List of political parties in Switzerland

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Political positions of the Swiss political parties based on their referendum voting recommendations, 1985–90 and 2010–14

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 Script error: No such module "Lang". or "magic formula". This arithmetic formula divides the seven cabinet seats among representatives of the four largest parties.[1]

Political parties in Switzerland

Federal and cantonal parliaments

The following parties are represented in the Swiss Federal Assembly or cantonal parliaments and executive councils as of 2024.[2][3][4] For their names in the four national languages of Switzerland, see #Names in the national languages below.

For more detailed information on the political positions of some of the parties listed below, see here:[5] For Swiss political party strength on the municipal level, see here:[6]

Party Leader Main ideology Position Members in
Federal
Council 		Council of
States 		National
Council 		Cantonal
executives 		Cantonal
legislatures 		Members
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:SVP UDC Logo.svg SVP/UDC Swiss People's Party Marco Chiesa National conservatism Right-wing Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 90,000 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Logo der Sozialdemokratischen Partei der Schweiz 2009, single.svg SP/PS Social Democratic Party Cédric Wermuth
Mattea Meyer 		Social democracy Centre-left Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 30,000 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Logo FDP Die Liberalen de.svg FDP/PLR FDP.The Liberals Thierry Burkart Classical liberalism Centre to
centre-right 		Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition barTemplate:Efn Template:Composition barTemplate:Efn 120,000 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:DieMitte-logo.svg DM/LC/AdC The Centre Gerhard Pfister Christian democracy Centre to
centre-right 		Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar -
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | GPS/PES Green Party Balthasar Glättli Green politics Centre-left
to left-wing 		Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 7,500 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Logo GLP.svg GLP/PVL Green Liberal Party Jürg Grossen Green liberalism Centre Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 3,800 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:EVP Logo Deutsch 300dpi.jpg EVP/PEV Evangelical People's Party Lilian Studer Christian democracy Centre Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 4,600 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Lega Ticino League Attilio Bignasca Ticino regionalism Right-wing Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 1,500 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Logo du Parti Chrétien-Social d'Obwald..jpg CSP OW Christian Social Party of Obwalden Christian Schäli
Sepp Stalder 		Christian left Centre-left Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 250 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Logo of the Swiss Party of Labour.svg PdA/PST/POP Swiss Party of Labour Norberto Crivelli Communism Left-wing[8]
to far-left 		Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Geneva Citizens movement logo.png MCG Geneva Citizens' Movement Ana Roch Geneva regionalism Right-wing Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 1,500 (2015)[7]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:SolidaritéS logo.svg Sol Solidarity – Anti-capitalism Left-wing
to far-left 		Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Logo EDU UDF.svg EDU/UDF Federal Democratic Union Hans Moser Right-wing populism Right-wing Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 3,000 (2011)[9]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | CSP/PCS Christian Social Party Marius Achermann Christian left Centre-left Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 1,500 (2011)[9]
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:AL logo magenta.svg AL-ZH Alternative List – Socialism Left-wing Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Alternative Linke logo without text.svg AL-BE Alternative Left Bern – Democratic socialism Left-wing Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar 2,000 (2011)[9]
Total 7 46 200 154Template:Efn[3] 2,544Template:Efn[4]

Minor parties

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 voteTemplate:Efn
PPS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Pirate Party [1] Jorgo Ananiadis Pirate politics, liberalism 2009 0.27% (2019)
SD/DS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Swiss Democrats [2] Dr. Michel Dupont, Christoph Spiess Right-wing, national conservatism 1961 0.13% (2019)
SLB/MSL style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Social Liberal Movement [3] Samuel Schmid Centre-right, social conservatism 2011 0.1% (2015)
LP/PL style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Libertarian Party [4] Martin Hartmann Libertarianism 2014 0.01% (2019)
FPS/PSL style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Freedom Party [5] Daniele Weber Right-wing, national liberalism 1984 n/a
HPS/PHS Swiss Humanist Party [6] Daniel Horowitz Humanist Movement 1984 n/a
KVP Catholic People's Party [7] Lukas Brühwiler-Frésey Catholic social teaching 1994 n/a
TPS/PSpA Script error: No such module "Lang". [8] Thomas Märki Animal rights 2010 0.15% (2015)
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Script error: No such module "Lang". [9] Lukas Harder Voluntary association of independent politicians formed for the 2011 elections; opposing party politics 2011 0.19% (2015)
Script error: No such module "Lang". [10] Germano Mattei Regionalism (Alpine Ticino) 2011 0.08% (2015)
Script error: No such module "Lang". [11] Alternative medicine 2011 0.06% (2015)
Script error: No such module "Lang". [12] Separation of church and state 2011 0.05% (2015)
Script error: No such module "Lang". [13] Eric Weber Right-wing populism (Basel-Stadt) 2002 0.03% (2015)
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Script error: No such module "Lang". [15] Jura separatism (Bernese Jura) 2011 0.03% (2015)
Script error: No such module "Lang". [16] Nicolas Rimoldi Right-Wing, Opponents of Covid-19 measures 2021 0.53% (2023)

Historical parties

Name Ideology Active Continued as
Christian Democratic People's Party Christian democracy, Social conservatism, Support for EU Bilateral Accords 1912–2020 merged to The Centre
Communist Party of Switzerland Communism 1921–1940 Swiss Party of Labour
Communist Party of Switzerland/Marxist–Leninists Communism 1969–1987 Libertarian Socialist Party
Communist Party Opposition Communism 1930–1935 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Conservative Democratic Party Centre to Centre-right, Conservative liberalism 2008-2020 merged to The Centre
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Democratic Party Direct democracy 1860–1971 merged to Swiss People's Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) Conservatism, Agrarianism 1936–1971 merged to Swiss People's Party
Script error: No such module "Lang". Fascism 1940–1943
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP/PRD/PLR) Classical liberalism, Radicalism 1894–2009 merged to The Liberals
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Party of Switzerland (LPS/PLS) Classical liberalism 1913–2009 merged to The Liberals
National Front Fascism/nationalism 1930s Script error: No such module "Lang".
National Movement of Switzerland (NBS) Nazism 1940–1941
National Union Fascism 1932–1940
Progressive Organizations of Switzerland (POCH) Communism 1969–1993
Republican Movement Right-wing populism, Christian right 1971–1989
Ring of Independents (LdU) Centrism 1936–1999
Swiss Nationalist Party Far-right, ethnic nationalism 2000–2022
Script error: No such module "Lang". (VPS) Neo-Nazism 1950s

Names in the national languages

Abbr. Party German French Italian Romansh
SVP/UDC width="5px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Swiss People's Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (SVP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (UDC) Script error: No such module "Lang". (UDC) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PPS)
SP/PS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Social Democratic Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (SP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PS)
FDP/PRD style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Free Democratic Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (FDP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PRD) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PLR) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PLD)
Mitte/Centre width="5px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | The Centre Script error: No such module "Lang". (DM) Script error: No such module "Lang". (LC) Script error: No such module "Lang". (AdC) Script error: No such module "Lang". (AdC)
GPS/PES style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Green Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
CSP/PCS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Christian Social Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (CSP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PCS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PCS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PCS)
CVP/PDC style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Christian Democratic People's Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (CVP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PDC) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PPD) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PCD)
BDP/PBD style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Democratic Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (BDP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PBD) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PBD) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PBD)
EVP/PEV style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Evangelical People's Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (EVP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PEV) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PE) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PEV)
FPS/PSL style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Freedom Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (FPS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PSL) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PSL) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PSL)
LPS/PLS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (LPS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PLS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PLS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PLC)
AL style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Alternative Left Script error: No such module "Lang". (AL) Script error: No such module "Lang". (LG) Script error: No such module "Lang". (LS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (AS)
SD/DS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Swiss Democrats Script error: No such module "Lang". (SD) Script error: No such module "Lang". (DS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (DS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (DS)
Lega style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Ticino League Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
EDU/UDF style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Federal Democratic Union Script error: No such module "Lang". (EDU) Script error: No such module "Lang". (UDF) Script error: No such module "Lang". (UDF) Script error: No such module "Lang". (UDF)
PdA/PST style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Swiss Party of Labour Script error: No such module "Lang". (PdA) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PST-POP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PC) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PdL)
GLP/PVL style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Green Liberal Party Script error: No such module "Lang". (GLP) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PVL) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PVL) Script error: No such module "Lang". (PVL)
MCG style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Geneva Citizens' Movement Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". (MCG) Script error: No such module "Lang".
CSP OW style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Christian Social Party of Obwalden Script error: No such module "Lang". (CSP OW) Script error: No such module "Lang".
Sol style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Solidarity Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
SLB/MSL style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Social Liberal Movement Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
SD/DS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Swiss Democrats Script error: No such module "Lang". (SD) Script error: No such module "Lang". (DS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (DS) Script error: No such module "Lang". (DS)
FPS/PSL style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Freedom Party Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
HPS/PHS Swiss Humanist Party Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
KVP Catholic People's Party Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
PPS style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Pirate Party Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Sources: The Swiss Federal Chancellery

Relative importance

At the federal level

Overall

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See also

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

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