizra) is a political party from Switzerland. It is Protestant Christian party which is centre left on social issues (in the European or Canadian sense of the word) and conservative on ethical issues. On the environment it claims "The EPP is dedicated to protecting the environment out of a sense of responsibility for the Creation."

It was founded in 1919 as the People's Party.

In 2003, it held 3 mandates (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament). It was represented neither in the second chamber nor in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body). By 2005, it held 2,4% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments, but was not represented in any of the 26 Cantonal governments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats).