This is a list of political parties in Switzerland.
Switzerland has a multi-party system. Since 1959, the four largest parties have formed a coalition government, according to a "Zauberformel" or "magic formula". This arithmetic formula divides the seven cabinet seats among representatives of the four largest parties.
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The following parties are represented either in the Swiss Federal Assembly or in cantonal parliaments:
Notes: ¹ Federal Council since 2009; ² Council of States, 2011; ³ National Council 2011; * Including one independent member of the Council of States (Thomas Minder)
The following groups or parties are not represented at either the cantonal or national level (but may hold positions in municipal parliaments).
Abbr. | Name | W | Leader | Ideology | Founded | Popular vote[1] | |
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FPS/PSL | Freedom Party | [17] | Peter Commarmot | Right-wing, National liberalism | 1984 | n/a | |
HPS/PHS | Swiss Humanist Party | [18] | Daniel Horowitz | Humanist Movement | 1984 | n/a | |
KVP | Catholic People's Party | [19] | Lukas Brühwiler-Frésey | Catholic social teaching | 1994 | n/a | |
PNOS | Swiss Nationalist Party | [20] | Dominic Lüthard | Far-right, Ethnic nationalism | 2000 | 0.05% | |
PPS | Pirate Party | [21] | Denis Simonet | Freedom of Information, Information privacy | 2009 | 0.48% | |
TPS/PSpA | Tierpartei Schweiz | [22] | Thomas Märki | Animal rights | 2010 | 0.15% | |
parteifrei.ch | [23] | Lukas Harder | Voluntary association of independent politicians formed for the 2011 elections; opposing party politics | 2011 | 0.19% | ||
MontagnaViva | [24] | Germano Mattei | Regionalism (Alpine Ticino) | 2011 | 0.08% | ||
Alpenparlament | [25] | Alternative medicine | 2011 | 0.06% | |||
Konfessionslose.ch | [26] | Separation of church and state | 2011 | 0.05% | |||
Volksaktion | [27] | right-wing populism (Basel-Stadt) | 2002 | 0.03% | |||
La gauche combative | [28] | Communism (Geneva) | 2002 | 0.03% | |||
Les Rauraques | [29] | Separatism (Bernese Jura) | 2011 | 0.03% |
Abbr. | Party | German name | French | Italian | Romansh |
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CVP/PDC | Christian Democratic People's Party | Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz or CVP | Parti Démocrate-Chrétien Suisse or PDC | Partito Popolare Democratico or PPD | Partida Cristian-democratica de la Svizra or PCD |
FDP/PRD | Free Democratic Party | Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz or FDP | Parti radical-démocratique suisse or PRD | Partito Liberale Radicale or PLR | Partida liberaldemocrata de la Svizra or PLD |
SPS/PSS | Social Democratic Party | Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SP | Parti Socialiste Suisse or PSS | Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS | Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS |
SVP/UDC | Swiss People's Party | Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP | Union Démocratique du Centre or UDC | Unione Democratica di Centro or UDC | Partida Populara Svizra or PPS |
CSP/PCS | Christian Social Party | Christlich-soziale Partei or CSP | Parti chrétien-social or PCS | Partito Cristiano Sociale or PCS | Partida cristiansociala de la Svizra or PCS |
BDP/PBD | Conservative Democratic Party | Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei Schweiz or BDP | Parti bourgeois démocratique Suisse or PBD | Partito borghese democratico Svizzera or PBD | Partida burgais democratica Svizra or PBD |
EVP/PEV | Evangelical People's Party | Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz or EVP | Parti Evangelique Suisse or PEV | Partito Evangelico or PE | Partida Evangelica Svizra or PEV |
FPS/PSL | Freedom Party | Freiheits-Partei der Schweiz or FPS | Parti Suisse de la Liberté or PSL | Partito svizzero della Libertà or PSL | Partida Svizra da la Libertad or PSL |
GPS/PES | Green Party | Grüne Partei der Schweiz or Grüne | Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts | Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi | Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda |
LPS/PLS | Liberal Party | Liberale Partei der Schweiz or LPS | Parti libéral suisse or PLS | Partito Liberale Svizzero or PLS | Partida liberal-conservativa Svizra or PLC |
SD/DS | Swiss Democrats | Schweizer Demokraten or SD | Démocrates Suisses or DS | Democratici Svizzeri or DS | Democrats Svizzers or DS |
Lega | Ticino League | Lega dei Ticinesi | |||
EDU/UDF | Federal Democratic Union | Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union or EDU | Union Démocratique Fédérale or UDF | Unione Democratica Federale or UDF | Uniun democrata federala or UDF |
PdA/PST | Swiss Party of Labour | Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz or PdA | Parti suisse du travail - Parti Ouvrier et Populaire or PST-POP | Partito Comunista or PC | Partida svizra da la lavur or PSdL |
Sources: The Swiss Federal Chancellery
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